I have a brand new 2005 Pathfinder LE and it came with the NISSAN, PATHFINDER and LE badges on the back, plus the PATHFINDER stickers on the top rail. I thought it was too much. Would you take it all off if you owned it? People say this is common on smaller cars but not on SUVs.
Thanks.
Do what you want/like. Dont let any one make up your mind for you. Do you, thats what makes cars/trucks different today.
I used dental floss, my girls hair dryer and my school ID.
heated each character for 30-60 seconds then put the floss in between my two hands very tightly and then with the flatter of the floss put it on my car and it slid pretty easily behind the badges.
the floss would break maybe cuz of friction resulting in lots of floss. Once they were all off I used Goo Gone to clean off the excess shit, then MCguires scratch and something remover to clean it all up.
I just got my car buffed, waxed cleaned ... the whole works thanks to my girlfriend dad whos big into bmw's so I am going to redo my page showing current pics and just before and after pictures.
hope you like the pics and good luck with badge removals.
I did mine right after I got it back from the rollover. I just peeled them right off and hit that gunk with some NuFinish and it looked great.
NuFinish > Most every wax on the market.
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that is a really expensive way to do it. the way that i did it was go to your local dollar store and pick up a set of white erasers(must be white) doesnt matter what company. then make sure you dont cut your fingernails for about two weeks, and then, with your elongated fingernail, start to peel at the badges(sentra/gxe/200sx/and so on) then you will have all that sticky stuff. try to take as much of it as you can off, with your fingers. then whatever is left, erase it off, but it might take alot of scrubbing. then, take any type of glass cleaner(windex) and spray over the area, then all you have left is to dry it with a tissue paper or something. then you have you real emblems, just take dental floss, and slide underneath the emblem, then it will start to come off, then peel off. then repeat the above steps.
i agree with b14sleeper .....
i did this on a sunny (hot) day with a piece of fishing string i found laying around and just rubbed the glue off with my finger ( a little elbow greese is really all it takes) just take you time and watch the paint....
Hey guys, anyone who peeled off his SE-R badges, could send me the one from the trunk (the 3" one)?
Cause mine got stolen and it seems that you don't want it anyway
i took mine off in front of my work (Holiday Inn) I used one of the key cards for the room and it came right off......my car is a 2005 so no nasty outline. But if i read this thread before i did it i would have used nismos method.
20+ posts and no pictures of anyone's progress...? i'd be interested in trying this, but am an unsure of which method with which to proceed as no one has posted pictures of their results...
20+ posts and no pictures of anyone's progress...? i'd be interested in trying this, but am an unsure of which method with which to proceed as no one has posted pictures of their results...
get: a hair dryer, credit card, dental floss, and mcguiars scratch x stuff.
heat the badging you wish to remove up and use your credit card just to show you how easily it will come off.
then decide use credit card (probbly get it a little dirty) or use floss.
after that try and get all the crap left off with either goo gone or finger nail.
then use scratch X to make it beautiful.
I dont have pictures of the process but pics of the outcome on my cardomain page........
I havent posted recently but accident pics will come soon...MY CAR MIGHT BE TOTALED
I plan on doing this on my 86' ZX in the next couple of days. I will post pics. Mine being an 86, it will be very noticable where the badging was. But I plan on getting it painted, thats why I am going to remove it anyway.
I want to remove the badge on my tailgate. I've had the truck a year and a half now. Oh yeah, the paint is black. Do you think I will have to worry about any outlines from the paint fading? I live in an apartment so the truck is exposed to the sunlight year round.
hey i have a 95 nissan sentra black. i am planning on taking off the badging but i recently saw a pic of someones car who had the nissan symbol off but with the resedue and stickiness on there. Is that because they probably didnt use goo gone to clean it? since the embles im on the plastic back light of the car, i was wondering if it should be okay.
hey i have a 95 nissan sentra black. i am planning on taking off the badging but i recently saw a pic of someones car who had the nissan symbol off but with the resedue and stickiness on there. Is that because they probably didnt use goo gone to clean it? since the embles im on the plastic back light of the car, i was wondering if it should be okay.
Goo Gone will take car of it, I also used McGuiars Scratch X, takes everything away.
if you have a sentra and you are taking the NISSAN emblem off you will have a small indent. I took mine out then filled it in and painted over it. BONDO.
well, i actually got bored today, and took mine off, there is a product called quickie professional gunk & goo remover. it had a little plastic wedge blade that took the badges off quick, and after a lot of elbow grease, the adhesive finally came off, and the big nissan emblem on the trunk is just on there with double sided tape, but if it's old like mine, then it will probably take a lot of work to get off.
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Give your car a smooth clean look by removing all of the badging. Not only will your car look cleaner, but it will be easier to wash, dry and wax because you won't have those pesky badges that get in your way and snag your rags. This is a very simple procedure that just takes a little time and patience.
Standard fishing line- preferably some strong stuff · "Goo Gone", "De-Solv-It" or similar sticky residue remover · Plastic putty knife or scrapper ·
Cleaning wax- I recommend Meguiars · Possibly a hair dryer $5 - $10 if you don't already have the materials lying around the house The step by step instructions... Sorry I don't have any pictures to go along with these ones.
Step One-Cut off about a 1 foot piece of fishing line. Wrap the ends around your index fingers so that there is about 6 inches left in between, and you can pull the line tight.
StepTwo-Slide the line behind the badge you wish to remove. Slide the line up and down behind the badge to saw through the badges backing material. If the material is hard to saw through, you may wish to heat it with a hair dryer to soften it up a bit. This is optional - I didn't find a need for it.
Step Three-Saw back and forth until you have made you way all the way to the other side of the badge. The badge should then fall off.
Step Four-Now you will be left with a mess off goo and backing material still on the car. Time to break out the Goo Gone.
Step Five-Spray the remover on the remains of the badge and let it soak in for a minute. Then get out the Plastic scraper and carefully scrape off the remaining material. Even though you are using plastic, you still must be careful not to gouge or scratch the paint.
Step Six-Now that you have the majority of the material removed, there will still probably be a distinct outline of where the badge was. Polish it up using some cleaner wax. Cleaner wax is basically regular wax with some slight abrasives in it to remove contaminants, remove scratches and polish the paint. Complete! That's it. After a few coats of wax, you should barely (if at all) be able to tell that there was a badge there. Now its time to do the rest of those badges!
I'd like to say that this actually works great. I've debadged 4 cars like this (including my 1980 Datsun) without any problems or paint peeling issues.
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