De-Badging Surprise

[SkippyG4]

started de-badging our other '14 Silverado and got a nasty surprise.

 

the dealer had installed color matched body molding which we did not want since they wanted 400 for it. (we knew we would debadge the truck anyway) We said order another truck and they said we won't charge you the $400 and we get to remove the molding.

 

Upon removing the molding we found they must have had to paint the driver door for some reason and didn't remove anything before they did and now we have Silverado on the side even without the stickers... ugh...

 

 

[TJay74]

Doesn't mean it has been painted, could be sun faded already. I would clay bar it, then polish it and look at it from there.

[soltys]

That's not just the outline fade of a little glue and debris left over? Like TJay said - clay it and it should be fine.

[SkippyG4]

the picture kind of sucks. it has definitely been repainted. around the edges of a couple of the letters there is dirt under the paint. we also removed the body molding. 3 of the 4 doors and the tailgate came off clean. this door is jacked.

[bronco351]

Cloaked lettering effect?

[20L8TSierra24]

Tell them to repaint it again. Its the only thing you can do...

[SkippyG4]

Spoke with the dealer today and they told us it was a factory fix with something on the door that caused a re-spray. The good news is they are going to fix it for us. Drop the truck off Monday.

[Ezekiel2517]

This was on mine when I debadged the stupid Texas edition badges from the truck. Just get some buffing compound and rub the hell out of it. 3M has a little kit at walmart for $20 that goes into your drill. it will do the job.

[SkippyG4]

We did end up having this truck repainted from the dealer. they sort of accused the shop that put the lift on that they must have repainted it but there is no way as they only had the truck a day and a half.