I did it with a hairdryer, my thumbnail and a bottle of Goo Gone within a week or two of picking up my Bronco. I cannot imagine someone could get that thing off in one piece and being able to reuse it. Lots and lots of small pieces. It's definitely different material than the "badges".
This and the small gas tank are my only real bitches about my Bronco, honestly. I've had multiple vehicles with XM pretty much since XM became a thing, and my Everglades is by far the worst reception I've ever had. I'm almost certainly doing the relocation thing, great heads up/idea.
I had changed my order from a loaded Badlands to an Everglades because I wanted the Desert Sand color so bad. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Totally love it, minus a couple annoyances (small gas tank and XM reception sucks) that apply to all Broncos.
I would say my Desert Sand Everglades without the sticker is more unique than one with the sticker, no? In fact, I think everyone else should keep their factory graphics. Hah.
I got a clean teflon wedge behind it, slowly and steadily pryed, and once it started coming off I helped it along with my fingers. The double sided adhesive tape stayed mostly intact, so I stuck it at the top of the gas door and firmly pressed for a while. Works great.
I've said it a bunch of times now. Take it off if you want to, I did, and don't regret it at all. Also, if I follow what your saying about the keypad battery it's not because the doors come off. I popped it off the door and put it in the gas door. Just used it today, as a matter of fact.
Not easy, but not terrible. There's an alignment pin on the roof panels that kinda get caught up, but if you move the panel a little toward the rear of the Bronco (if I remember correctly), it does come out.
I haven't regretted removing mine for an instant. Why would I be sorry I removed it? Because it might be worth a little more in the future? Unless you're buying it as an investment and doing low miles or cocooning it or something, this seems like a weird argument to me. Do what makes you happy...
I did about 1600 miles this weekend, Savannah, GA-ish to Lancaster,PA and back for my niece's wedding in my Everglades. Eats gas at 80 mph (like 17.5 mpg), not surprising, but the tank seems small, too, so more gas stops than my full size work truck or the wife's Outback.
Definitely a bug...
Thanks, guys. I'll contact Warn probably, but in the meantime I ordered a black one on Ebay. Custom printed ones on Etsy were kinda tempting, too, but not sure what I'd have printed on it.