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Old May 20, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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What is the best way to remove dealer decals, without damage to the paint of course?
This decal really stinks because it is a bunch of individual letters.
Will heating them with a hair dryer make them loosen and easy to remove?
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Old May 20, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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Heat it up good and it should come off. If any glue is left use a little WD40 or Goo goon.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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Yep..use a hair dryer and not a heat gun. If you stop moving a heat gun, you can bubble the paint.

Once the decals is off....rubbing alcohol works well, WD40 works better and Goo-Gone works the best.
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Thanks for the tips. Hair dryer on low and a plastic toothpick to get under the letters.
Then a quick rub off of the glue with some quick detailer.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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Flamethrowers aren't illegal in most places in the US....

I used the rough half of a regular sponge to help scrub off residues off my car.
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