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The trick for badge removal in the import car circles is dental floss. Slip it under the badge, and it slices it off rather easily from what I've heard.
Lord knows that I've had to take decals off of my race cars many times in the past, and the best thing that I've found to break up the residual glue is WD-40 as someone else had suggested earlier. Spray it on a rag, blot the glue to moisten it up, and hit it with some elbow grease to wipe it off. A friend of mine uses brake cleaner, with similar results. If you have pesky clumps of glue remaining, try sticking the removed decal back over the spot. Many times, the glue on the sticker will pick up the residual glue on the paint.
As for removing the decals themselves, light heat and rolling them up as you peel them back has always worked for me.
Oh, and in the off-chance that someone may need to put a decal temporarily on their vehicle, peel the backing away from your new decal, stick it on a lint-filled article of clothing a few times, and then put it on the vehicle. Makes it MUCH easier to remove when the time comes.....
Lord knows that I've had to take decals off of my race cars many times in the past, and the best thing that I've found to break up the residual glue is WD-40 as someone else had suggested earlier. Spray it on a rag, blot the glue to moisten it up, and hit it with some elbow grease to wipe it off. A friend of mine uses brake cleaner, with similar results. If you have pesky clumps of glue remaining, try sticking the removed decal back over the spot. Many times, the glue on the sticker will pick up the residual glue on the paint.
As for removing the decals themselves, light heat and rolling them up as you peel them back has always worked for me.
Oh, and in the off-chance that someone may need to put a decal temporarily on their vehicle, peel the backing away from your new decal, stick it on a lint-filled article of clothing a few times, and then put it on the vehicle. Makes it MUCH easier to remove when the time comes.....