Body Work Emblem Removal

[BoxsterSteve]

Use WD40 or GooGone. If the adhesive is as dried out as you say, soak it with a dampened paper towel to soften it.

[Pdwight]

heat gun...not too hot

Then before it cools try goo gone

[jakeru]

Are you feeling lucky?

If it's the factory-original finish with the linear polyurethane 2-part clear coat, it should be extremely resistant to pretty strong solvents, even including acetone, such as lacquer thinner or non-chlorinated brake parts cleaner.

Using anything with acetone would take the old crusty adhesive off in a hurry.

If you have a cheap respray, however, you'll quickly damage your finish and have color transfer onto the towel you within seconds of applying an acetone-laden solvent. This would be very bad. A milder solvents either won't work at all, will require extended dwell time, and/or mechanical agitation (which is another issue if there is dirt in the old adhesive, as it can get scoured into the paint and cause many scratches). There are a few different products out there often recommended for things like removing tar from paint, which could work ok.

Hope that helps, and best of luck.

[Xpit77]

Be careful on what you use. I tried some of the products listed here and I damaged the clear coat. Took it to a Body shop and had it buffed out.

[Dlirium]

Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve

Use WD40 or GooGone. If the adhesive is as dried out as you say, soak it with a dampened paper towel to soften it.

This is exactly what I did - GooGone. Took quite a bit of elbow grease, but eventually came off with no damage to the paint. DO clean the area VERY well after it is all off before sticking the new one on or going "delete".