40th Anniversary Edition - Fender Badge Removal

[NorCalFJ100]

So my truck is at the body shop. It's in desperate need of repainting of the hood, roof and hatch from clear coat gone bad. I also have some bad damage to my driver door. The recommendation is to repaint the fender to blend the new door paint....My body shop guy said he could remove and would more than likely be fine, but I told him they are not replaceable and I wanted to do some research on Mud.

What do you all suggest to salvage the 40th Badge? I am not worried about the "Anniversary" sticker so much as this is easy to replicate. I found a guy that makes the "40" part, but I can't find the website. I know it wasn't exact anyway.

Help me so I can get my truck painted right!! Haha.

 

[Sirrattles]

I used Goo Gone and fishing line and it came off perfectly. A lot of YouTube videos on it.

 

[NorCalFJ100]

@Sirrattles I was gonna try something like that...but I didn't want to risk damaging it. It's so thin. Not like a regular badge.

Did you buy the replacement "Anniversary" sticker when you were done?

 

[LC4LIFE]

Take a look at this, its a decent option for this NLA piece - Misc Vehicles

 

[Sirrattles]

@NorCalFJ100 - I did. I bought the set from the link @LC4LIFE posted above.

I really really soaked the emblem and then extremely slowly used the fishing line. Took probably 20 minutes. Haven’t reinstalled yet though.

 

[NorCalFJ100]

@LC4LIFE that's the link I was trying to find! Thanks!!


@Sirrattles do you think a heat gun will help?

 

[Sirrattles]

I wouldn’t use a heat gun for the “40” at all. Too much risk to distort it. The Goo Gone really worked. Just soak it really good and go really slow with the fishing line.

 

[NorCalFJ100]

I wouldn’t use a heat gun for the “40” at all. Too much risk to distort it. The Goo Gone really worked. Just soak it really good and go really slow with the fishing line.

Good tip. Thanks!