Some of y'all may remember my thread a few days back about my badges and their peeling paint. Well, today I'm going to do something about them.

And that's where I need some help.

1. How do you remove those badges? Are these puppies just stuck on there? Or bolted? If they're just stuck on, I'm going to use a hairdryer and fishing line.

2. What kind of paint is good for these? I'm thinking about using Modelers paint from Wallyworld, or maybe some sort of enamel. But I don't really know jack about paint when it comes to vehicles.

3. How can I seal the new paint? I don't think my badges will look good with a 100% coating of sealer, but I figure a nice sealant over just the lettering itself would be just fine.

thanks guys. I'm itching to get this done, but I really don't want to screw it up.

 

They are just stuck on. There are 2 alingment holes behind the emblem. What happened toyour emblems? Did the black paint come off the lettering? I used acetone to remove the paint on mine. I thought about painting mine. It would look good with white lettering. Modelers paint or some type of glossy enamel should work good.

 

If your truck is still under warranty, just get them replaced.
My dealer did it for me.

 

i want to know how to take them off too. anyone know how?

 

I was washing the truck and hit the drivers emblem with the hose spray...about 1/2 the paint just came off...I go curious and sprayed the other 2...same thing

I'm going to paint the lettering Burnt Orange for the U of Texas colors

 

scuff em up and paint them orange with white letters... or vise versa

 

thought about it, but I really want something different...if this doesn't work, I'll acetone them clean and take it the dealer for warranty replacement

somewhere down the road I'm going to get some custom badges made up

 

a crow bar.. j/k a friend of mine used a heat gun and they just pulled right off.

 

ohhh i was thinking more of a jack hammer. or impact gun???

 

there ya go. that will get it off. what about a saws-all with a 12" blade.

 

a caterpillar Hydraulic Excavator???

 

or a 9000lb ramsey winch

 

i dont think 9000lbs would to the job..
man this tread just got hustled! haha

 

yep you are right about the winch. it might pull off the whole finder.

 

I used my wifes hair dryer and a length of 40 lbs test fishing line. Heat up the badge, then slide the fishing line behind the badge in a back & forth motion. When you hit the alighnment pegs just move the line to another spot.