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Originally Posted by DansSlk  I removed mine but i could see where the paint had slightly changed color from sun exposure and no matter what product i used i could not remove the marks so i replaced the badges. |
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Originally Posted by Dolebludger DanSLK is correct about ending up with a paint mismatch under a removed badge on a car that has had a chance to get any fading at all. So debadging is best done when the car is brand new. With Mercedes' paint and clear coat materials and methods, there is absolutely no way to polish out the color mismatch. |
I had my SLK280 for about a year(and it was ex-demo, so it was already a year old when I bought it, so all up 2 years old), and I decided to debadge the SLK280 bit because I thought it made the boot look a lot cleaner, with just the Merc star in the middle. Used fishing line to take the badges off, cleaned off most of the adhesive with Xenit(citrus cleaner), then clayed the rest of the left over adhesive off. Like you guys said, there was still a paint colour difference where the badge used to be because of the paint exposure to sun, etc(only really noticeable if looking for it or at an angle, but still..annoying) However, when I brought the car to a detailer for a professional detail, I mentioned the issue, and he said, no problem, he could polish it out and blend it in with the rest of the boot. Left it with him, not sure what he did, but when I got the car back, the mark or paint difference was completely gone, and couldn't tell there was ever a badge there.
So there are ways of getting the debadged area "clean"
The guy I brought it to definitely knew what he was doing though with regards to polishing, detailing,etc..(see one of my previous threads for results of the detail)