Originally Posted by timmypstyle

3M tape wont come off easily at all. it will be almost as tho you never took them off. i bought those BULLY brand flames for my 04 heritage that go around the ford symbol on the tailgate. well i also put one over my grille emblem which is wider that the tailgate one but same height. the 3M tape it came with(3M seems to be the brand name), was only touching two .5x.25" sections of the ford emblem. was not stuck on anything else. it had a little play because of it only being held on by very little tape. but as long as you clean the section you are putting it on well before you put it on, its will be fine and you will not have to worry. it was on for about a year, i pulled it off to install my grille insert, cleaned the emblem again, just stuck it back on and it was on for another 6 months without any of it peeling off of the emblem or the flame part. also had my truck up to over 100 many times during that time period, went up to about 108mph and still no problems. also had those flames on 4 other parts of the vehicle and no problems except for the ones i put over the f150 symbols in front of the doors. the flame emblems were stainless steel and flat and since the truck rounds off to go into the hood, the flame's tips didnt want to stay curved with it so the tape unstuck there only a little.
bottom line is if you use 3M tape and clean the area first, it wont come off from any washing or whatnot you do

Originally Posted by Fish Chris

3M makes all kinds of two sided tape. The stuff you want is specificallty for automtive (outdoor) use. If it was not this type, you would be better off using a different brand of automtive two sided tape. Honestly, I don't remember if the stuff I used was made by 3M or not. But it's REALLY tough stuff. I know, because it was just as hard to take off my oval the second time, to re-do it, as it was originally.


The other thing is, the fishing line trick works pretty well..... but if your having cold, or cloudy weather (I did mine in the Winter) you can use one of those proffessional heatguns (the ones that look like a nuclear hair dryer ;-) Be very careful though.... those can actually burn / peel paint if you get carried away.

Peace,
Fish

Originally Posted by hawaiian boy

Brah! i'm with jlstang351, good oh newspaper, masking tape and a little elbow grease