snaps19

I finally got around to taking off the LEXUS and GS 300 badges today and after spending about an hour rubbing off the adhesive I'm starting to think that the lines on top of where the badges were is cracked paint and rust... My GS is going on 12 years old so i guess 12 years of dirt and crap ate through the paint. I certainly hope I'm wrong since I broke the badges while taking them off.

Anyone who has done this before and encountered the same issue please give feedback!!!

LuxuryGS3

iTrader: (12)

Seems like you did it wrong taking them off in the first place to be honest..

Most of us use a blow drier or heat gun to heat them up and loosen the adhesive, then we take fishing line or even dental floss and use that to take off the badges.

snaps19

Yeah I did the whole blow dryer/ dental floss routine and used GooGone to remove the glue...

97-SC300

iTrader: (17)

I have a feeling your trunk has been poorly repainted at one point. If it's the original paint, there is no reason you should have rust or cracking in those spots.

YviE

iTrader: (3)

I had no paint problems when I took off my badges.

LuxuryGS3

iTrader: (12)

Prolly this.

Cause you did everything correct and i've never heard of anyone else having that problem..

G2LEXO

My trunk is the same as yours, basically I have to Repaint my trunk. I heated my trunk to wear some white foamy stuff was oozing out the badges and now I have primered lines where the Lexus and gs300 were.

shvc1991

^ Doesn't seem too bad. Try wet sanding if there's clear coat left.

bigL

iTrader: (3)

Ditto......

gs300yerg

i used a full plastic razor (yes with a plastic razor blade) and wd-40 to remove adhesive and everything came out fine no heat gun

gslex719

iTrader: (1)

I used a heat gun and then a eraser wheel to finish off the glue but came out good for me.

Bnastyy

this happened to me when I was debading my old 99 acura cl, minus the rust but the paint started chipping

all I did was put the badges back on and never worried about it again

GS4_Fiend

iTrader: (22)

The best result is to heat up the adhesive and remove it go go gone. But i didn't even need to use the heat gun, just go go gone and it all came out.

ebxgsxr

i thought about removing my badges but i was worried that the paint would have faded around the emblems. took the stickers off the side of my F150 & found that sometimes at certain angles, i can still see the design. even after my brother buffed the hell out of the truck for me.

GS4_Fiend

iTrader: (22)

yes, of course, you gotta bluff it later on with a polish