Phizinza Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I need to respray the rear door on the Outback, want to take the badges off to do a proper job. So, best way to remove them so I can glue them back on later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 15 minutes with a hair dryer. get the emblem just hot enough to melt the adhesive without too hot that it damages it. also make sure it's not fastened or bolted on, which i can't think of any bolted subaru emblems so should be clear. a google search of "how to debadge a car" will bring up a billion hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterbang Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 i always just use a hair dryer and then dental floss to slowly pull back the badge from one end to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 when I did mine I used the sun (I was down south) and my credit card. goo gone might get the rest off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBrat84 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 If dental floss alone doesn't work, gently heat. When I de-badged my '98 GT one of the badges had "Pins" that fit into little holes.. but, if you're putting them back on then that doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterbang Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 looks like im not the only one that learned that the legacy badge was pinned through the hatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 I'll try the hair drier... it appears to be held on with double sided black tape of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman18 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I usually use fishing line and kind of "saw" through the adhesive, then use an adhesive remover to get the rest off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hair drier for ancient pinstripes too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Well I used the good ol' Australian sun and a piece of nylon fishing line. Worked very easy. Bit of meths to clean of the paint work ready for sanding. Now I just need to find something to glue them back on with... Thinking maybe some of the sikaflex windscreen glue I've got... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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