Been lookin at some pics of rides with the rear bowtie removed, thinkin about doing it. Any hints for easy removal?

Thanks.

 

Use fishing line to cut the double sided tape. Then goo-gone to remove the residue polish with compound then all is good

 

I removed mine last weekend, all i did was blow dry it then kind of wiggle it, and got some floss and just kinda flossed in between the car and the emblem very very carefully, not to scratch the paint with the emblem or anything.

came right off, then just used goo-gone and got all the excess junk off, than washed it and waxed the little area...

 

d backer you beat me to it!

 

 

Um, Just curious, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO!? We need to teach the uneducated how Bowties really are. Leave it on. Please.

 

i 2nd that

 

because i didnt pay 17 grand to be a driving advertisement for chevy

 

i rather have it on... ive seen a few without them, and the back looks too bare. that just my opinion...
its still a cobalt either way so its cool

 

i opened the trunk, removed this one piece and took a heatgun to it, just be carefull

 

I am actually planing on getting to the body shop this coming week so they can adjust some repairs they did after I was rear ended. I have thought about the rear bowtie (I replaced the front one with an SS emblem as others have done) and I am going to get them paint the gold part red to match my car and I am also asking about having eyelids painted on the head lights seeing as they will be in my color anyways.

 

yea looks good with out i did it about 2 months ago and evyone that sees the car says it looks better with out it... have not gotton any bad comments about not having it on

 

much better w/o any badging on the back ... (cobalt letters included)

 

The look without them is OK but I want people to know that a Chevy COBALT just blew by them.

 

Thanks for the posts. I was curious if it was stuck on or bolted on. I am removing the original bowtie with a custom bowtie.

 

i fucked my **** up REAL good, thanks to the credit card i jammed inbetween the paint and the bowtie! shut up, i dont know what i was thinking! its off...but then i recently decided to paint it black and leave the chrome trim, then put it back on the car...but i want to get those scratches out, first.

edit: i am officially confused...this is SUCH an old thread...and someone BESIDES the original poster said thanks for the posts. i am retardedly confused currently.

 

1. Warm soapy water
2. Hair Dryer
3. Fishing Line
4. Goo-Gone
5. Wax

It's about a 10 minute job. Make sure you clean around the area of the car very well before you start. Warm soapy water is a good choice . Heat the badge for a while to warm up the double sided tape, that will make it come off a lot cleaner. The warmer the tape, the less chance you have of the tape ripping and leaving bits of it on the car. Run the fishing line behind the badge, and gradually work it down until the whole badge is removed. Finally, clean off the tape glue with some Goo-Gone.

Also, I would strongly suggest waxing the car once the badge is removed. Especially if you've had the car for a while, as the paint under the badge won't have the same sun exposure and make not be 100% match to the rest of the body.

For the waxing, I hadn't had the car for more then 3 months when I took mine offf, so I just went by a local wand wash and spray-on-waxed the whole car.

[edit] Great.. that was such a waste of time, LOL! I didn't check the date on this post, and wrote all that thinking this guy was actually asking for help..

 

because that is one ugly bowtie... no offence

 

not ugly, just big. maybe paint it body color and put it back on. but i, myself have removed it and love it.

 

I say remove it. It looks a lot cleaner that way.

 

that was one of the first things i did, was take off all the badges... to the people that said leave it on so people know what flew by them, if they can't tell it's a cobalt then it's probably not worth it to "educate" them... if you see an srt-4, sti, evo, rx-8, cavalier, civic, etc. without badges, you probably still know what it is, right? so let the dumbasses be dumbasses...

 

No, that wasn't a waste of time at all. I'm going to be doing this today so I needed to see how to so it. Thanks alot for the descriptive how to and for your time.