As you can see my Carrera badge is some sort of dark matte colour.

I need to replace it to have a chrome lettering which I can purchase.

Just needed to know how to remove the current badge without messing anything up.

Thank you.

 

It s glued on. Get a piece of strong fishing line and just work it thru the back like a saw. Then remove left over glue and maybe polish/wax area.

 

Thanks.

Does that also mean I will have to glue on the new badge?

The PORSCHE lettering came as self adhesive so was easy to put on.

 

The new badge will have adhesive tape on the back.

I replaced the badge on my 996 because part of the "C" was damaged. I was surprised at how much work it took to clean up the paint after the old badge was removed.

 

yes, your finger nail will hurt after this process.

 

Can I not just remove the old badge, and not clean up the stuff as the new one will sit on top of it and will not be visible?

 

No, it s kinda thick and may not let the new one sit flat enough... It s not that bad.

 

You can. When I removed mine, even after removed the old adhesive, there was an outline of the Carrera script. You could simply put the new one down on top of that.

 

I heated my badges up with a hair dryer and used dental floss to remove! Very simple operation!

 

I forgot, that does work even better.

 

^ This , and if there's any residue left from the old badge just use a machine buffer i.e. with polish/wax to clean things up prior to applying your new badge..

 

I left mine off. But as stated I heated it up, then used fishing line. Took some goo gone if I recall and got the remainder of the adhesive off. Then polish/wax as I left mine off. Can't see the outline after doing this.

 

And when using Goo Gone, which was very effective when I removed mine with the floss approach, but sure to use the automotive version rather than the general household version since it is formulated to be safer for car paint.