Hey guys, I want to remove the S2000 side badges off my car. I have decided to just heat the badge with a hair dryer and then use some dental floss or something similar to pull it off.

My question is can a hair dryer actually damage the paint of a car? I tried to do one side and it wouldn't budge. I touched the panel after this and it was too hot to touch, so I thought I would find out some more info before i damage anything.

 

I used a heatgun and dental floss. With a heat gun you can definitely damage the paint, so you have to be careful. The badges on one side were really stubborn and it was difficult. When I finally got them off, I used goo-gone to break down and remove the residue.

My car is an '07 and the badges were stubborn, so I can imagine it is worse for older cars.

 

I used a hair dryer not a heat gun though

 

It would take a decent amount of direct exposure from close range to cause damage with a blow dryer.

 

I didn't use any heat---just 20 lb fishing line to "saw" the emblems off then goo gone to remove the residue. Too a while but didn't damage the paint.

 

FYI I managed to remove the badges using the hair dryer method.
I had a door from another which was ready to be thrown out, I decided to do a little test and see how long i could hold the hair dryer on the paint before it burnt. 1 minute and 40 seconds on high heat at a distance of 2cm from the paint and there was nothing wrong with the paint, just a little hot too touch.
Tried another part of the door with a heat gun which goes up to 600 degrees and within 15 seconds on high heat the paint begun to show little bubles and eventually lifted and turned brown.