Replacing Trunk Emblems On Ls 430

[gpreston24]

Ok, I have a set of new gold trunk emblems. I remove the chrome ones and find that a lot of the glue remains stuck to the paint. Try all of the procedures listed in forums, including goo-gone, 3m adhesive remover, etc. Nothing seems to work. So I go to a body shop to see if they can do it. Their solution: grind off the adhesive and repaint the trunk for a cost of $450. Huh? Surely there is a better way. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it. As a minimum, I plan to check out a couple more body shops tomorrow.

Any comments from the experts in this forum? Thanks in advance.

Gerry

Sarasota, FL

[bartkat]

Can't put the new emblems over the old adhesive?