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Old 04-29-2005, 06:00 PM
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Cool Dumbest question ever? I think so...

So, decided to de-badge my car tonite. Now that it's done, I think I F'ed up. The problem is, the paint beneath the emblems is damn near perfect, but the panels are not. Yeah, I was expecting some paint difference...but not this much!

So, being the automotive savvy person I am (big here), here's the dumbest question ever. How do I dull the paint beneath the emblem?

I would just pull the panel off and repaint, but the problem is I'm a moron and I'm afraid I'll F it up even worse. Plus, I don't know how to take the damn panel off in the first place. And where the heck am I gonna get Barcelona red spray paint, anyway? I really need to stop thinking I'm good with cars, here.

God, my wife's gonna kill me when she see that...
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Old 04-29-2005, 06:18 PM
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Don't try to remove the panel, you'll break all the clips. Instead of dulling the area under the emblem try to shine up the entire panel. Perhaps some colored wax?

Exactly how bad is it? Do you have a pic?
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Old 04-29-2005, 06:44 PM
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Have a professional buff the whole car for you, You might be pleasantly surprised at the differance.
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Put the emblems back on
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Old 04-29-2005, 07:38 PM
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Don't try to remove the panel, you'll break all the clips. Instead of dulling the area under the emblem try to shine up the entire panel. Perhaps some colored wax?

Exactly how bad is it? Do you have a pic?
I have some TurtleWax Color Cure, I'm going to give that a try tomorrow, see what happens. I'll grab some before/after pics, though.


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Have a professional buff the whole car for you, You might be pleasantly surprised at the differance.
I may try this as a last resort. I just want to learn to do this stuff myself.


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Put the emblems back on
But I don't wanna!
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Old 04-29-2005, 09:11 PM
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Repaint the entire car so all the paint matches
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Old 04-30-2005, 06:40 AM
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Repaint the entire car so all the paint matches
Just me, you don't know much I want to. But there's one little problem stopping me...teh wife.
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