I cant get the floss past this point..someone help

 

What are you doing? I know detailers use cotton swabs...but floss?
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Thats what everyone has told me to do!

 

maybe a blow dryer to looser the glue a bit... hmmm, maybe it's the nails... J/K!

 

The fact that I decide to go outside at 11:30 pm and do this is my first problem, the nails DONT help, as always they are in the way when ever I try to something other than look cute...lol
Anyways, I gave up on removing the emblems and came back to the computer where Im happiest..I will just pay someone to do it this week LOL

 

i know everyone says dental floss, but it didn't work for me. i used a knife to get to a corner 1st, and lifted it up and just forced it to peel off. much faster than floss.

 

you just don't "put gas in it". Too many mods for that..:

 

What if you just pull the floss toward you? It should just pry up no? I'm going to be doing this soon also.

Jim

 

I love a modded car, I just have someone else install them usually, with the exception of the clear corners and headlight bulbs.
Now, I will get down and clean my rims, i will get in the trunk when i blow a fuse on an amp, i will put wiper fluid in, and yes i will put gas in... but anything bigger than that and Im paying someone.... I'm still a PRINCESS, cant get too dirty

 

I used an adhesive remover also. It helped to loosen the glue and then the fishing line was all that I needed. Just be careful not to scratch your paint.

 

Ok , i will try the knife, but if i mess it up, you owe me the GS400 chris!

 

I don't do much of my own work either. No tools or garage until recently. It helps to know the guys at Autogear pretty well since they take good care of me. Does that make me a prince or a king perhaps? Maybe but just like Mel Brooks said: "It's good to be the king".

I'd like to learn to do more stuff...in time I will.

Jim

 

Don't try the knife, you have agood chance of scratching the paint! I've removed the emblems on 4 Maxima's so far. The easiest way to remove the emblem is at the powerwash. Just put it on soap and put the nozzle at an angle point-blank at the edge of the emblem. After a minute or so, it will fall off. Then, use a hair drier and heat up the glue so you can take it off. I used my finger nail after I heated up the glue. Then, use a good wax/cleaner and take off the film under the glue. I've done this on three Superblack maxima's and none of them has a scratch!

 

Ok I think I am gonna go with SLicks process, sounds safe..will let you know tommorow how it works.

 

nah the most i owe you is a bottle of 99 cents generic black touch-up paint from pepboy's

 

Chris....I dont think black paint would be too cute on a gold car

[Edited by Max Speed on 10-30-2000 at 12:14 AM]

 

You guys are all wusses. I took off my letters with MY BARE HANDS. Nevermind that my thumbnails bled for a couple of hours...

 

Use a hair dryer first and heat up whatever you want to take off then you use the dental floss to remove it. The middle part of the emblem is hard to get past because it is all double sided adhesive there. Then get some adhesive remover, preferably 3M, and the remaining adhesive should come off. Then just wax the area again and you're done.

 

these will be my personal instructions.

 

blow dyer..?

or credit card?

huh.. maybe go from both sides with waxed dental floss ? :P

or the fuzzie ones to get to the hard to reach places. ahahaha.

 

i hope this helps.. you'll need to do this where no one can see u, cuz u'll look a bit funny if someone was lookin' at u from theback.. neways. pull on one side of the string and the other. u might wanna wear gardening gloves so it wont hurt your hand. wrap both ends on your hhands, and begin he sawing motion. feed the line as indicated in the diagram. u'll hafta put hella elbow grease into it. or get the hubby...
slicksmax.. too much water pressure can harm your clear coat.. that's why on some whater pressurizer systems they have warnings on them sayin' you shouldn't use certain nozzels for automobiles.

 

those fitipaldi 17's look hot

 

That's a pretty good diagram.

Another way which might help is to go incrementally...in other words, if you can get the line into the area of the first upper "arch", heat and slowly "cut" thru, then do the middle section (the part that says NISSAN), then the lower "arch", then the outer areas (all the while re-heating as you go).

I used a hair-dryer on its "warm/hot" setting for heating, and the good ol' elbow grease. "Goo-gone" might also help, tho I heard other people used WD40 to remove the remaining sticky adhesive.

A few good polishes also helps afterwards.

 

Yes, thats true, but most of the pressure washers at the self service car wash aren't that powerful. I used to work at a car wash/detail shop, and the pressure washers we use are 800 psi, then the touchless system in the car wash tunnel was 1600psi. The only clear coat that ever peeled in the 4 years I worked there were the Cheap Maaco paint and paint that had chipped and already started to peel. When I did mine, it took me no time because I was about 1/2 inch from the emblem. I've also done 3 other Max's like this, and it always works good. Actually, after you take off the emblem, you can't even phase THE GLUE that holds on the emblem, even if you put the powerwash directly on the glue. I would hope that factory clear coat is stronger then the glue that holds on the emblem! But yes, there is a possibility of the clear coat peeling, but you would have to use at least a 2000psi pressure washer to do that to a factory paint job.

Max Speed: Either my way or DavidL7's way would be the most effective way, and Mingo's way might take a little longer.

 

my way would definately take longer and cussin' like a truck driver is requred too. hehe use wd40 to get rid of the 3m stuff. remember your stuff is really on there since it's been on there for a long time.. oh yeah..if you dont' want the emblem i think PIONEER might want it.. he digs gold.. alot. heheh he's a gold digger.. just playin man

 

hehehe, If a DOOD asked this question i dont think daniel(Mingo) and others would have taken the time to make drawings and schematics on how to remove an emblem....hehehehhehe, juss kinda funny.....

 

werd...

 

nahhh course i would. she's married. but i dunno u culd be right, maybe subconciously i did it cuz of it. but i doubt it. hehehe. ya wanna see another pic i just made??? go to test forum.. "lude" i'ma start postin' pix on the test forum cuz i know alotta ppl gonna tell me to stop postin' edited pix after a while.

 

this is what i did to get my dealer emblems off..
I got a screwdriver and taked it with electrical tape so it wouldn't damage the paint on my car.
then i made it where the emblem's corner was lifting.
then i got an old credit car and covered one end of that with electrical tape
and i just pushed the credit card through and it worked!
then just washed my car and the glue was gone..

btw the reason why i didn't use a hair dryer is cuase i live in texas and it get like 110 in the day
so the glue was already melted

 

Are you sure you don't wanna just leave them on now?

 

uh oh..did i brain wash u on the 3M stuff?
toss the dental floss...USE FISHING LINE.. that stuff can pull in a 30 lb fish you can use that to cut through the glue. DO NOT USE ANYTHING METAL..no screw drivers, no switch blades..well unless your REALLY good at touchups.
just use the line as a saw..the floss is not as strong as the fishing line. if u want a piece i'll just mail one to you. anyone else wants to get on this group buy?
Dan

 

Well thanks everyone for the suggestions, esp MINGO...thanks for taking the time to do the drawing for me. J/P

I am gonna try that way again with fishing line...then if that doesnt work, Im headed to the car wash