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Highlights from removing the car emblems

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#1 ·
After watching half a dozen videos on YouTube on how to remove the car emblems I went down to the parking lot to remove the "Elantra i35" and "GLS" emblems from the trunk lid of my new black 2014 Elantra.

If I knew it was going to be so easy I would have take a video for you to see.

It is noon, here in Israel, so the sun did the part of heating gun, even though the summer is over and we're in the fall. The temperature outside is about 30°C.
So I did not have to heat the emblems, just slid a fishing line behind and with no effort, in a saw like movement the emblems came out.

The rubbery glue left was so soft I could take it out with no effort; with no cloth or anything, just grab it and pull.

Afterwards, I was prepared to do a little polish, as the YouTube videos recommend, but just cleaning the area with some nail polish remover and then water and a microfiber cloth left it as if there were no emblems ever, no ghost marks either.

I think it went so smooth because the car is new, the glue was still soft and the paint around the emblems did not have time to fade.
 
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#3 ·
Yeah, no kidding. You got lucky this time, Mark. Don't do that again. :wink2: Next time might not be so fortunate. So, we get a pic of the new look? :thumbsup:
 
#4 ·
Wow, I guess was lucky indeed.

The nail polish remover had acetone. But I did not apply it directly, I wet the microfiber cloth slightly and did one/two passes (since the glue was practically gone already)
I will wax then and delete this bookmark from my browser (since I got the idea from it)

Thank you for caring.
 
#5 ·
I will wax then and delete this bookmark from my browser (since I got the idea from it)

Thank you for caring.
That's not a bad bookmark, actually. There's another 29 , or so, alternatives listed. And then there's that caveat at the top to be careful of some surfaces.

Number 8 on the list (alcohol) worked for me. And, still, I washed the area and waxed, afterwards. But I'm highly OCD, also!
 
#6 ·
When I removed my badging, I used a hair dryer for a few seconds, and the lettering practically fell off when I pushed it with a Teflon spatula. The little bit of sticky stuff behind came off with a little rub of my thumb, and following up with wax made the process invisible. No solvents were even needed. An older car would probably need a little extra effort.
 
#7 ·
Completely agree with that. My thinking is that a relatively new car shouldn't be too difficult to remove the badges, dealer logos, etc.. My dealer's "logo" was a vinyl lettering stick-on. Came off, and quickly, and within 15 minutes after leaving the dealer. A couple of fingernail picks, gone. FOREVER!

No revenue, no advertising. It's just that simple.
 
#9 ·
You guys swap your plates and put them onto the new vehicle? If I'm understanding this correctly, that's pretty interesting.

The only time we would do a physical plate swap would be for a state-issued vanity plate being involved. Otherwise, the regular license plate stays with the vehicle being traded.
 
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