79 Spyder hood and trunk badge removal

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maxdog
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Your car is a: 1979 spyder 124
Location: Montreal Quebec Canada

79 Spyder hood and trunk badge removal

Postby maxdog » Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:41 pm

I need to replace these badges , the hood badge is ratty , some troll stole the trunk badge centre ,leaving the rest behind.
How are they held in place , little pins ?
How do I get them off without damaging the paint ??
Do I use masking tape to protect the paint and a thin knife blade to pry them off ??
Would it be sensible to marinade the old badges with penetrating oil before trying to remove them ??
Thanks for any advice
Maxdog

Jimb
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Your car is a: 1985.5 Volumex

Re: 79 Spyder hood and trunk badge removal

Postby Jimb » Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:51 pm

Sometimes you can use a piece of string string and keep moving it around the circumference until it pops up.

Jim

narfire
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Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
Location: Naramata B.C.

Re: 79 Spyder hood and trunk badge removal

Postby narfire » Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:19 pm

Take a look under the hood and trunk under the badge . Mine have studs with small nuts on them. The front might have a round rubber access thingy to take off first.

if they are pins then protect the hood and trunk and pry gently off. My trunk had plastic captive pins and I used a thin piece of wood & towel to protect.
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