what is the best/easiest way to remove the badges? i want to acetone them but am kind of scared even with it all taped off and everything. so i figured it may save an accident if i were to just remove them. and if there is any tricks to put them back on. anything would help! Thanks alot

 

wait until a nice warm day (or do it in a warm garage) and use a heat gun or hair dryer and keep the badges warm (have someone keep the gun aimed on them) and use fishing string and twist it around another piece and begin "sawing" back and forth. there are two pins keeping the badges aligned, so once you get to them, you have to be careful and use a knife to cut away the sticky tape in the middle

that said, once you remove the badges, they wont be going back one unless you have new backing tape for them

 

so there is holes they go back into so they will be in the same spot? just have to add new double sided tape? should i just leave them on to acetone?

 

Pulling the old ones off:



As you can see, the bonding glue is gone. There are THREE holes are there to ensure the badges are aligned on both sides evenly. Personally I would leave them on and acetone, with HEAVY masking off, or do a badge swap:

Before and during


After

 

yeah thanks. fordf15o.net has a how to on acetone and it shows they did it with the badges on truck

 

Built a tutorial for ya:

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ap...p-removal.html

 

thanks for that! but i think i may just end up taking my time and taping off my badge while its on the truck like this guy did
http://www.fordf150.net/howto/acetoneemblems.php

 

Bummer you didn't have some side cash aside for '09 badges. Those would look real slick on your truck.

 

I am gonna have to pull mine off as I want to de-chrome my truck and am going to paint them. What do you suggest for reapplying them to the truck, body molding/trim tape?

 

agreed about the de-croming. doing the same. all i have left are the imblems the front bumper (planning on taking off the crome bumper completely and building a pre-runner type skid plate simalir to this one http://www.modbargains.com/images/Pr.../f150_hoss.jpg)

 

that will be kick a**

 

Drk, AutoZone or some of those places carry double-sided badge tape. Check it out