de-badging a GTi

[nafeGTI]

thinking of removing the rear badges and maybe putting anniversary style badge on the left side, whats the best way to remove the badges and get rid of the black sticky stuff?

[Mouse_GTI]

I used some hot water and rinsed over the badges with it to loosen the adhesive. Also used a hair dryer to keep it warm. Then I got a plastic ice scraper and covered the edge with a few layers of black tape and worked it under the badge. Once I got it off I used a bit of WD40 to clean off the excess residue. Supposed you could also used a Clay Bar. I marked roughly where the new badge would go very lightly with a pencil and black tape, then carefully stuck the new one on

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[nafeGTI]

great, thanks very much mate I'll post pics up when I'm all done

[Mouse_GTI]

Cool. The anniversary badges look really good

[bobtknob]

why not try to get an american style gti ann badge which is all red?
and a shiny rabbit but that can be thrown i spose

[ModifiedMadness]

I just used a bit of cotton to get my badge off, then a mixture of my finger and Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover to get rid of the sticky foam. Once I'd done that I used a bit of Meguiars Scratch X to get rid of the outline of the writing.

[gti_black]

credit card, simple as that,

although you may need tar remover or white spirit to remove the glue left behind

[nafeGTI]

well here we go, about 20 minutes of rubbing, washing and peeling i think it looks a lot better ...

before


after


probably putting red GTI anniversary badge on lower left side tonight

[Mouse_GTI]

Looks nice and stealth with just the VW badge