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Old 08-10-2022, 04:14 PM
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Default Anyone remove the Stingray off the trunk lid

Took delivery of the car last night. I was doing the walkthrough and I couldn't help but think the Stingray is ugly. LOL I am 99% sure its just applied with double sided tape with no holes but wanted to confirm. Its coming off when car gets home later.
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08-10-2022, 07:32 PM
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IMO it provides a good spot to push on to close the trunk.


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Use fishing line in a sawing motion. Most of the remaining adhesive should come off by rolling the edge’s with your thumb. A little goof off or goo gone should handle the rest.
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I think that black Stingray brings all the elements of the car together making it complete. Love how it looks on mine.
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I've thought about it. I do agree its not attractive but someday, this car will belong to someone else and they probably would want it.

Lots of online videos to remove emblems on youtube.
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I've thought about it. I do agree its not attractive but someday, this car will belong to someone else and they probably would want it.

Lots of online videos to remove emblems on youtube.
I removed it with heat and fishline. If next person wants it, it’s very easy to place back on.

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Mine was removed when the stripes were installed. Never reinstalled it.


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Yep. Mine was removed along with the corvette letters during the ceramic prep. Looks much cleaner now.
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Thanks fellas that answered my question. I remove emblems from everything. LOL I think we are long gone of the days where the emblem had "posts" on the back. LOL Finishing line and goo gone then hit it with rubbing compound if a older car, then complete with a fresh coat of wax to protect the surface and revive from the trauma of goo gone on your paint/wax and BAM!!! Good to go. I always use my thumb. I removed the side body molding from a truck I bought a couple weeks ago and the backing from years was rock hard. My son let me borrow a 3M wheel and that thing was fricking magic. I did burn the paint at first but once I slowed down and figured out what I was doing it made easy work of the glue. I wont be using this on the Corvette but if I ever need to remove old emblems and/or scuffs in the paint this wheel is the chit. I could of saved my thumbs and pointer finger prints long ago. HAHAHA
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I took off all my emblems.


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Personally I like the rear Stingray badge but I did remove the front Cross Flag. With the front cross gone the design lines on the hood and front fascia really popped.




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IMO it provides a good spot to push on to close the trunk.


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Originally Posted by steve8
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I agree
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I agree….good way to close the trunk with no fingerprints….thinking of putting one on the frunk..
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I'm thinking of removing the fish & replacing it with the C8 emblem, Ala Z06...
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I’ll remove front and rear badges leaving the name
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Originally Posted by steve8
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That’s what I push on to close my trunk.
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Looks good to me without it. The cluttered garage, not so good.


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Change it up a little!
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Originally Posted by Rbacik


Change it up a little!
How far is the bottom tip of the crossed flags from the trailing edge of the clam shell and do you know if that is the exact location of the emblem on the Z06?
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