“Expedition” letters on trunk
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SyndicateZ
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I think there 3m'd
99WhiteC5Coupe
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GlennSullivan
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Ask her nicely to get over it as it will prolly cost you a thousand or so when you go to sell or trade in down the road.
Hardcase60
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I concur with SyndicateZ they are probably 3m'd on. It's most likely been decades since manufactured pinned-on logos/badges or those done by dealerships (before decals). If the wife might feel better about it you could possibly black them out. An inexpensive way is with Tester's model paint and an artist's brush. Simply a thought... Best of luck!
Left Coast Geek
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huh, what year is that? My 2019 has the letters molded into a plastic trim strip.
(its a stealth, so its black... that whole strip was brushed chrome on the 2019ish non-stealths)
(its a stealth, so its black... that whole strip was brushed chrome on the 2019ish non-stealths)
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Left Coast Geek
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it looks like those letters are on a black plastic strip and not directly on the body.
Time to shop for a new wife 
Like the country guy say:
"My wife says she's gonna leave me if I go huntin or fishin one more time......geesh, I'm sure gonna miss her"
But anyways, even on my slightly older vehicles (2015 & 2017) the badges/letters/trim are 3M'd on, so removing them would probably be difficult and leave some unwanted traces that would be detrimental to the resale/trade-in value later on...
PSA: a few years ago, a friend of mine acquired some of the same 3M double sided tape that they make specifically for the car mfgrs (the real stuff, not the cheap knock-off crap), and used some small strips to adhere his address numbers to his new brick house, just above his mailbox.... after about 5 years of wind, sun, snow, rain, low & high temps etc, we had to use a chemical solvent (Acetone) and a pry bar to get them off to replace them with new ones...
So that would not be doable for a car, just sayin
Like the country guy say:
"My wife says she's gonna leave me if I go huntin or fishin one more time......geesh, I'm sure gonna miss her"
But anyways, even on my slightly older vehicles (2015 & 2017) the badges/letters/trim are 3M'd on, so removing them would probably be difficult and leave some unwanted traces that would be detrimental to the resale/trade-in value later on...
PSA: a few years ago, a friend of mine acquired some of the same 3M double sided tape that they make specifically for the car mfgrs (the real stuff, not the cheap knock-off crap), and used some small strips to adhere his address numbers to his new brick house, just above his mailbox.... after about 5 years of wind, sun, snow, rain, low & high temps etc, we had to use a chemical solvent (Acetone) and a pry bar to get them off to replace them with new ones...
So that would not be doable for a car, just sayin
Hardcase60
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ManUpOrShutUp
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I pulled the dealer's badge off our Mazda with Goo Gone and dental floss if I remember correctly. These days I don't have that kind of aimless ambition.
GixxerJasen
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Fishing line and hope they don't have alignment holes.
SyndicateZ
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put a heat gun on each letter you are about to remove. Do not over heat it tho. The heat helps "loosen" the adhesive and makes it easier to remove or cut through with a line. The heat gun has made it alot easier for me to remove badges
Left Coast Geek
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right but it looks like they are on a dark plastic band above the "chrome" band.
chaffdb
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They aren't. They are on metal.
mtrosclair
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I posted about this same thing, I'm hoping someone has done it so I can see what it'll look like.
Lots of good and interesting advice so far hahah.
The good - just taped on, so if I really wanted to remove I could. I’ll probably just paint them black.
The bad - Vehicle is back at the dealer with 20 miles on it. Had it for ~30 minutes before it started to sound like a 2000 Honda Civic with a turbo leak and CELs galore. Fun fun.
The good - just taped on, so if I really wanted to remove I could. I’ll probably just paint them black.
The bad - Vehicle is back at the dealer with 20 miles on it. Had it for ~30 minutes before it started to sound like a 2000 Honda Civic with a turbo leak and CELs galore. Fun fun.
