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Getting Ready:
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Here's something to do when your bored, and broke. Take the emblems off the back of your box, and tell people its the new mercedes G-class. (grin) You can do this in about 15-30min.
-- pmpnxb

Tools Needed:
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Flathead screwdriver / prying device
Microsheer cloths so you dont scratch your box!
Wax of your choice

Optional:
New emblem to make people think its something its not!

Instructions:

1) Take your heat source of choice and heat up the outside of the xB logo..
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2) Take your screwdriver / prying source, and wrap it in the microsheer cloth so you dont damage your paint.
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3) Make sure your emblem is nice and hot, and push the screwdriver with the cloth covering it between the emblem and the paint.
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4) Gently pry the first part of the xB off, they are just double sided taped on, so it doesn't take much effort as long as its hot. After you get the first side up, the little "x" should come off with almost no effort.
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5) Heat the "Scion" emblem up just like you did the xB.
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6) Using the same prying method, with your screwdriver pry the emblem off the paint. (Don't worry there are no holes behiend the emblems)
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7) Now the emblem will leave some gunk left behiend.. if there is any adhesive left on the paint, you can use a Liquid tar/adhesive remover (SAFE FOR PAINT!!!) to get the adhesive off.
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8) Take your wax of choice and buff the areas where the emblems used to be (I use a nice carnuba wax on my blue onyx pearl, it brings dark colors out beautifully.) Let the wax dry.
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9) Remove your wax and now your emblem-less!!
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10) Now you can relocate your still sticky emblems wherever you may want them, I put my xB on the dash in front of the steeringwheel.

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11) If you have a new emblem (Lexus, mercedes, ferarri, whatever) You can put where your scion emblem used to be, and get asked all the time what kind of car it is. Hope I helped!

:mrgreen: Another way to remove emblems is to take fishing line and slowly slide in a saw-like motion behind the emblems until they lift up. Then you would use the adhesive remover and wax as normal. I did this on my yellow EVO 8...

I used waxed Dental floss/tape. Make sure when heating the emblems that you move the heat gun around so you don't heat the area unevenly.

Although this isn't the tC thread... i just removed my tC emblem with much ease. It was pretty simple. I took the short cut of leaving my car sit in the hot sun for awhile. Then I just had to take on end and slowly peel the emblem off. The whole emblem came off in about a minute. Then i took some bug and tar and removed the excess double sided tape...that was it.

although it's a bad angle...here's a pic of the result.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/7/web/667000-667999/667209_3_full.jpg

hot sun worked for me,be very careful with heat gun as you may bubble your paint, with tha sun you will most likely leave some glue and tape,just take thumb and roll it off then wax and enjoy,looks much better.

Hi there.. i'm gojann, a new member here @ scionlife.. i did it to my xA using a dental floss, i removed it but all the sticky tape left in the paint.. maybe i did wrong.. i used a goo gone to remove it. And another thing is the scion emblem in the back has double-sided tape also, but it's engraved to the trunk.. is it advisable to remove it or not? thanks, guys. :D

Everything for my Scion

Anyone know if the rear "Scion" emblem on the tC uses double-sided adhesive or is screwed in like the front emblem?

taped.

Thanks hotbox05. In removing it I found there are two little posts on the back on the emblem with corresponding holes in the insert, as well as a rectangular indent right under the center of the emblem.

No so pretty looking. Need to find something to fill in the holes.

Thanks for the step-by-step on emblem removal...went smoothly...

...regarding the front emblem on the xB...I know its just supposed to 'snap' off, but when I pull on it a little bit it seems the the entire grill is going to come off with it. Is there any particular way its supposed to snap off? specific places to pull from?

What is the best way to remove the front emblem on the xB? I don't want to pull the whole grill off the car.

Zach

u just pop it off but it leaves an ungle lil happy face like hole.

What is the best way to remove the front emblem on the xB? I don't want to pull the whole grill off the car.

Zach

Pop the hood and look at it from the back, IIRC, it has some tabs you squeeze and it will release.

Question: what do you mean IIRC?

note that I know how to do this, I just wanted to learn an new phrase

If I Recall Correctly

awesome I learn everyday, I learned IMO and IMHO just last week

Thanks for the help guys, but the emblems I ordered were fake ones so I have to send them back to the vendor. Now I have to order real ones. Who was it on this forum that was selling the real ones? Thanks in advance for the help everybody.

Zach

what did you order that were fake? the bB, who did you get it from?

I ordered from Scionsport on Ebay. He is a really nice guy though and is giving me a full refund because the product was not what I wanted. So I'm not in any way talking bad about the vendor. He just didn't have what I was looking for. It's partly my fault. I should've known I couldn't get the front and rear badges for $27.

Zach

I've been hearing alot about that. they should know by now that they don't fit

I ordered were fake ones so I have to send them back to the vendor. Now I have to order real ones.

How do you know they are fake? I think I ordered mine from ScionSport too, but have yet to try and install them.

I ordered were fake ones so I have to send them back to the vendor. Now I have to order real ones.

How do you know they are fake? I think I ordered mine from ScionSport too, but have yet to try and install them.

cause fake ones don't fit

neneago sells them and I've never seen a complaint:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31528&highlight=emblem

I'll be ordering a set from neneago in the next several days.

Zach

when taking off the scion emblem off the back of your TC, how bad did the holes look? Can you post some pitures. I wanted to take mine off too, but always wondered if it will look like the back of honda's when the "H" is taken off.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i'm pretty sure it's gonna be the same. just like a bimmer's holes or any cars holes. unfortunately. u can buy little clear plugs at least it'd be less noticeable and would get any water in there.

the whole thing in pressed in, the pics I saw are bad

Mahalo - Thanks!! I guess I'll just take the TC emble off and leave the other on.

i used the dental floss method for mine. i waited almost a year before taking them off, so there was a lil discoloration. but i clay barred it, and buffed it with a dark colored swirl remover, and waxed a couple of times with meguires gold class liquid, and it looks beautiful now :wink:

that makes me think that I should go get the xB off before it discolors

I used the fishing string method took me.......Took me.........All done....5 mins for real. whats next?????????

I would also like to see any pics of taking the rear and front emblems off of a tC, i got the 'tC' eblem off no prob but im curious for the 'Scion' emblem?

I would also like to see any pics of taking the rear and front emblems off of a tC, i got the 'tC' eblem off no prob but im curious for the 'Scion' emblem?

on the tC the scion emblem is "pressed into" the car

oh damn, oh well i guess it stays. what about the front emblem? thanks BoomBox!

I'm not sure, but I think that the front is part of the grill

i havent looked at it that closely , anywayz thanks boombox!

^^^ the front scion is part of the grill....but i saw one that had the black background only with the tC from the back put there instead of Scion.......

i just removed all my emblems, plus numerous body panels.

the BEST panel/emblem remover is... get this: a flat plastic cooking spatula. the same type you buy so you dont scratch up your pots and pans!

i tried numerous things, and that worked 1000 times easier than all else combined. one of the wide ones works best, since it distributes the pressure over a wide area and therefore puts far less strain on the plastic, which is what normally causes it to bend and break. hope that helps for all you DIYers out there... patt

i used the dental floss method for mine. i waited almost a year before taking them off, so there was a lil discoloration. but i clay barred it, and buffed it with a dark colored swirl remover, and waxed a couple of times with meguires gold class liquid, and it looks beautiful now :wink:


When you say clay buff do you mean compound? Also what is Dark swirl remover? Sorry for the noob questions but I am just getting started into the car thing as a hobby and dont want to hurt the car.

Thanks

Use the fishing string method. It works the best!!!

i used the dental floss method for mine. i waited almost a year before taking them off, so there was a lil discoloration. but i clay barred it, and buffed it with a dark colored swirl remover, and waxed a couple of times with meguires gold class liquid, and it looks beautiful now :wink:


When you say clay buff do you mean compound? Also what is Dark swirl remover? Sorry for the noob questions but I am just getting started into the car thing as a hobby and dont want to hurt the car.

Thanks

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i used the dental floss method for mine. i waited almost a year before taking them off, so there was a lil discoloration. but i clay barred it, and buffed it with a dark colored swirl remover, and waxed a couple of times with meguires gold class liquid, and it looks beautiful now :wink:


When you say clay buff do you mean compound? Also what is Dark swirl remover? Sorry for the noob questions but I am just getting started into the car thing as a hobby and dont want to hurt the car.

Thanks

I used the fishing line technique. quick and easy. took all of 10 minutes to do and most of that was running the extension cord outside to hook up the blow dryer.

Thanks for this great tech article. wouldn't have had the balls to do it otherwise. :clap:

just like this
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A better way that I've found is to use dental floss. I'd be a bit shaky about using the screwdriver method. Start floss on one side and work it back and forth and it'll cut right through the goo. If you do it right there will be very little to clean up afterwards.

Why stop with the exterior emblems? How do you remove the Scion emblem on the steering wheel? Can you safely remove the Scion lettering on the stock Pioneer headunit without scratching it up? With the tC headunit cover, is there a way to fill in the Scion engraving? How do you remove the Scion emblem on the key (the one with security buttons)?

theirs a better way
use fishing line and work it up and down across the back of the emblem if done right very little adhesive is left just rub it off with your fingers then clean it with adhesive remover
i did mine in a few seconds with no trouble :D less risk than with a heat gun!! i know its a repost but it works

3 feet of 20-lb test fishing line works good. Wrap two or three times around each hand then keeping the line between the emblem and the adhesive, so there is no chance of scuffing the paint, use an up and down side to side motion to "saw" all the way through from one side to the other. The Badge will then be almost ready to fall off the car. Pull and push the last of the adhesive off in to one big ball. Takes about 5mins total. Apply adhesive remover, rinse well with soap and water.

Make sure to save the emblems for reattachment later if you change your mind. Or re-sell them on the Japanese eBay. They may want our xB emblems as bad over there as we want their bB emblems over here... LOL

I just finished my xB...Looks good!! The very first xB I ever saw was debadged, and I had to wait to figure out what kind of car it was. Very interesting when you haven't seen one before.

I used the heat gun with fishing line, worked well. But I had more tape left on the xB than on the scion logo because I did not use the heat gun enough. Once I heated the scion logo, it came right off with the fishing line, and the rest came off with just a rag.

But I forgot to buy wax, so there is my project for next weekend I guess. It still has a lttle dull look where the xB logo was located.

Thanks for the write up!! :bow: :bow:

I used dental floss today to remove the dealer emblem. It took less than a minute and left no marks. Very easy, like everyone said. No need for heat guns or whatnot. My wife thought I was weird for doing it, but I really didn't want "crystal scion" on my box and it got in the way when I waxed. However, I 'll keep my scion and xb mark for now. I told my wife I got the idea of using floss from the forums and she thinks we are all lunatics or idiots or something. I think these forums rock!

someone asked about the fromt tC emblem. I was just checking mine out and it has double sided tape holding it on. Just use one of he methods above to remove it. But- it has holes and an indentation where it goes, so it will lokk ghetto if you just take it off. one of the members blacked his out (filled in the scion and painted it black, then a few clear coats) and put it back on. It looks much better than just taking it off. I think he said it took very little time, money, and effort. I'll try to find the link later

Hey guys. I spent the past 10 minutes reading all the how-tos and decided to try it myself. I figured since my car is only a couple weeks old it should'nt be too hard to remove the emblems.
Went outside to my car. The rear of the car has been facing the sun for about an hour.

Just tried to pry the Xb emblem a little with my fingers and it came right off.
Didnt even need adhesive remover.
AWESOME!!
Did the same to the Scion logo and BAM, came right off.

THANKS GUYS.

Dental floss did the trick for me. no heat required. a little thumb rub got most of the sticky off. a little WD40 got the rest. Wax it up and it's good to go. looks good. 8o)>

thanks for the instructions man

Im gonna be taking off my Scion emblem on the back tomorrow, but leaving the xB, because i got something planned for it..

i used 8lbs fishing line , in the 100 degree sc sun, i got the xb off and the dealership one but even in the 100 sun i couldnt get the scion one off , so its the hair dryer next, make sure u use terry cloth, i tryed to use my fingers and got 3rd degree burns on my thumb and index finger!!! i used goo gone too and spray on wax to do it also looks great .

Yeah, I did it when it was in the 90's outside. A little back and forth motion with Dental Floss as well as some Goo-gone soaking in for a minute or two -- a bye bye emblems. 20 minutes top. Wife looked at me funny after I did it. Wonders why I spend so much time with the car. If you ask then you will never understand the need to mod.

just like this
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the guy taking this picture has nO LEGS! :nails: :nails:

All you need is some fishing or even some floss will work. Heating it up will help, but you don't necessarily need it. Just get a good strong hold on the fishing line and it will cut right through the gunk on the back side of the emblem. That way you don't damage or bend the emblem and you can put it somewhere else, like on the "oven" on the inside of your car like I did.

My emblems are stuck to my computer case at home :)

can the emblems be taking off without the heat gun? if so, how would we take off the remaining reside from the emblems?

I used a blow dryer. And to take off the residue, I used bug and tar remover.

I used the sun and my block buster card.

I think he's talking about the stuff that's on the emblem.

Just work it off like, ahem, like you're rolling a boog. You know you did it as a kid. :no:

Anyways, I'm replying to this for another reason. Many of you do this to paint the emblem. The best way to get paint off the emblem is to use the plastic modeler's trick of a good chemical soak.

Use a tuperware you don't want to keep, since there will be free-floating chrome in the bath.

put enough bleach in to cover the emblem by about a half inch. Throw the emblem in and weigh it down with something.

After the first night, change the bleach and maybe brush it off a bit, too. Soak it again overnight and you will be amazed how easy it is to brush the chrome plating off.

I used the sun and my block buster card.

lol i cant use the sun but i think i might try the blockbuster card since i have no other use for it lol

just wanted to say thanks again i got both of them off and it looks great

found an easier way of doing this on a warm day let the cars body get warm slide a credit card right down the the back side of the emblem pops right off!

well i successfully took all of them off, thanks

ill be posting pics of my xB when it's all done, keep a look out

I successfully took mine off last night using the fishing line method and a hair dryer to heat them up a bit beforehand. Then rubbed the gummy crap off, used bug and tar remover, and a good coat of wax. Nice and clean!

I got badges from carson toyota, they have been importing a little jdm stuff, front and rear ran me about 55 with shipping. I think they are legit, imagine getting bogus emblems from a toyota dealership! WWW.newscionparts.com

the heat gun (blow dryer worked for me) :rolling:

They're legit. That's where I got my "T" emblem.

The only thing, though is that they order it from japan after you order it from them. But I think I might be thinking of the site that I ordered my "ist" emblem from. Only one way to find out.

it took longer for me to plug in the hair dryer and extension cord than to take off the rear 'xa' emblem. dryer and dental floss - mint flavored. i heated the emblem for about 2-3 minutes... pressing it every few secongs to see how soft the goo was getting. then i slid the floss and started flossing... applying pressure to the door rather than the emblem. most ofthe goo stuck with the emblem... the rest was still soft enough for me to just pull off. no goo left. i got a rag that had a bit of windex and just wipe away the litlle lines that were viwsible and that was that. thanks for everyone who contributed here - making my 3rd mod so much easier.

chr!s.

I did this last night and had good results, although most of my double sided tape came off on the door and I had a heck of a time peeling it all off. I used an adhesive remover from 3M and it seemed to work very well and didn't mar the paint at all.

One question I have is did anyone else see a hint of the xB logo still on the hatch after they took it off? It's not reall prevalent, especially after waxing, but you can see it if you look close enough. Of course, I look all the time because it bothers the heck out of me, but I'm just wondering if that's just a temporary discoloration from sun exposure or something else that will fade with time. The same thing didn't happen with the Scion logo.

Thanks for the write-up.

you can use wd 40 to take the gum off, works just as good!

I used "Bug and Tar Remover." Just spray it on the leftover adhesive for about a minute or two, gets rid of every trace.

it took longer for me to plug in the hair dryer and extension cord than to take off the rear 'xa' emblem. dryer and dental floss - mint flavored. i heated the emblem for about 2-3 minutes... pressing it every few secongs to see how soft the goo was getting. then i slid the floss and started flossing... applying pressure to the door rather than the emblem. most ofthe goo stuck with the emblem... the rest was still soft enough for me to just pull off. no goo left. i got a rag that had a bit of windex and just wipe away the litlle lines that were viwsible and that was that. thanks for everyone who contributed here - making my 3rd mod so much easier.

chr!s.


Same method I did as well to remove my tC badge. However I put the pressure on the emblem using the floss, so I had a lotta glue to remove from the hatch. but that Turle Wax Bug and Tar remover does work wonders. spray it on, use a rag to kinda push it around to cover up all of the glue and let it sit for maybe 15 or so minutes, wipe off, peel off the glue that comes loose easily, and repeat if needed!

i just grabbed mine and pulled.....came right off and the adhesive came with them, little wipe with microfiber, bam!

I just finished taking my tC emblem off. The hairdryer/fishing line/bug and tar remover was an easy method. I wish everything was this easy.

Hi i just jot my rear Scion tailgate emblem jacked off my car last night. ____ed me off so bad. Well i am looking to buy one. If any one has a Scion tailgate emblem they can sell to me please email me at:

alimoe35@sbcglobal.net


thanks

heres a little update for those still questioning the SCION emblen removel for the tc's : it was a hot day today about 87 degrees, i went outside took a litttle flat piece of rubber that will fit around the cross bar or where the scion is and put the rubber over it and grip it with the plyers so that the plyers are not directly in contact with the emblem but gripping the rubber over the emblem and pull slowly not too hard but enough to slowly pull it awy from the car and walla its off no residue on the car and no knicks in the emblem(thats why we used the rubber) now paint and do whatever you want to it>>

you can use wd 40 to take the gum off, works just as good!

safe?

just got my bb emblems and about to take the old emblems off the back and put the bb emblem on.

nice

What about the front grill emblem is it easy to take out?

There are clips on the back of the grille. It will leave a hole, so you'll need a bB badge (which after seeing your last post, I assume you have)

nice edu!

i want to take the front and rear scion logos off my tC to paint them black and im wondering how to safely put them back on..?

that was the first mod i did on my xb was debadge the xb emblem

On the XB2, does either of the rear badges (Scion logo underneath wiper or xB logo) have holes behind them? I'd like to remove as many as I can, that are just stuck on.

TIA

Update on this. It is safe to remove xB logo on rear hatch of 2011. The big Scion logo however, will leave holes. Not cool.

Ummm. Yeah, we knew this...

reviving this thread, anyone know of a "iST" badge?

The ist is the JDM equivalent of the xA/xD. Much like the xB/bB.