Removing Model Badge

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I'm thinking about removing the model badge on the back of my Taycan.

According to YouTube videos, a heat gun and something like dental floss are the way to go. Did anyone successfully do that, or another way?

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[kort]

I haven't debadged the taycan but I have used similar methods to remove the badges from other cars. you will all need something to remove some residual glue.

 

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Does isopropyl alcohol work well?

 

[xqdong]

I'm thinking about removing the model badge on the back of my Taycan.

According to YouTube videos, a heat gun and something like dental floss are the way to go. Did anyone successfully do that, or another way?

I have done this, I have used the fishing line to get the badge off from the car body. put the fishing line between the badge the car body, then pull the line hard until the double sided tape between the badge and car body are totally cut over.

be careful with your hand, a glover would be good to protect your hand from the possible hurt from the fishing line.

 

[magnitude]

I have done this, I have used the fishing line to get the badge off from the car body. put the fishing line between the badge the car body, then pull the line hard until the double sided tape between the badge and car body are totally cut over.

be careful with your hand, a glover would be good to protect your hand from the possible hurt from the fishing line.

That sounds good, thanks. Did you still have to remove glue residue? I assume the badge was broken after that?

 

[xqdong]

That sounds good, thanks. Did you still have to remove glue residue? I assume the badge was broken after that?

I use "3M residual remover" to remove the glue residue, badge is good after removing if you do it careful enough.

 

[xqdong]

That sounds good, thanks. Did you still have to remove glue residue? I assume the badge was broken after that?

one thing to note, when you pull the fishing line, the direction of the pull is towards cut the glue, not towards pull the badge off, otherwise badge will be damaged.

 

[e92er]

I've done this on a lot of my cars. You don't need a heat gun, just a hair dryer to warm up the glue before using the fishing line to separate the glue from the badges. Slow and steady. Once the badges are off, you can carefully peal away the big globs of glue by hand and then use gluegon for the residue.

 

[ciaranob]

All good advice but definitely do not use a heat gun - even experienced folk can very easily overdo heat and damage clear coat and/or paint - never worth the risk - hair dryer a close second imo but indeed more manageable but as others have said fishing line or what I use dental floss is more than enough to get it done and a glue remover like 3M.

 

[kort]

I have done this, I have used the fishing line to get the badge off from the car body. put the fishing line between the badge the car body, then pull the line hard until the double sided tape between the badge and car body are totally cut over.

be careful with your hand, a glover would be good to protect your hand from the possible hurt from the fishing line.

heating the area will soften the glue

 

[RGBArgee]

I'm thinking about removing the model badge on the back of my Taycan.

According to YouTube videos, a heat gun and something like dental floss are the way to go. Did anyone successfully do that, or another way?

Why on earth do you want to de-badge seems totally pointless.

 

[Replika]

Why on earth do you want to de-badge seems totally pointless.

So everyone knows for sure it's the base model
(edit: they have the Turbo, power move..)

 

[smoothound]

done lots of these - tip: tape and then wrap the ends of the fishing line around suitable 'toggles' such as wooden spoon handles a few times - - use like a garrotte - makes it less painful and more controlled - works well as a garrotte too - good luck

 

[RGBArgee]

So everyone knows for sure it's the base model
(edit: they have the Turbo, power move..)

Watch out for next post. How do I attach a Turbo S badge?

 

[JS4S]

Mine was removed during PPF installation. They sent me pictures and I decided to leave it off. I really like the clean look.

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