So my G recently got a new paint job. I'm wondering, if I were to debadge her, would it look fine? Or would the new layer of paint/clear be distinguishable from the old layer and look poorly?

 

on if they removed the emblems before paint and re applied them after or if they just masked them off and sprayed the panel if they just masked the emblem and sprayed it it will not look nice to say it nicely

 

Yeah, this question was under the assumption that they didn't. :/ Do others agree?

 

I think I would play it safe and leave it alone..my 2 cents.

 

Unless it was a jank paint job, they removed the emblems, as it would harder/impossible to paint around them.

debadge it. Perfect time to do so.

 

they would of taken them off, mine were removed just for detailing.....

 

Yup turns out you guys were right. They were removed. Gonna proceed. Thanks guys

 

Soo, because the shop told me they removed the badges before painting, I proceeded with the debadging today. I used a heat gun to soften the adhesive. The badges and the adhesive came off fairly easy. However, to my surprise, I noticed that the area around the badges had changed colors!! It became a very light red. It didn't go back to normal.. It seems as though the heat caused some sort of chemical reaction. I have a feeling that this happened because the paint the shop used was of low quality. I certainly didn't abuse the heat gun.

I then realized that the paint in between the badges was normal and unaffected. And that there appeared to be a perfect outline encompassing the badges. This lead me to believe that this is the factory paint and that they must've covered the letters as a whole, rather than individually, which would've been much more doable.

The only thing throwing me off is that I don't feel anything when rubbing my finger from the light area to the normal area. It's seamless. Either way. I'm very upset about the paint changing colors. Do you guys think it can be polished back to normal or it would need to be repainted?

 

to leave it alone that they probably masked it off and indeed they did now the only way to correct this problem the right way is to have your trunklid re sprayed or u could put a bandaid back on it (your emblems)

 

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