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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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whats the easiest way to debadge

I heard fishing line.. iv heard you gotta heat them up.. whats the easiest less messy way to debage??
Old May 9, 2009 | 10:07 AM
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on a hot day, leave the car parked out in the sun. then you wont need to heat it much. wedge the fishing line or floss behind it and go back and forth as you slightly tug on the badge. i did it this way and there wasnt much left to clean off...it all came off easily
Old May 9, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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I de-badged my evo in 5 minutes. Just used some adhesive/wax remover and a plastic putty knife that had a little bit of bend to it butt still was pretty stiff. The heat will really help so just do it on a hot summer day. Or if that's not the case just use a hair dryer. Just sprayed it and get the knife started. I carefully pushed it under the badge as i kept spraying it with the remover. This way goes a lot faster than the fishing line and doesn't jack up your hands so i would suggest it instead.
Old May 9, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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Just used air dryer. Started to pull off with a credit card and then just pulled it gently. No wax or fishing wire or anything
Old May 9, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by gOOmba756
Just used air dryer. Started to pull off with a credit card and then just pulled it gently. No wax or fishing wire or anything
pretty much what i just said minus the remover
Old May 9, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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I highly recommend using goo gone to clean off the adhesive.
I used goo gone and dental floss worked like a charm. i also had a heat gun to help out, but like they said hair dryer will work just as well.
Old May 9, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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I used fishing line, the lil glue foam stuff that was left I rubed my finger on it and came right off. Can use goo gone too.
Old May 9, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by D-Mon3y69
pretty much what i just said minus the remover
Yes and there are about 100 other posts on this forum saying the exact same things...no need to get into who said something first.
Old May 9, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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Fishing line is the way to go, I had no experience about debadging and it was really easy using a fish line, I didn't even use a heat gun or let the car sit in the sun. I used a 4 lb fish line.
Old May 9, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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the easiest way is to use a hot water pressure washer, spray to the side, kinda behind, the badges and slowly peel them away little by little, takes about 2 minutes.. Super easy!
Old May 9, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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goo gone fishing line/plastic wedge thing..worked for me no scratches and no problems
Old May 9, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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i just got done debadging my car . hair dryer & fishing line worked like a charm.

ran the hairdryer for aprox. 30 seconds back and forth on high

then ~ 10 seconds per letter (mitsu & lancer wording)

took my fishing line; wrapped it around both pointer fingers (left hand & right hand)

put it behind the initial letter (starting point) flossed like a sawing motion up and down while pulling to my finishing point.

tip: if any part got too hard i stopped, and heated it up with the hair dryer again

left a little black residue, which if it didn't peel right off, i ran the hair dryer over it, and it came right off. my finished result: no faded paint, no residue, & looks clean
Old May 11, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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+1 i just used some fishing Line on a worm day tick is to use it like a saw back and forth. really easy even let my wife so the lancer logo.
Old May 11, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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Take a Power Washer and set it to the highest setting and spray the **** out of it.



JK JK lol fishing line and a Hair dryer worked just fine for me.
Old May 11, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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i debadged it with dental floss no joke so easy



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