mrBillFL

this is on my to do list... should be high 70's this weekend.

KennyLexus

I too will most definitely debadge once the weather warms up. I did it on my Audi leaving the 4-rings...it looked great.

jfz219

The hair dryer is a great way to remove the badges in all seasons. With a little patience they can be removed, stored in a plastic ziplock bag, and reused. no need to wait until warm weather.

P.S. I like the look of our RX350 rebadged and without roof rails.

montyf

OK, I'm ready remove my "hybrid" door panel badges.

I worked some dental floss down the backside and felt it cutting away at the adhesive.

Am I correct that when I'm done the badge will come off and there will not be any
unsightly blemishes underneath? Will there be gunk I need to soak off?

thanks for the help and words of wisdom

Great car and hoping to get it more trim looking without the emblems.

mrBillFL

I decided to leave mine on for the HOV police.


but the dental floss will cut the tape, and the metal badge come off, Then you need to remove the tape from the car, with goof off, or some other method.

Frank1934

I just used a hair dryer to warm it up a bit and then just using a fingernail it came off fine

RazSrq

I debadged my ES last week. My dealer had to special order my UL, so it was just shipped over. I found that the adhesive was not completely set yet and the badging came off much easier than expected. Some popped off as I carefully pulled up while going left to right with the fishing line.

I did use a blow dryer to warm up each letter/number and wiggled them a bit before running the fishing line behind them (one at a time). I used 15 lb test fishing line, which worked perfectly. I did use the 3M Adhesive Remover (safe for painted surfaces) without a problem, but that is a personal choice. Lastly, I also utilize a small, very bright shop light to highlight the specific area and paint while I did the work.

Out of all of the vids I watched, this one was most helpful:

Youtube: How To De-badge a Vehicle by rtlGarage

oneor11

Thanks for the posting the video. That is helpful. Your car looks sharp man.

Max707

That was easy, only took about 5 minutes. Wife's hair dryer and some waxed dental floss. Emblems and adhesive came right off. Then a little wax to polish everything up. It was 60 degrees and I had the garage door open.

Mhobizal

Thanks for the info in this thread! Used a hair dryer, small plastic gap expander (received from ProClip for my cell phone mount) and orange Glu Gone. Removed my Hybrid sticker from the sides of my ES300h.

Don't forget to wax the area after you are done!

steig

Removed my Hybrid Emblems a while back. Very easy to do, hair dryer, fishing line, and some wax.

Yegorm

So does a 2007 es350 have holes underneath the badges? Im curious

GES

You posted this on the 6 Gen ES forum. You may want to post it again on the 5 GEN ES forum.