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tamsau 11-26-2012 02:13 AM

DIY Request- Removing Beat Sonic Antenna
 
Does anyone know how to remove beat sonic antenna w/o harming paint. Any tips and tricks would be great. Also the reason why i am removing it is because i will be installing a modelista antenna pretty soon. Thanks!:thanks:

86_ZN6 11-26-2012 02:17 AM

heat up the sides then just wiggle it, and it comes out

tamsau 11-26-2012 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 86_ZN6 (Post 574813)
heat up the sides then just wiggle it, and it come out

Im pretty scared of using a heat gun after i saw what happen to the paint on my friends car on trying to remove his emblem... If you dont mind me asking what would be a affordable heat gun that i should look into?

86_ZN6 11-26-2012 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by tamsau (Post 574818)
Im pretty scared of using a heat gun after i saw what happen to the paint on my friends car on trying to remove his emblem... If you dont mind me asking what would be a affordable heat gun that i should look into?

i just use my hair dryer at home! :thumbsup: works just like heat gun without the excessive heat

tamsau 11-26-2012 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 86_ZN6 (Post 574824)
i just use my hair dryer at home! :thumbsup: works just like heat gun without the excessive heat

Hope i dont use it at the wrong time so the wife dont scream "wheres my hair dryer" :mad0259:. Thanks for the tip :D

DaJo 11-26-2012 03:07 AM

Your friend overheated the paint and melted the plastic (the emblems are sitting on plastic bumper and trim piece)

The place you are heating is metal; so it will withstand the heat better. :)
Just be careful of melting the fin... and perhaps the antenna base underneath it... (don't recall if the base was metal or plastic)

Good luck!

Bonburner 11-30-2012 11:05 PM

Where and how much did you get the Modellista shark fin?!?!
I MUST KNOOOOW >.<
I've been craving it forever

Batman 11-30-2012 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tamsau (Post 574830)
Hope i dont use it at the wrong time so the wife dont scream "wheres my hair dryer" :mad0259:. Thanks for the tip :D

She probably won't scream as much as my wife when I baked my headlights in the oven to black them out lol

tamsau 11-30-2012 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Batman (Post 584259)
She probably won't scream as much as my wife when I baked my headlights in the oven to black them out lol

your wife reaponse "where the f&*k is the f%*king turkey!" lol:thumbsup:

Mo707 12-01-2012 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Batman (Post 584259)
She probably won't scream as much as my wife when I baked my headlights in the oven to black them out lol

Hahaha. I couldn't even picture the look on my moms face if i did that... haha


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