Can anyone tell me where to find the Chrome F150 Emblems that I see on trucks around San Diego. Do they sell them or is there some way of removing the black paint from the letters on the factory embems

 

Acetone is typically what's utilized but, to date, I'm not sure I've seen anyone in here talking about removing the black paint from the new body style emblems...

I can assure you that if you do a site search for acetone emblems, you'll get a BUNCH of hits... but, being that it's the new badge, you may wait to confirm this with the other folks here...

RP

 

They could be stick on vinyl

Mine is graphite/chrome.... if it wasn't for the tiny air bubble I left, you would never know it wasn't real.

 

Where did u get the stick-on. I think that i would like to try that before the acetone. The acetone seems a little scary, and I cannot find one post about someone using it on the 04.

 

Use brake cleaner in the spray can. It sprays the black right off the chrome. Immediately wash them off and they will be all chrome. Then just re-apply the badges with fresh 3M molding tape. Worked great for me!

 

Are you talking about the F150 badge or the Ford Blue Oval??? Never heard of a layovers for the F150 emblem...

 

Oh....sorry.. :o
Blue oval

 

Got it! Any pics of your ovals?

 

I never took any pics of it. Maybe I will....when I wash it.

The blue looked ridiculous with the silver on the tailgate. I'm glad someone made these...the back graphite looks 100x better.

It's only been 8 months.... I wonder how long it will last.

 

Guess im green so im going to ask. How do you get the badges off to spray them with the brake cleaner? Can you leave them on and do it?

 

Well when I did mine the first time, I had my friend here in Poway help me. Its really pretty easy, but time consuming!!! You must take it off, cause you dont want to get anything that will damage your paint onto the the fenders.

Many use a heat gun to loosen the backing, then I took a plastic credit card and just pried them off. Then you have the task of scraping the remaining gunk off without scratching the the paint. I had a few scratches, but they were covered when I put the badges back on.

 

Whats the trick with this stuff? I tried to acetone an extra badge I had today but no paint came off. It got a little duller but no paint removing..

 

I used aircraft remover on mine. Nasty Stuff!! It's kind of a gel texture, and I just dabbed it on my emblems and carefully removed the excess. You can watch the black paint just strip right of the emblem.



jrbhc8

 

Wow.. what an old thread.
I wasn't even 40 yet when I was in this thread
Now I'm 41

 

I had to use 0000 plus the acetone to get it off. I don't know how people are saying their paint is peeling off these things! LOL I think I'm going to paint the one I've got all Black since its damn near impossible to tape it off.