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Rite - i love washing my car - white cars when clean look amazing !!

But - i want to de-badge the rear of my MK5 the only problem is that its filthy in between the letters - where i cant reach with my cloth !!

Can anybody recommend some good products to use to bring it up sparkly !!

Also have a few bits of tar/road ?? that are stck near the wheel arch - any ideas on what stuff to use to get the marks off ?

Cheers all help is massively appreciated !!

i just use an old toothbrush for the letters, and i personally use autoglym bug and tar remover for the tar spots...but then everyone has their own personal prefferance

i've used the halfords bug and tar remover! its pritty good, u have to work at it quite alot mind!

haven't however found anything that gets rid of the really stubbon stuff! but i'm investigating!

rite ill have a butchers about those products !!


just worried that there wil be a dirty mark left after i take the badges off and i wont be able to remove them !!

Anyone think truck wash will be any good or will it just eat my paint away ??

never heard of truck wash mate!

if ur debadging, some stuff will be left behind, but with a bit of elbow grease, and some tar remover, u should be able to get it all off! make sure you don't scratch the paint, and i'd say put some polish over the area to give it some protection!

Cool ill give that a try just dont want that nasty brown/black muck thats left !!

Is there any meguiars stuff thats good - i see a lot about that on tyresmoke but have no idea where to get it or how good it is !!

Cheeres Spikey !!

Meguiars do loads of good stuff.

AutoGlym's Intensive Tar Remover is the best tar remover i have used (meguiars one is usless)

If your de-badgeing then get as much of the sticky tape from behind it as possible before attacking with a tar remover (which works well). I used a microfibre cloth to do mine.
As Spikey says give the area behind a polish a wax just for protection.

Right will do then guys - cheers for all your help !!!!!

Don't use truck-wash (traffic film remover) as this will flatten the paint quickly and then you will probably have to polish and then wax the whole are that you have washed with it.

For the tar, use the A/G stuff as recomended and if the area is still rough afterwards, then use a Paint rubber/clay bar.

Likewise for the area where the badges were, once removed get all the sticky residue off, probably with tar remover if it works, and then polish the area where the badge was, again try a paint rubber as this might also help.

Right ive got my stuff together now i went for

JewelUltra Diamondbrite stages 1-2
Meguiars DC 1 2 3
Meguiars body scrub

any ideas on a kinda of order i should use them in ?? i was thinking maybe :-

a/g tar remover
Wash + dry
meg body scrub
jewelultra
wash + dry
meg DC 123



Any help is appreciated

for a good tar remover look no futher than WD40. Works a treat for me.