Ok ...I dont know why it was such a issue with mine ...but it was...

I did everything I was suppose to and I guess that b/c my b5 is a 2000 it has been on for a while...but holy **** it took alot of effort and time not to scratch ...

oh and just an fyi for you guys wanting to do it...use a lot of Goo Gone..I used near a whole bottle of the stuff...

just saturate it through like 4 or 5 times and let it sit for like 30 minutes before you go in and try removing all the adhesive..

Im gonna take pics when Im done...

 

haha it isn't that easy.. it should take you a good 15-20 minutes

 

Ya it can take a little while but its worth it.... although if i had to do it on mine i would leave the rings on, the guy that had my car before me took everything off and i think the rings are cool, imo....

 

Hey bro this is how you do it right.. check it out when i did it.

you shouldn even use 1/4th the bottle if you are doing it right .


DEBADGED MY CAR

hope it helps

 

man I was scared shiitless when i was about to attempt mine.

I mean it's a brand new 05.

I did not want to screw it up.

I have about 30 cars on my block. It was about 45 degrees out side and 8 am on a sunday morning.

I jumped out of bed, dressed, grabbed my wifes hair dryer, dental floss and ran out to the garage.

I proceeded to yank down my 100 ft of extension cord and grab my wd-40.

Plugging my cords in and together i ran out of my garage, down the block.

Is i hit the end of the block i started debadging every car on my way back to my place untill i got it down to a 5 min process.


10 cars later. It's a piece of cake. Just like changing liscense plates (besure to put matching ones on the cars), oil (funny you cant just use hydraulic oil), clear corners (I find a 2lb sledge and a chisel to be the fastest), DIY short shifters (does not work well on steering colum autos) and real coffee can exhaust.

My philosphy is why experiment on your car when your nieghbors is right next door.

 

LoL, thats funny $hit, great philosphy man!!!

 

Yeah, it requires a bit of elbow grease, but it shouldn't be THAT hard....

1. Heat it up with a hair dryer.
2. Use your fishing wire and pry the badge forward a bit, squirt some goo-gone behind the badge. Hit it with some more heat.
3. Use a slow back and forth "sawing" motion and separate the badge from the back of the car. Don't worry about getting all the adhesive, but get as much as you can.
4. Get the remaining adhesive wet with goo-gone and rub the adhesive with some cloth. Keep rubbing, add some goo gone when it drys out. Heat it up if you want. I carefully used my fingernail a little bit, didn't scratch my paint at all.

If you take your time (which you should) it should take a maximum of 15 min per side.

 

Mine took me at least an hour... Was a huge PITA. Just tedious work... lots of picking... there was a lot of residue left over, and I used fishing wire and a hair dryer... some have it easy, some don't. You never know till you start, I guess.

 

idk if this is bad advice but it worked for me and it didnt scratch the paint, but use a ice scraper or snowboard wax scraper to remove the left over residu.

 

Yikes! Experienced in the way of the ice scraper... you must be.