I recently purchase a 1991 300D. There is a badge on the back from the dealership that it was originally sold at (10 years ago). The car has been garaged since it was new. If I remove the dealership badge what are my chances of having a dark circular spot on my trunk where the badge used to be?

I really don't like the badge, but if removing it will leave a spot I will leave it on. Any suggestions?

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Ben

The MBs:
1976 300D (W115) - 330K and still going (sort of)
1991 300D 2.5 Turbo - Sold at 221K
1983 280SEL - Sold at 206K
1981 300SD - Sold at 232K

Since the car has been garaged, you may be ok. I would try removing it.

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Bill Wood - Retired Webmaster
My Personal Website
1998 Mercedes E430
2010 Toyota Sequoia
My Photo Albums

"Ditto"

Any spots can be polished clean.

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... Kerry

126 tailed by a 203, 129 leading the pack.

I was concerned about exactly the same problem when I had my 83 300TD. I removed the badge, and as mentioned above, worked the area with a little bit of polish and then waxed. The results were not noticealbe unless you held a bare light bulb up right next to the surface.

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94 E500 (Silver/Black)

What is a dealership badge?

BTW Ben... Whatever happened with the accident? How did it all go? I see you got a new car? How do you like it? What's different about it? Maybe a new post for this! I would love to hear how everything is going.

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2006 E350 w/ 155k miles (Daily Driver)

Previous:
1993 300E 3.2L Sedan w/ close to about 300k miles
2003 E500 Brilliant Silver (Had 217k miles when totalled!)
1989 300E with 289,000 miles (had for <1 yr while in HI)
03 CLK 500 cabrio (Mom's)
2006 C230k (Dad's)
1999 S420 (Mom's/Dad's)
2000 C230k Sport sedans
2001 CLK320 Cabrio (Mom's)
1995 C280 My First Mercedes-Benz... (155k miles. EXCEPTIONAL AUTOMOBILE. Was Very hard to let go of!)

Take off the badge; it will probably leave a vissible spot that can be polished till nearly-not-vissible. Any vague, nearly not vissible spot is better as a dealer badge!

greetingz,

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1990 300SL-24
1993 C250D with a minor 600+k kilometer
www.MBenzNL.com(the Netherlands)

Well, I removed the badge today, and the results are good. The paint color is the exact same, the adhesive came off easily without any paint damage, and even without detailing it is hardly noticable that any badge was there. Within a week or so I plan on detailing the exterior, so I will remove any traces of the hideous thing.

David, I will soon post on the results of the accident. Everything went quite well.

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Ben

The MBs:
1976 300D (W115) - 330K and still going (sort of)
1991 300D 2.5 Turbo - Sold at 221K
1983 280SEL - Sold at 206K
1981 300SD - Sold at 232K

What method did you use to remove the badge?

I slid some heavy duty fishing wire between the badge and the paint. This removed the badge, but left some adhesive behind. I simply rubbed the adhesive away with my thumb, then washed the area with a little bit of water. I have since washed the car twice but have not waxed it and the spot where the badge was is completely unnoticable.

Thanks for all of the input!

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Ben

The MBs:
1976 300D (W115) - 330K and still going (sort of)
1991 300D 2.5 Turbo - Sold at 221K
1983 280SEL - Sold at 206K
1981 300SD - Sold at 232K