Jump to content

Need Some Help!

black00chev

Recommended Posts

black00chev Enthusiast

black00chev

Posted
Posted

De-badged the truck this weekend and after pulling the Silverado emblem off, was left with this beautiful outline...

 

IM000467.jpg

 

 

 

Does anyone here have any good idea or anything on how to remove this outline? It's a very feelable lip in the paint where I guess the layers of wax have built up around the emblem.

Outbacker Enthusiast

Outbacker

Posted
Posted

I wonder if clay would remove the residue? I know when they undercoated my truck, it helped to remove over spray, and it was on there pretty good.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

Posted
Posted

Is it on both sides like that?

 

It may have been painted without removing the emblem. If so, some wetsanding and buffing might make it less noticeable. If it is only buildup around the emblem, some light compound should remove it.

rbiggers277 Enthusiast

rbiggers277

Posted
Posted

I would try claying, polishing, and waxing the entire panel real good first. The paint under the emblem just didn't fade like the rest over time. If doing those things doesn't make it alot less obvious, you will probably have get more invasive with the panel like stated above.

omegafiler Senior Enthusiast

omegafiler

Posted
Posted

Kinda depends on what it really is. Almost looks like glue from the emblem, in which case some goo-gone would work. If it's wax, I'd also try some clay and/or rubbing compound.

black00chev Enthusiast

black00chev

Posted
  • Author
Posted

its deffinetly not glue, all of that was removed with goo gone, and the detailer guy i used to work with said it deffinetly looks like paint, like how Jim said it may have been painted (guessing clear coated) around the emblem.

 

the detail guy said that he highly doubts clay will remove it and is pretty unsure about even wet sanding it...

 

 

not sure what to do, even to make it less noticeable would be great... now its not bad (only see it when up close within a few feet) but totally gone would be great.

 

 

EDIT: Jim, I assume you mean both emblems on the tailgate? If so, no they both werent like that, just the Silverado one.

03blackz71 Senior Enthusiast

03blackz71

Posted
Posted

Try using some wd-40 to take it off. I removed my tailgate emblems and there was a little outline that the goo gone didn't remove and I used the WD40 and it took it right off. Just give it a try. Then hit it up with some quick detailer to remove the wd40 residue.

black00chev Enthusiast

black00chev

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Try using some wd-40 to take it off. I removed my tailgate emblems and there was a little outline that the goo gone didn't remove and I used the WD40 and it took it right off. Just give it a try. Then hit it up with some quick detailer to remove the wd40 residue.

 

 

haha alright alright! ill try the wd-40 tomorrow... but im pretty sure it still wont do it

 

 

 

 

David... that was the whole point of taking them off!!! lol.

 

im just thankfull that its really not that noticable unless you are standing right behind the truck looking for it.

03blackz71 Senior Enthusiast

03blackz71

Posted
Posted
tried the WD-40 but it didnt do anything... guess time will fix it and with some good buffing.

 

 

That sucks I guess then the tailgate was painted at one point like you said and needs a good buffing with compound to remove that outline.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

Posted
Posted

Whatever it's worth... the truck looks awesome in the pictures.

 

I guess you can always put emblems back on if you can't get it off... not the end of the world.

black00chev Enthusiast

black00chev

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Yea I'm not even sweating it anymore... Can hardly see the outline but it just bugs me a little that I know it's there.

 

 

Thanks everyone for all the tips though... Guess time and some good waxing and buffing is the only fix haha.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • CamGTP
      Gas Prices

      By CamGTP · Posted

      Was all the way down to $3.69 a gallon but then jumped back to $3.99 just because for some reason.   Diesel floats between $4.80's to $5.10ish a gallon. I even saw Diesel #1 for $6.09 today but nobody in there right mind even buys that in the summer.
    • Coastie05
      OTA updates and radio still cuts out

      By Coastie05 · Posted

      Mine just keeps lagging or getting stuck on the reverse camera. When I turn off the truck, get out, and close the door it will still stay on. It’s very intermittent and I would not be able to duplicate the issue. 
    • Chuck FB
      Gas Prices

      By Chuck FB · Posted

      I was checking out fuel prices at my farm fuel retailer at their pumps and yes the farm price is a bit lower than the non dyed fuel and was glad to see that the regular farm gas price has dropped a lot from what it had been but what blew me away was the price of diesel as the spread now compared to before the prices went up earlier in the year, diesel was actually slightly lower than gas which was a switch from the theme the last number of years. However that sure isn't the theme lately and definitely not right now. The prices I will post are not from that retailer but just looking at gasbuddy for the main city in this area and instead of posting the lowest price someone found I will list the higher price ( and that may not be the highest price, just whatever someone posted on gasbuddy ).   So regular gas and there are a lot of stations listing the same price for regular is 1.68 a liter, premium 2.00 a liter. Diesel 2.03 a liter for a top price I saw on diesel.   Figures out to 6.36 a us gallon Canadian funds for regular and 7.68 for diesel. With the US exchange rate it would be 4.58 us for regular and 5.53 for diesel.    Thought I would figure that out to get a picture of what it settles out like compared to various US prices and its about the same as the current price in Fairbanks AK as Anchorage tends to be lower. So yes, these would be the prices and higher along the way on the Alaska highway where they know they have a captured market !, for fuel prices for those beginning the long drive back to the lower 48   The problem is our Canadian dollar and going to the states that have the high prices, boy do we pay then !
    • wxman13
      OTA updates and radio still cuts out

      By wxman13 · Posted

      Just wanted to get a idea of how many of you still have problems with your radio cutting out during the first few minutes of driving, my 2024 GMC Sierra still does this after a little over 2 years of complaining to my dealer about it, and OTA updates no longer complete, the check for updates in settings is greyed out for the second time while trying to install a update, my dealer took about a week to play around with it the first time this happened, and somehow got the check for updates to work, even though it would always show system is up to date when I knew it wasn't, now again 1 month later its greyed out again when the OTA update N25-F163BU tried to install, which ironically is the update to help with reliability of future updates.
    • wxman13
      OTA updates and radio still cuts out

      By wxman13 · Posted

      Just wanted to get a idea of how many of you still have problems with your radio cutting out during the first few minutes of driving, my 2024 GMC Sierra still does this after a little over 2 years of complaining to my dealer about it, and OTA updates no longer complete, the check for updates in settings is greyed out for the second time while trying to install a update, my dealer took about a week to play around with it the first time this happened, and somehow got the check for updates to work, even though it would always show system is up to date when I knew it wasn't, now again 1 month later its greyed out again when the OTA update N25-F163BU tried to install, which ironically is the update to help with reliability of future updates.

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...