Debadging question

[Jngrbrdman]

The debadging has begun. I don't understand dealerships sometimes... I specifically told them that I don't even want them to wash it. Just pull the plastic off and hand it over. Where in that request does it say "After you pull the plastic off, make sure you slap your cheesy dealership vinyl logo on the back."? Oh well....

The badges came off easily. The Subaru was all one piece. Legacy was individual letters, but that was easy. I actually left the 2.5 GT on the back for now. Once I got to that point I kind of liked it. I'm still tossing around the idea of getting another badge made and putting it on top. Even putting the Subaru badge back above it looked pretty sharp. I'll have to look at it for awhile and see if it grows on me.



Of course it had to be snowing all day when I picked this car up. lol What fun would it be to buy a new AWD car and not have any roads to test it out on?

[Accumulator]

Glad you didn't run into any surprises! Heh heh, those dealership people just don't get it, huh?

Hope they got the plastic off without marring anything. I let the Mazda people take it off our MPV and they inflicted a few nasty scratches in the process

[Jngrbrdman]

The car is kinda dirty right now to really notice anything. I can still see some spots where the glue got left behind. No trouble though. I'm equiped with exactly the right stuff to take care of that. ValuGuard makes something specifically for treating new cars and getting the glue off. I've always wanted a reason to break it out, but I don't do a lot of new car prep jobs.

[Setec Astronomy]

Any reason you fellers didn't just insist on taking the plastic off yourselves?

[Accumulator]

Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
I'm equiped with exactly the right stuff to take care of that. ValuGuard makes something specifically for treating new cars and getting the glue off. I've always wanted a reason to break it out, but I don't do a lot of new car prep jobs.

Not using their ABC?

[Jngrbrdman]

I didn't take the plastic off because the car was at another dealership when it arrived and they had to drive it over to me. They took that off prior to dropping it off.

Autoint has a "new car prep" that is more suited for removing the glue from the plastic than ABC is. Its a safe solvent compared to an acid bath. Its great at getting adhesives off.

[RedondoV6]

Hey Jngrbrdman: Congrats on the new ride!!

I've been lucky enough to buy two new cars in the past 18 months and on both occasions I had to beg, insist and threaten not to buy the vehicle to get the dealership to only remove the plastic in my presence. The second time, I arrived back at the dealership later and found that had still washed the vehicle, luckily they did not try to remove the adhesive lines or buff out anything.

[Jngrbrdman]

lol yeah, I hear you on the threatening part. I did the same thing. I told them if that car is clean then the deal is off. I still don't know why they thought that putting a vinyl sticker on the back was going to be acceptable. Oh well... At least it was super easy to take off. Now I can't wait till the weather clears up a bit and I can get the rest of this goo off the car.

[vdog0531]

put the STI turbo on it!!!!!

Vernon

[FlyingDog]

Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
IAutoint has a "new car prep" that is more suited for removing the glue from the plastic than ABC is. Its a safe solvent compared to an acid bath. Its great at getting adhesives off.

jngrbrdman: can you provide some more details on this product? taking delivery of my '05 vette in a couple of weeks & i want to be prepared. i had a heck of a time with the glue on a previous car, but it eventually came off with clay & paint cleaners.

thanks.

[Jngrbrdman]

Well, I don't really have any other information to give other than suggest you go to autoint.com and read up on it there. You can order it here. They also have a "find a detailer" section where you can locate possibly a detailer nearby that has some you can use.

[Setec Astronomy]

That just sounds like PrepSol to me.