removing emblems
10-25-2003, 04:08 PM
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On a warm day or with a hairdryer (be VERY careful not to apply too much heat to paint) take dental floss and carefully slide it down between the emblem and the paint. Make sure you put pressure more towards the emblem when sliding it down so that it doesnt scratch the paint. Afterwards, i just used some GOO GONE to remove the sticky stuff. After a few coats of goo gone , you should be set.
10-25-2003, 06:03 PM
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ok, i took off the emblem and used wd-40 because i didnt have goo gone handy but i still cant get the rest off. there is a very light layer of the sticky stuff thats as smooth as the paint and i tried and tried to get it but i cant. where can i get goo gone? at home depot, savons???????
I'll be buying it tomorrow from Wal-mart or Home Depot
10-26-2003, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by xxdean057xx
this board is fantastic, kool thanks for the info jatan and the rest. i will go to home depot tomorrow and try out their self checkout for the first time, thanks again
10-26-2003, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by xxdean057xx
ok, i took off the emblem and used wd-40 because i didnt have goo gone handy but i still cant get the rest off. there is a very light layer of the sticky stuff thats as smooth as the paint and i tried and tried to get it but i cant. where can i get goo gone? at home depot, savons???????
11-13-2003, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ch13f
To get the outline or film/ whatever else is left on the paint from where the emblems were, use scratch remover (polish basically) I used mothers scratch remover on the outline and it totally got rid of every last trace. I wouldn't be able to find where the emblems were if I tried. Even when I shine a bright light at my trunk lid when its dark out you can't see any differences in the reflection. Use a couple coats just to be sure, then go over the area with some wax.
kool thanks
11-13-2003, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SEmy2K2go
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11-13-2003, 09:48 PM
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11-14-2003, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by K Pazzo 6
I'm going to try and take it off now, but if it doesn't work I'll go buy that remover. My car looks wierd with MAXIMA lettered in glue 
08-18-2004, 11:05 PM
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hey guys i was wondering. how can i remove the word maxima on my 98se but then re attach it in a different space. so basically what kind of adhesive would i use. i'm trying to take off the maxima, make it into a max and then center it on the rear. any ideas?
08-19-2004, 06:35 AM
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There is some emblem adhesive that you can use to put it back on some where (like on the dash board in front of the passenger seat) http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=emb...t&cop=mss&tab=
08-19-2004, 09:51 AM
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Dental Floss Goo Gone From your local auto store and 10 finger nails ready to be ground down and bleeding 
j/k about an hour of working away at the glue not hard just time consuming
j/k about an hour of working away at the glue not hard just time consuming
06-22-2005, 09:43 PM
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I know it's wrong to revive this thread again, but I think I might do it anyway. Does the current condition of your paint pretty much determine the amount of presence of the shadow effect? Or is it possible with the polish to make the shadow completely disappear? My paint is not bad, it's just as old as the car. I am hesitant to remove the emblem and have an unfixable cosmetic problem.