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Thinking about removing the Powerboost emblems

denny@KMFord

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Which specific company?
I reached out to my Rep at DSI who does all my lifts at the dealership for me. As soon as he lets me know I can also get you a number and you can go direct if your interested.
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I have a rare 501A lariat (star white metallic) without the chrome package and without the sport package, so my side vents and powerboost badge were chrome. I plastidipped mine with 7-8 coats, I used one can for about $14 from autozone.

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this is by no means talking shit. I have used plasti dip in the past just be careful with it. It will deteriorate in time and in the heat depending where you are can become tacky and transfer if bumped. I will say it does look so much nicer and might even get me to do my whole side vents as well.
 

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this is by no means talking shit. I have used plasti dip in the past just be careful with it. It will deteriorate in time and in the heat depending where you are can become tacky and transfer if bumped. I will say it does look so much nicer and might even get me to do my whole side vents as well.
I appreciate the advice, it was a short term fix til I could find some cheaper side emblems in the the Ford OEM dark gunmetal paint, they are $550 from my dealer and $400ish on eBay and I can’t justify that!
 

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To find out for sure, measure each end from the bottom lip of the door. If crooked, tell dealer to get you new ones and you will install them. Remove crooked ones and save new ones for later....
The dealer has to send back old parts when they do a warranty replacement.
maybe you can talk them into taking off the old ones and handing you the new ones, but if they’re smart they won’t just give you new ones.
 

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The dealer has to send back old parts when they do a warranty replacement.
maybe you can talk them into taking off the old ones and handing you the new ones, but if they’re smart they won’t just give you new ones.
Bummer...
 

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Good instructions/video and the end result looks good:
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I like ‘em, but one of mine is crooked too. I think I’ll send a pic to the service advisor and see if he can get me another to install myself.
 

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To confirm there are no alignment holes underneath correct? I'd like to remove mine.
 

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I like ‘em, but one of mine is crooked too. I think I’ll send a pic to the service advisor and see if he can get me another to install myself.
This is weird. One of mine is crooked as well. Surprising that there would be so many issues with an obvious and easy thing.
 

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So I removed my Powerboost emblems today. I didn't want to be advertising to catalytic converter thieves that there was a pot of gold underneath.

I am certain there are better ways to do it than how I did it, but it worked so here is how I did it:

1. I used 30 lb fishing braid in a sawing motion to get the emblem off. This took probably less than 2 minutes in total for both sides. I wore gloves to not cut my hands and I didn't even take the line off the fishing rod:

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2. Taking off the adhesive took about an hour with a plastic razor/scraping tool and Goof Off. I would spray an area and let it sit for a minute and then scrape off a layer. I increased my efficiency by just switching between each side of the car so that I didn't have to wait for the Goof Off to penetrate as I was working on the other side.

Here are the final results:

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