Badge change gone wrong.....

[StingerNick]

Just got it back from the body shop, I think it turned out pretty good

 

[Revvdmedia]

I removed both front and rear badges and stinger badge. I used a hair dryer, not a heat guy. I used a combination of fishing line and soft plastic wedges. Back logo was no problem. Little stinger logo was no problem. Logo in front took a dime sized piece of paint with it. able to cover it up with new badge. Same techniques on all 3. I previously owned a Hyundai Genesis and took of the rear badge with no problem. I think, unfortunately, some of this art and science. Depends on the that individual car paint/primer, the amount of glue, temperature, etc.

Using your Genesis for comparison, if you mean a badge on the back center of the trunk, that would have been steel. It seems the issues of ripping paint is on the composite (non steel) panels. I just don't think paint adheres to that substrate quite as well.

 

[westcoastGT]

Using your Genesis for comparison, if you mean a badge on the back center of the trunk, that would have been steel. It seems the issues of ripping paint is on the composite (non steel) panels. I just don't think paint adheres to that substrate quite as well.

It also does not paint the same color despite using exactly the same paint and spray techniques , plastic bumpers and fiberglass panels always have a slight color difference vs metal

 

[BEEK]

Using your Genesis for comparison, if you mean a badge on the back center of the trunk, that would have been steel. It seems the issues of ripping paint is on the composite (non steel) panels. I just don't think paint adheres to that substrate quite as well.

You are probably right.

 

[MerlintheMad]

View attachment 18731 Just got it back from the body shop, I think it turned out pretty good

Cool! That didn't take long.