[ksspacegray07]

Originally Posted by The703

i have a 2008 328i coupe with 77k miles on it. my question is - is it too late to debadge it? i dont want to have sun marks on the paint from the letters...

2008's a decent time period and most of the time it really doesn't matter

don't heat it up; the 3mtape will just get harder to remove.. get a plastic spatula or plastic blade and lift the badges up one by one that way the 3m should all come off in one piece..then clean up what else is left with alcohol and finish the entire process with cleaner wax (this will take away the fading)

[The703]

Now they say dont heat it up...

[The703]

Originally Posted by E92 N54

Imo, 328i owners debadge so people don't know they have a 328i... instead it "could be" a 335i...

...I just dont like text on my car lol.

[ksspacegray07]

Originally Posted by The703

Now they say dont heat it up...

just my experience, works better for me whatever works best is what you should do... I work with this stuff all the time especially vinyl

[The703]

i ended up doing it. I heat deff helped, along with bug and tar remover. It is however ghosted on, but you can't really see it, you have to really look at it close

[dwells]

It's possible that's caused by very fine dirt/adhesive buildup around the edges - try claybarring the area.

[Reckless335]

I plasti-dipped mine. I like it because from far away it appears to be debadged, but up close you can still see the badges. Best of both worlds kind of thing. I used plasti-dip in the case that I didn't like it I could just remove it and either leave the chrome badges on, or debadge, but I think I'll stick with the plasti-dip.


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