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I want to take the Contour GL badge off the trunk. How are they held on and is there anything speacial I need to do?

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real easy. you take some fishing line and you get it behind the emblem. then you work the line back and forth cutting the double sided tape in half. the emblem will come right off. then you take some goo-be-gone or wd-40 or something of the like and clean the sticky stuff off. easy huh. peace.

I used carb cleaner!

On older 'tours especially, a residue may be left, luckily i had a zetec badge to go where i removed the GL.

also heating them up with a hairdryer first helps make it easier to remove them....most of the sticky stuff comes off with the badge...

I know its a little late in the year for it, but I let mine face the sun for a few minutes, then just grabbed it and pulled. The heat gun idea is basically the same thing.

My emblems, including the little sport sticker all peeled off with absolutely no problem, and I used this adhesive remover that has a hgue warning on the back, get this: Do not inhale, as it will result in major nerve damage. Do not come in contact with skin (burns BADLY, within about 2 seconds of contact). But we all had some good fun, couple friends helped me...it smelled like rubber cement actually...mmmmm...