De-Badging DIY or get it done professionally?

[Musashi]

I am planning on taking my 316i badge off. I have been told it is glued on and I could take it off myself and to use hot water onthe glue which comes off. Is this true?

[maxfield]

Hot water and fishing wire.

[d6dph]

Pour hot water over the badge to soften the adhesive.

Take some thick cotton and smear with washing up liquid (acts as a lubricant)

Use a sawing motion to cut through the adhesive.

Remove any remaining adhesive residue with something like Autoglym intensive tar remover.

Polish and seal the paint.

[agreen]

yeh god work fella keep us updated on how it goes

[munky30]

stanley blade. brute force and ignorance. Job jobbed.

(it helps if you're about to rub down and spray the whole car though.. as this method tends to leave a few marks)

[agreen]

lol i would stick with fishing wire

[chinchilla]

i just ripped them off got a scourel on the rest of it!

[touringandy]

not always the case i took mine of to find the glue had some sort of reaction with the paint raising it
too much for polishing out, so ended up putting badge back on

[agreen]

ohh poop thats not good mat e

[touringandy]

naah it wasnt but i think it came de badged an someone glued them on to be honest never had a problem on any bmw removing badges these just didnt seem right an were there spaced ..........