Dealer won't hang on to 'de-badged' badges......

[Randolph]

Bit of an odd one here, and I'm more intrigued than bothered. I'm picking up an approved used Mercedes next week and the dealer agreed to take the badges off for me. All ok thus far, then i thought i'd just ask him to keep them for me, just in case when i come to sell the new owner wants to put them back on. He emails back saying its not possible, not sure if its because it can't be done or he doesn't want to. I can't say I'm that bothered, but i wondered if anyone could think why that would be? Its a 2018 car so they are just metal glued on so i can't see that they would get damaged?

Any guesses?

(i will ask him also!)

[Jazzy Jag]

They bend when you remove them and it destroys the sticking pad so you can't refit them.

[FlatToTheMat]

They are most likely plastic however if removed carefully, shouldn't bend or break. Bit of an odd one alright, sure the sticky stuff will be ruined but why not pop them in a little bag and give them to you!

[jamei303]

Maybe they need them to stick on to the used cars they get in that have been de-badged.

[ayman82]

Why don't you keep them?

[IIIRestorerIII]

ayman82 said:

Why don't you keep them?

I though this too but it's not quite clear if the OP wants the dealer to keep hold of them until he sells his car or if he's asking the dealer to keep hold of them so he can collect them along with his car when he picks it up.

[Wills2]

Jazzy Jag said:

They bend when you remove them and it destroys the sticking pad so you can't refit them.

That depends on how you remove them and it's easy to remove them with bending them and you can buy sticky pads.

[Custard400]

Tell them to leave them on and remove them yourself, unless that affects your vanity too much?

[CallorFold]

IIIRestorerIII said:

ayman82 said:

Why don't you keep them?

I though this too but it's not quite clear if the OP wants the dealer to keep hold of them until he sells his car or if he's asking the dealer to keep hold of them so he can collect them along with his car when he picks it up.

This could quite easily be a misinterpretation. Dealer thinks he's got to hold onto some random badges for years (so tells OP it's not possible - rightly so!), but OP just wants them handed to him at collection after they've been taken off!

[Randolph]

was fully expecting to keep hold of them myself.....getting the dealer to do it was laziness really....assumed they do a better job and not scratch anything. I'm pretty cack handed!

[Wills2]

Take them off yourself, mask the area and use some thin garden twine to "saw" them off, pulling outward so you cut through the stick pad and stay away from the paint, then remove the sticky pad with some solvent and give the area a quick buff.

I've done it to various cars over the years it's not hard.

[SteBrown91]

Wills2 said:

Take them off yourself, mask the area and use some thin garden twine to "saw" them off, pulling outward so you cut through the stick pad and stay away from the paint, then remove the sticky pad with some solvent and give the area a quick buff.

I've done it to various cars over the years it's not hard.

You often don’t even need to do that. On a warm day I literally have peeled them off with the assistance of a hair dryer (was a Ford not a merc so possibly lower quality adhesive haha)

[philipbrown123]

Why not just leave them on.

When I was in my early twenties I wanted a Ford Capri but could only afford a 1.3 litre. Always meant to remove the 1.3L badge from the boot but never got around to it in the 3 years I owned the car !

[Wills2]

SteBrown91 said:

Wills2 said:

Take them off yourself, mask the area and use some thin garden twine to "saw" them off, pulling outward so you cut through the stick pad and stay away from the paint, then remove the sticky pad with some solvent and give the area a quick buff.

I've done it to various cars over the years it's not hard.

You often don’t even need to do that. On a warm day I literally have peeled them off with the assistance of a hair dryer (was a Ford not a merc so possibly lower quality adhesive haha)

It's a bit cold out at the moment, but applying some heat can help, mine wouldn't just pull off (I did try) but still easy to do.

[XLYC]

Just order more come sale time. You can pick them up from eBay for pounds with excellent adhesive

[Longtime Lurker]

IIIRestorerIII said:

I though this too but it's not quite clear if the OP wants the dealer to keep hold of them until he sells his car or if he's asking the dealer to keep hold of them so he can collect them along with his car when he picks it up.

If i was the dealer and you asked me "to keep them for you, just in case when you come to sell the new owner wants to put them back on" i would take this as you wanted me to hold onto them and not pass them onto you.

Maybe call back and just cut out the confusion and ask can you chuck them in the boot when you take them off? rather than over complicating things talking about the next owner etc?

[Wacky Racer]

Just pour a very tiny amount of white spirit over the top of them at the back and let it soak down for five minutes behind the badge.

It will dissolve the glue pad and they will come off, or even drop off.

If you want to re apply them just get some double sided sticky tape from poundland.

[Alucidnation]

I don't see why you can't do it yourself.

Get a flat blade screwdriver and push along behind the badge and that should release the badge and most of the sticky pad.

To get what's left on the bodywork, some wire wool and a lot of hard rubbing.

Reason for doing it this way?

You will have a couple of dull patches left, which you can then use as a guide to re attach them when you come to sell.


HTH.

[ayman82]

Right ok, I think I understood the same way the dealer did.