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- Jun 10, 2001
Took a little bit of time today to remove just the bowtie off my 09 Silverado. Looking for that cleaner look and easier to wax deal. Job took me about 45 mins to do and was really easy. This is actually my second time doing this because I did the same thing to my 2000 Silverado I had
Before:
After:
1st-Get the heat gun out and gun out and heat up the emblem, I used goo gone also to help out. Just sprayed it over the top side and let it soak in.
2nd-I used some decent fishing line and got under the lip of the emblem and used it as a saw moving it back and forth. I did it in three sections, first the left side of the emblem. Then I re-heated the middle area applyed more goo gone and slid the fishing line to the right and finished it up by doing the same thing on the right side.
Once you have it off it'll look like this:
3rd- you'll need one of these
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00488DDB8/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used a cordless drill but if you're going to do the whole set of moulding and emblems you'll need two. They wear down quickly and make a pretty good mess. Some of the areas where a PITA but I kept the eraser wheel moving making sure not to burn the paint. At times I really had to press down on the tailgate and get the wheel going fast. Don't be afraid of it. I'd take the wheel to it and then clean up the area by wiping away the crap from the wheel. It's basically a big eraser and like I said rubber pieces will be flying all over the place.
4th- I used some Zymol cleaner wax and cleaned it up.
I'll eventually get to the door mouldings next. I haven't decided if I want to keep the Silverado and GM emblems yet. But for now I really wanted to get ride of the ugly gold one on the back.
Before:
After:
1st-Get the heat gun out and gun out and heat up the emblem, I used goo gone also to help out. Just sprayed it over the top side and let it soak in.
2nd-I used some decent fishing line and got under the lip of the emblem and used it as a saw moving it back and forth. I did it in three sections, first the left side of the emblem. Then I re-heated the middle area applyed more goo gone and slid the fishing line to the right and finished it up by doing the same thing on the right side.
Once you have it off it'll look like this:
3rd- you'll need one of these
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00488DDB8/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used a cordless drill but if you're going to do the whole set of moulding and emblems you'll need two. They wear down quickly and make a pretty good mess. Some of the areas where a PITA but I kept the eraser wheel moving making sure not to burn the paint. At times I really had to press down on the tailgate and get the wheel going fast. Don't be afraid of it. I'd take the wheel to it and then clean up the area by wiping away the crap from the wheel. It's basically a big eraser and like I said rubber pieces will be flying all over the place.
4th- I used some Zymol cleaner wax and cleaned it up.
I'll eventually get to the door mouldings next. I haven't decided if I want to keep the Silverado and GM emblems yet. But for now I really wanted to get ride of the ugly gold one on the back.
