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Paul Rice

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British Zeds
The M44 Massive
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Z4 2.5 E89 23
Easy enough to get them off?
Its not all one badge so using a plastic trim remover each piece comes away from the paint, an old credit card would do as well, some glue residue soon comes off then a quick wipe, its as if they were never there
 

Pond

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3 litre Z3 pretending to be Italian exotica. Two previous E89 Z4s.
Its not all one badge so using a plastic trim remover each piece comes away from the paint, an old credit card would do as well, some glue residue soon comes off then a quick wipe, its as if they were never there
I always use some fishing line with masking tape around just in case. Then remove any glue residue with T-cut. It takes a little while but is safer than glue remover or acetone IME.
It's easier when the weather's cold cos the glue doesn't 'smear'
 

Paul Rice

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British Zeds
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Doncaster
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Z4 2.5 E89 23
I always use some fishing line with masking tape around just in case. Then remove any glue residue with T-cut. It takes a little while but is safer than glue remover or acetone IME.
It's easier when the weather's cold cos the glue doesn't 'smear'
I used Maquires paint cleaner, its pretty gentle and yes it was bloody cold doing it.
 

Paul Rice

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The M44 Massive
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Doncaster
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Z4 2.5 E89 23
Would a autoglym tar remover do the job?
Yep its basicly glue and tar remover, the residue glue mostly comes of with the badge any bigger bits of glue i managed to remove by rolling the glue with my thumb if that makes sense? Any final residue came off with the paint cleaner / tar remover
 

bombur

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Porthcawl, Wales
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Z3 1.9, Z4 E89 2.3
sorry last question, Im reading you should warm the emblem up first to make the glue, gooey. Yet you mention you did it in the cold, so no need to warm the area up?
 

Paul Rice

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Z4 2.5 E89 23
Stripe removal, yes comes of better if the glue is warmed but for badges the glue is easier to remove cold
 

bombur

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Z3 1.9, Z4 E89 2.3
Thanks for the tips, got both sides off today. One side left far more glue than the other so will have to sort those out over the weekend
 
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