De-badging and taking the molding off?
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De-badging and taking the molding off? I was thinking of taking to Trans Am badges and the side molding off. Does anybody have any tips or how exactly it comes off, is it just stuck on or are there going to be holes left?
i used a piece of fishing string wrapped around my hands to get the "trans am" badges off... be careful and don't pull on them too hard or they will snap... then i used my fingers to rub off as much of the adhesive as possible... when i was done with that i used wd40 and an applicator pad to get the rest of the sticky stuff off (goo gone works fine too just didn't have any laying around) and finished it off by cleaning and waxing the whole area... i left my side moldings on but the same steps should apply
Take side molding off = 
Take Trans Am Door Emblems off = 
Keep the door call outs on IMO. As stated though, fishing line and a hair dryer will work. The only thing about the emblems would be to change the color of them. Go with silver or black on your car.
Take Trans Am Door Emblems off = Keep the door call outs on IMO. As stated though, fishing line and a hair dryer will work. The only thing about the emblems would be to change the color of them. Go with silver or black on your car. I actually just grabbed the molding and ripped (figuratively) it off. I didn't heat it up, but it was a warm day out, so. Be prepared to rub a LOT of the adhesive off from the moldings.
As long as your car wasn't repainted or anything, it should look fine underneath. I'd leave the Trans Am badges on, maybe paint them like suggested above me. I have a red T/A and the black T/A badges look so much better than red
As long as your car wasn't repainted or anything, it should look fine underneath. I'd leave the Trans Am badges on, maybe paint them like suggested above me. I have a red T/A and the black T/A badges look so much better than red
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I took the side moldings and TA off the side of mine. I had originally thought about leaving the TA on but it just looks plastered on so I removed it as well. A side benefit of this looking a lot better is the car is much easier to clean as well.
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yup i took of my side molding and it looks way more sleek and clean
just use a hairdryer and get it as hot as possible - then you can just peel off the molding by hand - i got the adhesive so hot that there was barely any residue to scrub off my door and it took me around 15min to do the entire car.
just use a hairdryer and get it as hot as possible - then you can just peel off the molding by hand - i got the adhesive so hot that there was barely any residue to scrub off my door and it took me around 15min to do the entire car.
