i debadge the rear but you can still make out the lettering from a couple feet away, i have tried everything from goo gone to bug/tar remover, nothing is working, i can still feel the adhesive on the paint when i run my fingers over it any suggestions?

 

used a towel and apply rubbing alcohol rub ALOT ALOT ALOT repeatedly if that doesnt work try the clay bar that mother's sells at your local auto shop

 

use a credit card to scrape off the adhesive tape then goo gone the shit out of it...you'll probably still see a ghost outline but all u need is a nice wax and it'll go away

 

I got all the adhesive off when I did mine... goo gone worked for me a lot of goo gone, and a lot of rubbing. Now I got to get the damn emblem shadow off.

 

I waxed mine but that damn outline is still there, what wax did you use?

 

It is the goo gone that fucked you. You gotta get the adheasive cold, then rub it down with a clean terry cloth and elbo grease. Then use the Mothers swirl remover or scratch X to get rid of any shaddow, then wash and wax it. Turtle wax is fine.

 

i just used the spray wax. i wash my car like once a week, so after a bunch of spray wax it went away, atleast i haven't noticed it

you'll be better off using a mothers or meguiers wax

 

have the local bodyshop repaint the car and tell them to leave the badges off. Thats what I did...

 

you can always get some 3M hand glaze and work at the shadow a little on your own. just be patient and keep at it. Make sure it's clean beforehand and then use some cleaner wax and a coat or two of regular wax. Try to park it in the sun afterward as well, this should help lighten the marks from the badges.

 

get a power buffer thing, and buff it out that way, thats what i had to do, you could see outlines if you got SUPER close but it went away for the goodness. and claybars i didnt think took that shit off, but it did work when i had to get damn road paint off my car!!

 

yeah the power buffer works good. the lines are gonna stay for a bit, but eventually after a few washes and waxes, you won't notice them anymore. make sure you dont accidently scratch the paint either while taking them off

 

I just let my car get dirty...cannot see the outlines anymore...LOL

Sorry, but the weather here in Houston sucks and my girl's naked rear, while lovely, has not seen a clean day since the hurricane hit down this way...spending all my time raking leaves...Rick

 

3M rubbing compound works great

 

used rubbing compound but now it looks faded.....this sucks, i just reapply the badges, and when i get around to it, will just debadge teh whole trunk and get it painted

 

has anyone had just their trunk painted?

 

im gonna have it painted,

people have had it painted and had the holes filled.

 

how much?

 

how do you have 153 posts in 2 months.

thats a lot.

i havent gotten an estimate yet.

im getting my whole car painted though ..

i figure it shouldnt be more than 150-300 depending on the quality of the job.

 

I think i was quoted 300 for my trunk only cuz that is the only part of the car with the original painted on pin striping. I hate it so i wanted it gone. but i didnt have 300 bucks to fork out when the side of my car was being ppainted from some uninsured punk ass kid hit me....Good thing my wife was there cuz i was about to lay him out right before she pulled out. She spereated us.

 

thats steep might as well just save up to get the whole car painted, put the badges back on its fine now, but i would really like it all off, like nippon's car

 

i think im addicted to acurazine

 

clean towel.. gasoline..

and get ready to wash and wax your car afterwards tho

 

thats nothing.. i think 97blackack gets that in a couple of days... now thats what you call post-whoring

 

 

^ i rest my case

 

ACURAZINE = CRACK!!!!!

Addictive as all hell

 

yay, i own page two

 

no you dont, you only own it if you say it in the first post, not the second...

 

it's addictive man *shakes uncontrollably*

 

@ the shaking...but its pretty addictive

 

Clay bar it. You can pick them up at your local autoparts store. Get gray if your paint is a dark color and pink if you have a light color car. I work at a detail shop and people ask us to debadge their trunks all the time.

 

you gotta wash after using the compound to get it all off the surface