Badges Falling Off? How to Reattach Car and Truck Badges, Emblems, and Letters!

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[@dutchboynl2082]

A couple of drops of JB Weld on the back of letters and it will NEVER come off again.

[@justindaniels17]

using rubbing alcohol to remove the adhesive and before completely removing the adhesive put painters tape on all 4 sides to make re-adhering of emblems close to factory as possible

[@joek600]

Thanks for the video! Now let also give you a tip back as a graphic designer. The letters are never spaced out evenly. Its a rather complicated procedure of matching their distance and the negative spaces created between them. Modern design and typing programs do a semi-decent job into doing it automatically, but when it comes to design elements like logos, a good designer always tweeks the spacing manualy. Now since nobody wants to take a full seminar in typography, the best thing to do is stick a length of painters tape and mark the positions of the letters. Clean the area from the glue residue, re-attach the painters tape and use it as a guide.

[@nicksimon4379]

That entire essay could have been summed up in one sentence. Jesus I’m glad I wasn’t your English teacher reading your essays with tun on sentences that don’t add to the story.

[@darrylsanford9967]

Rather than apply each letter individually, I like to place all letters on a clean table, spacing them to where they look "right". Now take wide masking tape and place over all letters. Carefully remove the backing tape from each letter, align on your vehicle and stick all letters at once.

[@tserevenad]

@@darrylsanford9967 clever, good tip, thanks. Need to apply "KOMPRESSOR". What type of 2 sided tape do I need and where to source? thanks!

[@karlhungus5554]

3M makes a product called "Plastic Vinyl Metal Emblem Trim Adhesive" for this purpose.

[@wesleypowers]

@1AAuto much appreciated. It’s not that this is super complicated, but I had questions about how to get emblems I had removed to black out properly aligned. You bolstered my confidence!

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[@LemonConsumption]

Big help thanks. Tried to do it with quick adhesive and that didn’t work at all, glad I found this video

[@Pindexter77]

Nice video. An items list would be really helpful. Thank you 😊

[@ferenczsinko6770]

I just cleaned off with 99% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL and used Gorilla Glue, the badge is more flush to the body than with tape and it wont fall off again as double sided tape will always eventually fail.

[@conqwiztadore2213]

Is gorilla glue resistant to heat and cold??? Are you sure??

[@timkaczmarowski8151]

gorilla glue sucks dude

[@masterjefftkd]

When laying a tile mosaic, you actually lay out the tiles face down on adhesive paper. Then when it's as you want it, you flip the whole thing over onto the thin set. You could do the same thing with the emblem. Tape over the logo as-is. Trim the edges so it hangs over as little as possible. Then I've seen dental floss or thin fishing line used to slice the emblem off the body. Of course you'd want to be super careful not to disturb the tape. Then do exactly as you did, except all your letters would be aligned precisely as they were to begin with. The only challenge is making double-damn sure you disturb that tape! You could even use Gorilla tape or duct tape, then take 10 minutes to remove the residue with a Q-Tip when you're all done.

[@douglasbaker5949]

I use the eraser wheel. Put it in my drill and viola it’s gone. Use masking tap and put the letters face down on tape to get them lined up then after you get them where you want peel the tape and line up just like you have with the masking tape.

[@charvakkarpe]

Do you use VHB tape? Is it a thinner version than the standard foam VHB?

[@bothloveme]

You can remove the old adhesive with any oil.

[@bryanchaney2572]

They also make a rubber eraser wheel that will not mess up the paint.

[@ephremmisaelmalapote957]

Thanks for the TIp, Malcolm

[@dantheman5817]

How can I get the exact location of my emblems. There isn't any clue left on my car. I can't find a car like mine to measure. Body shop and dealer won't help.

[@chuckchuckf.l.o.w4131]

Lookup you vehicle on line and see where it located

[@nopenahnonope]

Thanks. Appreciate the video.

[@RampartPh]

big help! thanks!

[@deependuajish]

Does this work work leather? To attach leather to the car body

[@helpfulseal2183]

Thank you, John Malkovich

[@archysanvictores6218]

Thanks nice information

[@prmcollin]

Had a perfect Bob Ross vibe!

[@jesusdaviddesousagallardo1561]

Hey guys but is this water resistant? Or when I go wash the car are they gonna fall off again

[@oneworldoneworld7954]

excellent, I got it in one video.

[@buddyrebel_Garcia]

Will this work for interior emblems?

[@valkanenas7184]

Good one

[@umershaikh9017]

If i dont have taped letter, can i apply black silicon ? As adhesive

[@rarestabacaru3761]

Can you put other letters, replacing the specifications with something funny ?

[@rarestabacaru3761]

Is it legal?

[@piotrgrajcarek1197]

Jakąkolwiek taśmą nie klei się literek, emblematów, wszelakiego rodzaju dodatków jak "skrzela", listew itp. bo wiadomo, że z czasem odpadną, do tego typu rzeczy używa się czarnego silikonu wysokotemperaturowego i/lub kleju epoksydowego dwuskładnikowego, ale to trzeba mieć pojęcie o robocie kiedy decyduje się samemu na jakiś tuning-detailing;] w sumie najlepszą niezawodną też metodą jest wiercenie i przykręcanie, ale nie właśnie bezpośrednio do karoserii

[@SierraJim]

is there a link for the tape being used?

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[@joshward7009]

Using this to put a 2004 oldsmobile emblem on my piece of garbage audi, thanks!

[@AgReddyTrainerForQuality]

Should have put tape over letters for adhesive to properly set.

[@dheibeljr]

Didn't even go into the details of different types or what type of adhesive tape thats best to use, downvote...this was a video about emblems falling off and how to prevent it and attach them so they didn't fall off according to the title and how its written, not a video about how to space and stick emblems using just random types of 3m adhesive tape that you dont cover, everyone knows how attaching tape and sticking stuff to a surface works. It literally covered nothing related to the problems the title suggested it would cover. It should have been titled "how to align and press on emblems" because thats all you did.

[@brozyoo288]

Did anyone just use Kola Loka?

[@unebonnevie]

The heat gun will melt your car's paint!

[@theamazinggoldfish8713]

Thanks I took off my Subaru Impreza sport emblems and really want my new Decepticon emblems to stay on 🤫........🏹🤠👍

[@weishen5938]

Easy.

[@aztecaguerrero1]

What about cursive letters?

[@stefano0000]

Ma é tutto storto bomber !

[@gokayification]

Worst alignment!

[@humblehomie8902]

Why not use something like super glue? 🤔

[@mattturner7978]

Probably bc it can mess up the paint of u take it off

[@The_Macaroon]

@@mattturner7978 why would you take it off?

[@chadjelliston5652]

Doesn’t flex and cracks with weather

[@thornbird6768]

Water will eventually loosen super glue !

[@JaviSailorMau]

Water and cold and hot weather will definitely break down the super glue. It basically works on things that are not left outside. At least not for a very long time.

[@hondagoal]

Great Video. THX.