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      05-12-2024, 08:37 PM   #18
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Black M2 Trunk Emblem

This is a relatively easy one, switched the silver M2 badge for the black one (part number a couple posts up):

1. Tape off the badge to set the footprint, and protect the paint from the scraper (you can also use fishing line)



2. Apply gentle heat to warm it up but don't cook things, this softens the adhesive. Then use your (paint safe) scraper or fishing line to remove the badges



3. Roll and pull off as much adhesive as possible that stuck as big clumps, get it down to something like this where there is residue but no "sticker" material remaining



4. A little bit of this (or goo gone...etc.) on a microfiber cloth and used sparingly to remove the residue. Don't use a paper towel that might swirl the clear coat, and don't flood the area with this stuff as it will make the masking tape lift off



5. Wipe the surface down with alcohol (50-70%) to remove any of the oils from the adhesive remover (microfiber). Then carefully line up your black badge (I had to remove the paper from the clear top adhesive layer sticking to the top of the "M2" so I could see the edges of the badge in order to line them up with the masking tape on the trunk taking care not to dislodge the badge from the clear cover sticker (if you have this you will know what I mean)), then remove the white paper baking from the emblems, align carefully then press and hold for 30 seconds. Before doing this I gently heated the surface with the heat gun to help with adherence (not hot, just warm)

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