de-badging

[Anthonys Dakota]

anyone have an easy way to de-badge?
maybe a tutorial?

[Derbango]

Heat gun and Goo gone to clean off the leftover glue.

[Anthonys Dakota]

what if I don't have acess to a heat gun?

[GWhaley]

Originally Posted by Anthonys Dakota

what if I don't have acess to a heat gun?

A blowdryer will work too - just takes a little longer.....

[Derbango]

Originally Posted by GWhaley

A blowdryer will work too - just takes a little longer.....

Yep

[Anthonys Dakota]

so what does it just shrink the letters off?

[96daksport]

Originally Posted by Anthonys Dakota

so what does it just shrink the letters off?

Heat it up and then scrape the edge with a credit card, then you will be able to peel it off.

[Jasoon]

Those plastic wedges that carpeters use to level door jams work too. A nice hair dryer (not the $15 walmart kind) will heat up the decal letters and emblems up and it will slide off like butter.

Some of the 3rd gen trucks had emblems with pegs on them (v8, etc) so you might not want to take those off unless you want holes in your fenders!

Then, off to be polished. Hope you kept your paint in good shape over the years, or there may be a visible difference... uh oh.

[durangokid]

and u can get a heat gun for like 15 bucks. I have one it works quite well for a cheapy.

[Chad7531]

+1 on the goo-gone

[Jarheadoo7]

harbor freight, wal mart al have cheap heat guns. once you buy one you use it more and more anyway..

dont get caught up on removing the graphics.. i replaced mine with reflective ones from

reflectiveconcepts.com

[zclif2601]

Originally Posted by Jarheadoo7

harbor freight, wal mart al have cheap heat guns. once you buy one you use it more and more anyway..

dont get caught up on removing the graphics.. i replaced mine with reflective ones from

reflectiveconcepts.com

they even used your truck for the dakota!

[6shooter]

i used an ancient heat gun and goo gone. im not sure if the stickers were made differently, but on my truck i originally had the "dakota sport" on the doors, with sport being the small block lettering, not the "cursive" lookin stuff. my "sport" on the door and the "4x4" stickers on the bed peeled right off with a little heat and left virtually no goo. but the dakota lettering on the door... man what a bitch! no matter how i heated it or which way i pulled, they broke apart into a million pieces and left adhesive all over my door. it took a little elbow grease with goo gone and lighter fluid but its all off now.

[suprchgd99rango]

i used pliers to grab onto my plastic badges and pulled gently and used a eraser wheel to remove the 3m tape.

[suprchgd99rango]

if its just a sticker use a eraser wheel.