I'm getting ready to order Rick's badges. I have silver/black S. I think I'm going to get the Red/Black badges. I notice that a adhesive remover is used to take the original badges off. Rick mentions two brands and old posts mention WD40. What did you use? Any problems? And lastly, any recommendations on color scheme?

 

If you are only doing the front and back.....consider yourself lucky. The side ones are 50x harder to clean up. I did the black smoke Honda ones.

I used Goo-Gone and I confess, I did end up using some Goof Off as well. The Goo-gone is citrus based and supposed to be better for painted surfaces. Goof Off is petroleum based. My paint ended up looking fine, though.

Removal is pretty simple....use dental floss....start at the top left corner and use a sawing motion from left to right, to get the floss under the badge and work away the adhesive. As I recall, the adhesive is only on the top part and the bottom part (do the bottom the same as the top). Once those were loose, I pulled the floss down to the center and yanked. It worked fine.

Once they are off, go with the Goo Gone....on the front and back it will work fine. I followed up with simple Green and a rinse, to make sure it was clean. Elbow grease is the real key. That.....and patience.

 

...and wax the surface AFTER installing the new badges as all that elbow grease and solvent action takes all the wax off.

 

I agree with rjm163 on the products to use.
I have done this 3 times tho and I recommend plain, white string for removal. I've used fishing line, dental floss and string and the last left less 3m glue stuff on the surface of the car.
Be prepared to spend at least a couple hours doing this, it is tedious.
After getting the S2000 off, I decided I liked the clean look of no emblems on the side, so shelved the smoke colored ones for now. Keeps people guessing


s2klisa

 

Anytime I take decals like those off, I use a heat gun (a hair dryer might work). Heat up the area - not too hot so your paint bubbles! - the trick is to not hold it in one spot. The acrylic under the badge will give and it should come right off. Let that cool for a minute or two and use 3M adhesive remover or a good tar remover. This will take off the glue. Tar remover and such are abrasive, but you will be fine as long as you don't apply hard pressure when you rub it on. Wash that spot off with soap and water, dry, then wax over it.

 

we have a faq on this topic, see if it jives with the rest of the comments.

 

Thanks much. I just finished reading it.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2klisa
[B]I agree with rjm163 on the products to use.
I have done this 3 times tho and I recommend plain, white string for removal. I've used fishing line, dental floss and string and the last left less 3m glue stuff on the surface of the car.
Be prepared to spend at least a couple hours doing this, it is tedious.
After getting the S2000 off, I decided I liked the clean look of no emblems on the side, so shelved the smoke colored ones for now. Keeps people guessing

 

Using Goo Gone and waxed dental floss, got the front and back badges off in less than 15 minutes each following the directions Rick provides with his badges. I rather like the S2000 on the sides--its length fits in nicely with the S2000 lines and creates a certain unity for the side markers (clear on mine) which would otherwise stick out like blemishes on the surface.

However, I'm having a problem with residue around the S2000s, so may decide to remove them anyway. (Yes, I use Zaino and--at least for me--it DOES leave a white residue).

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