Hello,

How is it possible to take of the letters c-r-o-s-s-f-i-r-e of the back of my limited xfire?

Are they just glued or are they like bolted in the trunk?

Would it leave some marks or if I wax the car correctly will the marks go away?

I don't won't to go to a car shop to do it, so is it possible to take them of like some persons in this forum?

Cheers

 

Take a 3 inch roll of tape and put it over all the letters. get a piece of fishing line and slide up and down between the letters and the paint. The sticky tape the mfg uses should come off and all your letters should adhere to the 3 inch tape so they will be spaced correctly if you decide to put them back on. It worked for me.

 

The tape idea is brilliant . However, I would not use fishing line, casue it is strong enough to scratch the paint. I had success with DENTAL FLOSS. Of course I live in AZ and it gets hotter than H-E-double hockey sticks. So i'm sure that loosened up the sticky stuff on the back.

I took off the letters earlier this year and my car is a 2004. So the letters were on there for 4 years and after removal, you could not even tell they were there. Left no marks or different color paint (and my car is white).

To remove the sticky stuff I used GOO GONE and a tissue. Soaked the tissue and held it to the sticky stuff. After the entire process, I definitely gave the car a GOOD WAX.

 

I used a heat gun, then dental floss to take off the letters. Sprayed some WD-40 on it, let sit for 10 minutes to get off the bigger glue areas. Then I used a clay bar kit that I have to get the remaining reminents off the car.

 

If anyone wants to sell their letter, PM me with a price, thanks

 

You could also just wait for a nice hot day and pull the letters off by hand. Take your finger nail and catch the edge of each letter and pull it off...or just twist the letters off one by one with your thumb and pointer finger (or whatever fingers you prefer, lol).

 

Warning!

I seem to remember that someone removed the letters from their Aero Blue or SSB xFire and the paint had faded noticeably. Do a search for "debadging" I think it was.

Maybe if you remove ONE and after cleaning it, Take A CLOSE LOOK?

Just a thought.

 

It might, and if it does the sun will fade the clear coat after a little bit of time so you don't see the shadowing.

 

this is it right here.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ight=debadging

 

I can almost guarantee that you will see "fading" on any crossfire once the emblems are removed...but not for the reasons most think about. You must remember that the paint under the emblems has NEVER been waxed, washed, buffed, scratched, etc. It will appear "faded" until you give the panel a nice buffing (preferrably machine) to create a nice clean and evenly treated surface.

 

Hi,

I will try something to take them off, maybe the tape and dental floss.

My car has now 4,700 miles on it so it's almost nothing. The car has always stayed in a garage so hopefully there will be no mark when I will remove them.

Thx to everyone for the suggestions.

Sheers

 

PS: why is it impossible for me to see the 9 comments???

I can only see mine and the 2 first???

 

The sun fades very few things in Finland.

 

UV fading will occur, just not as fast because they are further north.

 

So in other words, I should have no problem if I take them of. I should not take the un into account and the car has stayed in the garage for a year. That what explains the really low Miles, 4800