Hi All
I bought my Challenger, Pearl Jazz Blue, but the dealer stuck his dealer logo sticker on the left side of the wing at the rear. It looks to be vinyl cut, by a sticker maker and transferred to the car with a removable top layer. The sticker is white and stands out. How can I get it off without scratching, marring, or chemically damaging the paint on the wing? I think trying to lift each individual letter with a fingernail will only result in the small scratches often found below door handles.
If new, I would go back and make the dealer remove it - any damage they fix.
Otherwise a little heat from a hair dryer and peel up the edge with your fingernail. It should not scratch if you are careful.
I personally would of had a advertising contract filled out for them to sign on the day you picked up your car. You could specify how much you charge per day usually the same amount your payment is. They tend to remove it pretty quick after that
very gentle heat (hair dryer as stated above is perfect) then peel decal back on itself slowly, dont pull up, but rather directly backwards on itself, like your trying to fold it backwards.
Goo-gone will remove any residue but follow that with some windex or simple green as goo-gone can slowly degrade the paint if you leave it on, then applicable wax/polish.
Hemi4us
Careful with your fingernail! It will scratch the paint easily. I got to where I use a pressure washer to start a edge separating from surface then slowly peel off the rest. If you use the pressure washer to remove the entire thing, you'll be stuck removing a lot more adhesive.
Use a gentle microfiber while removing adhesive and keep rotating it. If the towel will scratch a CD, it will scratch paint.
Hot sunny day, took my fingernail and carefully got a corner of each letter lifted, and gently pulled off. The address label was one long piece like scotch tape, did same procedure. So hot no glue residue left, so I got a bit of liquid wax and waxed the area. All done!
For those with a 15+ car, NEVER use that Goo Gone on the piano black rear panel where the DODGE letters are.........it will turn it white. How do I know? I peeled off the DODGE letters, but there was some adhesive residue left. "I'll just use some Goo Gone, it'll clean that right up!" I thought. As soon as I put it on, the plastic turned white, holy shoot was I freaking out. I was able to remove the whiteness by rubbing it out with rubbing compound, but there is still what looks like scratches where the outline of the goo gone was. Replacing that panel is over $1200. I'll have to live with that mistake forever.
Wow That is why I was worried about it on paint. That said, would "Back To Black" or similar, ... tone it down a bit? I have used it and other on my 95 Tahoe..... not spectacular... but not too bad. Do a test patch, very small and see if it helps. But please, I am no expert, so this is only a suggestion to use at your own digression. As a long shot could it be removed and painted with that plastic spray paint?
Hope you can fix her up!
ron3033
Yes that was the paint. Good to know about the oxidization. I need to paint the white plastic shutters on the house, they have a textured wood grain appearance. Think the fusion paint would be okay for that as it is not smooth finish like the tail light area? I have never used that type of paint.
No doubt it work but most plastic shutters are OK to repaint with regular exterior Latex house paint. Do some checking on the web for repainting plastic shutters. There is a lot of information from the manufacturers of both shutters and paint.
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