Taking off Dealers Sticker

[shrtbull]

Has any body taken the dealer sticker off their car? How do you do it?

Thanks
Gary

[Rei86]

You just take it off?

Its usually a clear vinyl sticker that can be taken off like any other sticker that you've faced in your lifetime. Afterward you can you use a product like Goof Off or Goo Gone to take off the adhesive residue that's left behind.

[shrtbull]

Do you have to heat them up?

[James K]

Usually no. However if they are old it might help. A hair dryer is usually sufficient for this.

[dad07]

If its a vinyl sticker then some heat will help in its removel.

If its a badge type then some fishing line may be in order to remove.

Either way its not that hard and some adheasive remover may be needed to clean up the residue.

[poweraid]

i just completly removed vinyl graphics on sides of two vehicles, im talking full length. i did start out with a little heat but then noticed it left more adhesive residue on the paint, than not heating it up fully. so i just heated the edge up to where i could catch it with my fingernail and pulled it off. yes it did break at times, but then i just started over again. after graphics were removed of course there was a lot of wax build up around where the graphic was. i then used plasti-kote wax and grease remover to rid of all the leftover adhesive that did not come off with the graphics. it took some rubbing but i got off all the adhesive. i could not even tell that the graphics were there and they were on for 2 plus years. i did proceed to use an aio and then topped with collinite.

[Silverstone]

Each time I bought a new car I told the guy that if there's a sticker on it when I get here I won't take delivery of it.

I got some funny looks, but no stickers.

I don't see why anyone would give them free advertisement, or why they think we should.

[ScottB]

dental floss works well for emblem style dealer badges, and a little 3M Wax/Adhesive Remover gets rid of any final sticky tape.

[Dr Oldz]

dental floss works well for emblem style dealer badges, and a little 3M Wax/Adhesive Remover gets rid of any final sticky tape.

Never thought of that. Nice tip!

[Swimmer]

I agree with you 100% Silverstone. I never let a dealer put his sticker on my car, new or old.

That said, I have taken my share of them off and have had no problems. Never had to use heat, but just take it slow.