First Edition Graphics Are A PAIN To Remove!!!

[Silver-Bolt]

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[Wide Open Roads]

Has anyone taken the reflective graphics off of an FE? Do you have any tips? Warm or cold, the graphics just disintegrate if you try to peel them off. Think license plate tabs, that’s basically the same material these are made of and do not want to come off.

please, if you have removed some already,I would love some pointers!

I know removing these seem like a pain but I wanted to say congrats on getting your Bronco. You're going to have a lot of fun with it (once this is over). And I second the other poster who said low heat from a hair dryer. You'll find the sweet spot where you've heated the adhesive just enough for it to release, without heating it so much that it gets sticky.

 

[De Brus]

I know removing these seem like a pain but I wanted to say congrats on getting your Bronco. You're going to have a lot of fun with it (once this is over). And I second the other poster who said low heat from a hair dryer. You'll find the sweet spot where you've heated the adhesive just enough for it to release, without heating it so much that it gets sticky.

Thank you! It was quite a long wait and I’m glad it’s over.
I guess I should have been more specific in the first post. They’ve absolutely used a heat gun, they’re a professional wrap business with wholesale accounts with Porsche, Land Rover etc. they specialize in Xpel and have been certified installers since its inception. They remove decals on the daily, but this particular reflective decal is something entirely different. I just wanted to give people a heads up that they won’t just peel off nicely like the trim badges do, and even the non reflective Wildtrak graphics. I was also hoping somebody had a magic trick they’ve learned while taking theirs off, because the conventional methods just aren’t doing the trick.

 

[Jazer]

Heat is your friend! I removed PPF with ease on my RX-8 just having it sit in the sun on a warm day. It peeled of without any resistance. Any other time I've removed any adhesive/stickers/emblems it was just a lot of rubbing and raw thumbs. It's not fun. If you get it sitting in the sun or carefully heat with a heat gun, that's your best bet. I've used the eraser wheel before but it's something you do need to be careful with because you could over do an area and you don't want to cause damage.

 

[De Brus]

Heat is your friend! I removed PPF with ease on my RX-8 just having it sit in the sun on a warm day. It peeled of without any resistance. Any other time I've removed any adhesive/stickers/emblems it was just a lot of rubbing and raw thumbs. It's not fun. If you get it sitting in the sun or carefully heat with a heat gun, that's your best bet. I've used the eraser wheel before but it's something you do need to be careful with because you could over do an area and you don't want to cause damage.

Thank you for the reply! I’ve updated my original post to give more detail, i should have been more specific. This shit is nothing like PPF. PPF is 10mm (edit: 10mil) thick, these graphics might be less than a mm. Incredibly thin and brittle, almost acting like 20 year old thin stickers.

 

[RG7]

Have them boil a kettle of water and pour it on. With the way that’s coming off, might need several kettles. Wear gloves and if you can get some purchase, pour in between where the decal meets the paint.

IMO this softens the glue and sticker better than a heat gun, but I’ve only had to do it once.

 

[jtt411]

Thank you! It was quite a long wait and I’m glad it’s over.
I guess I should have been more specific in the first post. They’ve absolutely used a heat gun, they’re a professional wrap business with wholesale accounts with Porsche, Land Rover etc. they specialize in Xpel and have been certified installers since its inception. They remove decals on the daily, but this particular reflective decal is something entirely different. I just wanted to give people a heads up that they won’t just peel off nicely like the trim badges do, and even the non reflective Wildtrak graphics. I was also hoping somebody had a magic trick they’ve learned while taking theirs off, because the conventional methods just aren’t doing the trick.

Check out montanabroncos over on Instagram. He just removed his first edition graphics. Perhaps you can DM him. He looks to be a big installer of chromatic decals on older Broncos so he has a lot of experience.

 

[heavyD]

This is what everyone's PPF will be like down the road when it's cracked and yellowed. I shit you not...

No it is not.

 

[flowingaway]

Here I am wishing I could have FE door graphics

 

[BRBUSTER72]

Thank you for the reply! I’ve updated my original post to give more detail, i should have been more specific. This shit is nothing like PPF. PPF is 10mm thick, these graphics might be less than a mm. Incredibly thin and brittle, almost acting like 20 year old thin stickers.

PPF is 10mm thick? That is more than 3/8". Do you mean 10 mils (thousands).

 

[Wide Open Roads]

Thank you! It was quite a long wait and I’m glad it’s over.
I guess I should have been more specific in the first post. They’ve absolutely used a heat gun, they’re a professional wrap business with wholesale accounts with Porsche, Land Rover etc. they specialize in Xpel and have been certified installers since its inception. They remove decals on the daily, but this particular reflective decal is something entirely different. I just wanted to give people a heads up that they won’t just peel off nicely like the trim badges do, and even the non reflective Wildtrak graphics. I was also hoping somebody had a magic trick they’ve learned while taking theirs off, because the conventional methods just aren’t doing the trick.

I understand now. This isn't their first decal removal rodeo. I guess Ford didn't count on anyone removing their vinyl...

 

[De Brus]

PPF is 10mm thick? That is more than 3/8". Do you mean 10 mils (thousands).

Yes lol, my bad. I wrote mm knowing it was mils so that’s totally on me

 

[ELKS1]

Your peeling your FE stripes off and I’m trying to find the part # to buy a set to put on.

 

[De Brus]

Your peeling your FE stripes off and I’m trying to find the part # to buy a set to put on.

Ford parts can get them. Be ready to pay $1100 for both doors and hood!

 

[ELKS1]

Ford parts can get them. Be ready to pay $1100 for both doors and hood!

Really? They are that much

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