Debadging

[ep3nightkid]

any advice on debadging the rear civic elmbem w/o causing to much damange?or will go-gone take care of it?

[shanewdude]

Started by heating the decal with a hair dryer, then prying with a plastic gift card:

Then I kept the heat on it as I peeled the decal:

This is the goo that was left (got it off with Goo Gone):

Finally, after Mothers cleaner wax then Mguires NXT Tech:

For the rear, heated with hair dryer and used floss to cut through adhesive (two people is easier!):

This junk came off with heat, a bit of gift card scraping, and Goo Gone:

And of course some cleaner wax and sealer wax as with the sides:

This is pretty much all the junk I used:

Sorry about bringing an old thread up, but I figured we probably lost similar information....

[HappiChild]

The Dental Floss trick is nice. I used that trick also. works everytime

[slo_k20]

fishing line is better, a little stronger..

[shanewdude]

I doubled up the dental floss I had. Broke it 2 or 3 times, but it worked out ok in the end.

Another tip; take your big steel watch off! A buddy of mine slipped while de-badging his pickup and put a nice chip in his paint!

[SPAM&RICE]

I can actually attemp this now thanks for the writeup.

[jeffgeezer]

I doubled up the dental floss I had. Broke it 2 or 3 times, but it worked out ok in the end.

Another tip; take your big steel watch off! A buddy of mine slipped while de-badging his pickup and put a nice chip in his paint!

wow, you put urs on now, shane? cool!

[bdooley]

everything was easy when i did mine awhile ago. but the i-vtec decals kept breaking on me lol

[Type Stephen]

Just like the pros. :) Just a word of precaution tho, be sure to take it easy on the cleaner wax. That stuff is pretty harsh but works like nothing else. Be sure to wax the area that you've worked on and that should take care of it. Zymol ftw :D

[RJEP]

Great write up... planning to debadge the rear civic emblem but keeping the side IVTEC sticker...

[proudtobeawesom]

does the si badge come off like that as well??

~kevin

[shanewdude]

does the si badge come off like that as well??

~kevin

I can't speak from experience, but if you're talking about the one on the hatch, I would think so. I wouldn't hesitate to use the same method on my SiR badge on my hatch. The grill is a different story though (I think).

[1stcivicsipilot]

what kind of adhesive would be used to put the civic emblem back on? i wanna take it off to paint it black.

[RedSiBaron]

i suggest a hairdryer instead of heatgun, you dont need the amount of heat as with teh heatgun...just an idea...and i used goo gone on the adhesive, that worked really well also

[04cvcsi]

what kind of adhesive would be used to put the civic emblem back on? i wanna take it off to paint it black.

this man needs an answer
and so do i