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I'm thinking of de badging my A4 (taking off the 1.9tdi and the A4 badges). The car is almost 10 years old and I'm wondering if it's likely to leave a mess on the bodywork?

How are people taking them off? I was thinking of trying some dental floss and working that through but I'm not sure if it will be strong enough
 
I used a very thin plastic membership card, think it was RA or similar. Give it a good heat with a hot air gun or hairdryer and tease the card up behind it then work back and forth to break the seal. It will leave glue and probably and outline of the badge in dirt, washed the majority of the dirt off then used a dab of petrol on a rag to remove the leftover glue. You'll probably have to give it a good polish once done so handy if you have a machine polisher.
 
Tar and glue remover.

Most almost fall off , if not use boiling water out of a kettle.

If still attached , fishing line or plastic card.

Clean up with tar and glue remover and final finish with a fine compound like G10 by hand.
 
I did mine not so long ago and it took no time at all. I used a fishing line and began by heating up the badges with a standard hair dryer. Once it was heated up a bit, put the fishing line behind the badge and manouver it up and down so that it cuts into the glue. Once the badge comes off, use a solvent to remove the remaining glue and give it a good wash and polish after. Doesn't take long at all, but the effect is great :)
 
Cheers for the replies. I think I'll try the boiling water and plastic card method. I have some tar remover if that doesn't work.

Will stick some pics up if all goes well
 
I used pretty much a combination of everything mentioned; first heat it up a bit with a hairdryer, then spray tar and bug remover, then slowly go around it with dental floss, then use an old credit card to get the remains off and spray more bug and tar remover whilst doing this.

Another note is in my experience it was easier getting the remains off after leaving it on (annoyed and tempted to give up with it) then trying again after it had rained, made it much softer and easier to get off with a credit card afterwards.
 
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I managed to get them off by pouring boiling water over them, then scraping the badges off with a card. I kept the card as flat as possible so the corners of the badges didn't catch the paintwork. I was left with the glue residue so I scraped as much of that off as I could then sprayed WD40 over it then worked at it again until it all came off. I used tar remover for the difficult bits and to shift a line of dirt (probably soot off the exhaust) around the A4 badge.

Before:
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After:
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Car needs a bath now but the weather is s****!!
 
One side I did boiling water as only thing to hand.

Other side, tar and glue , tar and glue is way more efficient.
 
Yeah the tar remover is the best at getting the glue residue off. Had to let it soak a little for it to come off easily.
Finished off with some auto glym super resin polish to put some protection back on as the tar remover will have shifted the wax that was on there.
 
morning team, this will be my next mini project, which brand of tar remover are we using?
 
I used a can of 'Sticky stuff remover' I got it from scamfords (halfords) for about £5, and then I used T-Cut because you could see the outlines of where the badges were.
 
my old bus was debadged from the factory but when I changed the tailgate rings over to black I used fishing line and a hair dry , worked a treat.
 
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