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New stealthier fender decals
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Taco Golfer
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How do you remove the factory decals?Ditched the stocks for something more stealth.
Used some masking tape to get the oem angle.
Ordered on Etsy.
WKTJR1
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Heat gun or hair dryer. Once you get an edge just use consistent pull until it comes off. I took them off my Tundra afte a few years and it wasn't a problem. In the odd chance you have issues, purchase some plastic razor blades.
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Muckle
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Can't decide if I want to delete the OR stickers or not. Leaning toward delete.
SonoranSurvivalist
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Same, I've been trying to make up my mind if I want to get rid of them or not... I just don't like stickers on my car and here in the AZ desert the sun just wrecks stickers/decals.
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Mine appeared to be installed crooked and it drew my OCD eyes to it every time. Gone. It is a tedious undertaking though.
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SonoranSurvivalist
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So I have successfully removed one of them (driver side) and it took about 2 hours of work. I live in Phoenix, and left it in the sun for about 30 minutes to allow the panel to get really hot before I started. I continually used goo gone on the decal and used nothing but my fingernails to get it off. the majority of the decal came off in two parts, the first layer came off mostly in one piece while the underlying layer had to be scraped off every step of the way. Once I got the majority of it, I then had to refresh the goo gone, then cleaned off, then used clay bar, then more goo gone and another clay bar... There are some scratches from my nails if you're really looking, once I get the other side removed I'll polish both sides. I plan to get a rubber razor for the other side as both of my thumbs are quite sore from just the one side and the whole purpose of using my nails was to avoid scratching the clear coat.
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Duce95
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I agree it wasn’t the easiest to remove. I got some scratches too so I polished it up with some scratch remover. Looks mostly better.So I have successfully removed one of them (driver side) and it took about 2 hours of work. I live in Phoenix, and left it in the sun for about 30 minutes to allow the panel to get really hot before I started. I continually used goo gone on the decal and used nothing but my fingernails to get it off. the majority of the decal came off in two parts, the first layer came off mostly in one piece while the underlying layer had to be scraped off every step of the way. Once I got the majority of it, I then had to refresh the goo gone, then cleaned off, then used clay bar, then more goo gone and another clay bar... There are some scratches from my nails if you're really looking, once I get the other side removed I'll polish both sides. I plan to get a rubber razor for the other side as both of my thumbs are quite sore from just the one side and the whole purpose of using my nails was to avoid scratching the clear coat.
My pass side came off in sections and the driver was much easier.
Delirious
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And if you wait too long to take them off without replacing them, you'll always see the unfaded paint that was behind them.
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