From the rear of the car? Is it just glued on or are there holes underneath?
Playing with some changes and dont want to take it off if it will leave holes.

 

No holes. Just stuck on there. Use some fishing line or floss and stick it behind it and cut it off. Then get some goo gone and thats it. You can warm it up first to make it easier to cut. Or you can just try to pry it off.

 

But if you pry it off use some sort of plastic tool, like an plastic spreader, they used to be metal, or a windsheild tool, and yes if you heat it up it will have more give to it and might just come all off in one piece.

 

Badges? .... Badges? .... I don't need no stinking badges!!

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heat gun is the way to go.......comes off real easy

 

Better to use a hair dryer if you want to save the badge. I used a heat gun and it was too hot. The badge came off easy enough, but it partially melted the plastic. If you have a heat gun use a low setting if it has one, or keep a little distance from the nozzle. BTW Tupperware orange peeler is made of a flexible plastic with small chisel shaped edge on one side. No sharp edges, lets you get under the glue to peel the badge off.

 

I used dental floss on a really warm day and took off the residue on the paint with a little polish.

 

The residue can be removed with a little GlueBeGone or WD-40. I've had emblems on other cars that were on pretty good so I had to drip D-40 behind the emblem to soak the gooey stuff adhering it to the car.

Also, the paint will have faded on the car and you will probably have to do some polishing to even the color of the paint behind the emblem with the paint that has been exposed to the elements. I have a black car and I can still see the outline of the letters where I removed the Crossfire letters, BUT I'm the only one that can see it; everyone else tries and fails to see it--maybe I'm seeing things from spending so much time blending the paint under the letters?

 

WD-40 shoud NEVER go on any painted surface of a car. It has silicone in it that will, in the future, wreak havoc if the car needs to be repainted.

 

I took mine off day two, cause I got pulled over day er nite one by a cop that wanted to see a SRT-6 up close....Aurgue!!!!
Woody

 

You're right in that stuff with silicone might affect future repaints, but WD-40 does not contain any silicone.
This is another (s)urban myth. You can check here WD-40 Facts here

 

Thanks for the replies. I removed the letters when I bought the car. Now I will complete the debadging when it warms up.
I will save the parts for the future though.

 

Very interesting, when I worked for BMW of North America at their collision repair training center they banned WD-40 from the bodyshop because they said it contained silicone(which causes fish eyes in paint when you refinish).

 

Just because they're Germain, doesn't mean they know everything.
Eh?