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I used dental floss/tape and "goo gone" and it was a 10 minute job.

 

They are on with double stick tape. Use dental floss, hook it behind the letter, and saw you way down.

Mark

 

letter removal....

Two words: dental floss. I think the hair dryer should be good enough to soften up the adhesive enough to get some dental floss into it. Use a back-n-forth action to cut through the adhesive material as close to the paint surface as you can. After getting the letters off, the remaining adhesive shouldn't be hard to get off with hot soapy water and a rag.

 

Got that:lol: WD40 will also clean the adhesive off

Mark

 

You may do a bit of both. The floss won't hurt anything.

Mark

 

You go out and buy VHB (very high bond) tape, remove all wax, and stick them back on. VHB tape is somewhere between $60-$80 a roll.

Mark

 

I use 3M VHB in the shop. Good stuff...... just make sure you align the letters straight, the stuff doesn't like to be repositioned. If you decide you want to stick them back on, just PM me and I'll throw some strips in a letter and shoot it off to you.

 

If you find you want to reapply something you could add these instead.

OutMotoring.com mini cooper R50 mini cooper R52 mini cooper R53 mini cooper chrome letter badge R56 bagde

 

I had some of those. The silver coating starts o come off in abut 6 months leaving a white plastic. These are very good quality and are like the ones on the car now.

Block Chrome - Car Letters, Car Numbers, Decals, Punctuation

Jim

 

Ah, good to know. Thanks

 

Yes, I've done a little reading on VHB and it is serious stuff so you really only have one shot to position something correctly. It is designed to be a permanent adhesive.

 

I reinstalled my 'S' with the usual 3M emblem tape. worked great.

 

Well, actually there are a couple of adhesive formulations. The rubber based adhesive allows some repositioning and it fully activates after a period of time. The acrylic based adhesive is the super stuff with the "you only get one shot" or you get to start all over.

 

Our's was after the JCW emblem went on.

Mark

 

Mark.....
Yeah but the clutch was sleeping........
And when it woke up it said; WAAAAAAAAAAAAAT HAAAPPPPEEEENNNEEEDDD?:lol::lol::lol:

Glad things turned out for the best for you.