Dealership stickers, I want 'em off!

I was so excited to take my 2010 GTI home on friday night I didn't see pay attention to the dealership sticker right under my GTI logo. The sticker seems to be individual vinyl letters about 3/4 of an inch high each with about an inch high VW logo.... I have nothing against my dealership, they sold me a great car, and I think at a good price... but the lettering they did isn't even straight, and the white looks terrible against my Carbon Steel GTI.

Anyway, I just want to know from a helpful MkVI owner what the best product/ technique to remove this lettering is? WD40 and fingernails? Floss? Some kind of gunk off product? Obviously the last thing I want to do is hurt the paint, so Help is appreciated!

I always use an eraser wheel on my drill. Come off like butter, and eraser doesn't hurt paint... fyi it will hurt plastic if you leave it in one place for a while.

Hair dryer (doesn't get hot enough to damage paint, heat guns can!). The vinyl will start to peel off very easily. Clean the area, then heat up the vinyl, and then use the pad of your finger (not the nail) to start an edge up. Once you get an edge up, you can grab the edge (carefully!) and pull off. Fingernails on paint can leave marring if you're not careful.

Use goo gone or isopropyl alochol (95% cut 50/50 with water... or just find 50% at the store) to remove any residue.

jmblur said:

Hair dryer (doesn't get hot enough to damage paint, heat guns can!). The vinyl will start to peel off very easily. Clean the area, then heat up the vinyl, and then use the pad of your finger (not the nail) to start an edge up. Once you get an edge up, you can grab the edge (carefully!) and pull off. Fingernails on paint can leave marring if you're not careful.

Use goo gone or isopropyl alochol (95% cut 50/50 with water... or just find 50% at the store) to remove any residue.

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Thanks for your help, I will try this tomorrow. She's getting the full treatment so I'll definitely have the time to do it.

Take it back to the dealer and tell them you don't want their advertising on your new car.

onomatopoeia said:

Take it back to the dealer and tell them you don't want their advertising on your new car.

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These stickers are very annoying. Locally all the dealers put on those ugly license plate frames with their advertising on it. First thing I remove.

Its very tacky and annoying when stealerships do that..... I'm glad Pasadena VW didnt put stickers on my car.
oh OP, btw dont take it to the stealership, they will probably remove the stickers with a sharp screwdriver and leave claw marks all over your paint.

I got them off no problem. I don't have a real problem with the license plate frames, as I had a great experience at Alexandria, VA VW.

Here are new pictures the lettering was under the GTI letters.