Removing Jeep Badges

loosvelt · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:55 am

Hey guys it possible for me to remove my Jeep badges, paint them, and somehow get them back on? Are they just stuck on? Do you just "pop" them off. I have a silver '07 sport, with the grey fenders. Yet as you guys know the door handles, rails...etc are black. Then Jeep tops if by putting chrome badges on it. I want to take these off, paint them black and re-apply? Could I reuse the same ones, or do have to order factory replacements, paint, then apply?.....Help me wise forum gods......

Nate

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:59 am

No offensive to you, this is meant as a general comment, but its interesting how different things bother different people.

Now an answer to your question, I doubt you will get them off intact, you would need to order new ones and paint them black, you could go the other route and get chrome covers for the handles(which IMO looks like it belongs on a ghetto-beater).

wildrussian · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:06 am

Did you try to search for it here on the forum? I know there was a thread awhile back about using the hair dryer or something to get the badges off. I think they are on with just double sided tape, a strong double sided tape.

Edit: Here is the thread http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=16044&highlight=badges+remove

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:38 am

Pulling the badges off instantly means they will not go back on. The double sided tape is a one time use kind of thing.

Just buy new ones off of eBay and paint them.

CD · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:40 am

sleeve84028 wrote:

Pulling the badges off instantly means they will not go back on. The double sided tape is a one time use kind of thing.

Just buy new ones off of eBay and paint them.

That's what I'd do, a local car/auto shop sells letters which I've used to do the CDKJ under the 3.7L. They are very sticky & once on they don't move, so take care when doing your bit.

hyedipin · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:20 am **Posts:** 1667

sleeve84028 wrote:

Pulling the badges off instantly means they will not go back on. The double sided tape is a one time use kind of thing.

Just buy new ones off of eBay and paint them.

I agree with sleeve, once you remove them they are shot. Plus it is always a pain to get them aligned properly otherwise they will pretty bad. Just remove them see how you like it without debaged, if not you can always buy a set and paint them. I don't know if the paint will hold well on those shiny slippery new badges.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:35 am

use hair dryer to take them off and then just have someone print up the badges you need , would be yours then with non other like it. Thats why I did mine did not want to go to the mall :wink:

and have 5 others sitting there looking just like it. Although mine does stand out now a little in the mall parking lot! :lol:

bugnout · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:42 am

Another trick is to use fishing line to saw the badges off. Wont damage the paint and should get the badges off without damaging them. The hard part is to get the red 3M tape off the badges.

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:14 am

Info from 3m:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Manufacturing/Industry/Product-Catalog/Online-Catalog/?PC_7_0_4UVL_nid=4RB3PR2VRNgsVBZCZCKZL4glK20BLKF1H6bl

A PDF on how to remove and re-install trim pieces. GREAT INFO!!!!!

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?66666UuZjcFSLXTtl8TaOXf6EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666--

skywarn · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:29 pm

Goo-Gone, Fishing Line and a hair dryer... thats all you need! and if the Goo-Gone isnt working then take one tespn of cooking Oil to 3 Tblspn's of non curnchy penut butter, mix, then apply to sticky mess on Jeep, :shock:

leave on for at least one hour or over night, then just wipe off PB and sticky mess come right off with it!

the Goo-Gone should help in removing sticky tape from the badge as well

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:39 pm

PEANUTBUTTER? are you serious?

Thats the way you get your dog to spend all night licking it off, but is that safe?

Jeep4wd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:18 pm

Badges, We don't need no stinkin badges.

When you do take them off take some pics of the process, I am curious as to how easy or hard it will be.

Blaine B. · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:26 pm

Are the badges just stuck on or do they also have pins on the back for alignment purposes?

Older XJ's had pins, my 95 doesn't.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:29 pm

Blaine B. wrote:

Are the badges just stuck on or do they also have pins on the back for alignment purposes?

Older XJ's had pins, my 95 doesn't.

stuck on only, adhesives are the wave of the future.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:55 pm

very easy to take off mine went from with all badges to NAKED in less than 30 minutes, cant even tell where they were, biggest difference is the hood

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:22 am

The badges are just stuck on. However the side moldings, if you want to take them off, do have alignment pins along their length.

Makes the fishing line method more difficult, but not impossible.

djformi · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:11 am

http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27456

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:46 am

I was looking for that thread. Thanks, great info here too.

skywarn · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:54 am

WoodysKJ wrote:

PEANUTBUTTER? are you serious?

Thats the way you get your dog to spend all night licking it off, but is that safe?

Super safe, its an old Motorcycle Show bike trick. i used it on my bike to get the badges off and used it on my Jeep to get the dealer badge off. its how you can get anything sticky off, the extra oil added is just for cars, as the 3m tape they use would give superman a good run for his $$$

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