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Old 02-16-2013, 11:47 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by ft86me View Post
I've searched and looked at quite a few threads on this, but I wanted to ask for some more help in terms of debadging the front scion emblem. I opened up the hood and noticed I can't get under the badge so do I take a pocket driver with a tower at the end of the driver and pry up or do I try to get it it out with fishing wire or dental floss? I read in many posts that the front paint is very thin and I would hate to chip the pain. Any advice would be fantastic. Thanks in advance!
I swapped my Toyota badges yesterday for some Grazio ones.
For the front badge I used two flat trim removal tools wrapped in MF cloths, warm up the adhesive with a hairdryer, insert the trim tools either side of the locating pegs, gently lever and hey presto the peg snaps easily. I did this after trying to use dental floss which didn't even scratch the locating peg.
Absolutely no damage to the paint work as a result, the MF cloths got gummed up with adhesive but they were only cheap ones that I don't use anymore.
Here's some after pics:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29084
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