No I understand the concept of heating the badges to remove them, but something like a hair drier or heat gun is much more appropriate for the situation. And working in a body shop for a few years I can say I've never seen it done that way because it is ridiculous.

 

You must know a hair dryer does not get hot enough to help anything. A heat gun works, which is the same heat as a tourch gun at a safe distance of course, working in a body shop I certainly hope you know that. In that, you are agreeing with me, so you are calling your own idea ridiculous. On this, I have had enough of your behavior so I am stepping out of this topic. Here is a link to another forum that supports the heat gun and tourch concept as well as some other experiences and knowledge. Note fishing wire is extremely harmful to your paint. I try to add my opinion here and my experience and I appoligize to the original poster. It was not my intention at all to hijack the thread (again this is another reason I step away from threads when they get like this).

http://www.lxforums.com/board/showth...g+door+molding

and bmxox...grow up and read what you write

 

the easiest way is like some people have said use a piece of floss or fishing line works good cuz it wont break as much as floss does but its up to you. Then just get some adhesive remover and put some on a towel dont just throw it on there and take a the glue residue left behind then just use a littlle bit of wax so it make the paint blend in with the other so it wont be so rough.

 

I'm going to take the factory sport graphics off of my 2001 Ram. Being on there for 5 years now, with a still beautiful blue paint job, would there really be much of a difference in the paint under the graphics and the rest of the truck?

 

Did it sit out in the sun a lot and did you wax it on a regular basis?

Dusty

 

Well I'm second owner, just bought it last month. I have no clue what hte last owner did to it. My guess is that it more than likely sat in teh sun a lot. But...the paint looks immaculate when washed.

 

You might want to look at the door jabs or anywhere else where the sun didn't hit the paint. That'll give you an idea. You can also get a tube of touch up paint and make a paint chip and see how close that looks to the current color....

Dusty

 

Alrighty, I'll try that. Thanks guys.

 

Let us know how it goes........

Dusty