Cliff Ruckstuhl

What is the best way to remove the Turbo Plastic Badge from the rear of the Car. The T broke and I have a new Badge and don't want to do any damage.

Cliff 88 951

IceShark

Do you know if you have original paint? If you do then you could use something heavy duty like acetone to melt the glue and pull it off. If you are not sure then I would use the 3M adhesive remover to soften up and pry off. You lay a thin putty knife on the paint/body to protect, then another putty knife on top of that to pry off the plastic badge.

It should go pretty easy since you don't care if you ruin the plastic badge.

Oh, a hairdrier or heat gun would soften up the adhesive enough to pry off if you don't want to use chemicals.

turbo951fan

I removed mine. At first you think its hard but the t is the only piece which broke off on mine. You can use a hairdryer or hot water works as well.

W88951

Since yours is already broken, just pull it off and then use Goof Off or bug and tar remover. Then follow up with some car wax. I took mine off and left it off. No need to advertise it is a Turbo. When I have the car repainted I will also remove the Porsche Badge.

Abby Normal

Use a piece of fishing line to slice through the adhesive on back. May want to use a thick pair of gloves with the line wrapped around both hands. This is what I do to not damage the paint when removing emblems. Then use acetone, mineral spirits etc. to remove remaining adhesive.

Cliff Ruckstuhl

Thanks Guys I will try a few of these methiods later today. The Renn List is a wonderful place.

Cliff 88 951

CanyonBlaster

Heat it up a bit with blow dryer (wife's?- he he). Then use dental floss to pull thru/cut glue behind badge. Use "goo be gone" to remove left over glue. Wax after.

KLR

I actually just did this myself. I figured that I'd have to use a hair dryer and 3M adhesive remover, but all I needed was a piece of dental floss. As in the fishing line post above, just pull off a long piece, wrap both ends around your index fingers, and have at. It takes a bit of patience, but it's about a 10-15 minute job this way with no potential to damage the paint. Just use some 3M adhesive remover to clean off the remaining residue and you're set to install the new one.

washington951

i replaced mine with the slightly updated 'turbo' script of the current 996tt. just a slight change, but i like it. the old one was getting a bit scuffed around the edges.

Kurt

Interesting idea, got a pic of that yet by any chance?

oi-punx

Yes, i'd like to see a picture of that too....sounds interesting.