Removing side sticker on prado rear quarter

[Davad73 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Davad73]

What's the best way to remove the d4dturbo sticker on the rear quarter without damaging the paint?

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Use a hair dryer, soften it up, peel it off and clean residue with Eucalyptus oil.

Cheers Andrew

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Be aware that people who have done this on 90s or 120s find the sticker leaves a 'stain' in the paint. Not sure if the 150 will be the same. Have a look in the 90 and 120 section or Google search.

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Embarrassed about owning a diesel and don't want anyone to know huh? Yeh I can understand the pain of not having a V6.... Cheer up , it is a Prado!

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

One of my stickers seems to have developed brown spots underneath it, rust maybe? Sorry Craig, it's a V6 sticker LOL.

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

Both my stickers seemed to get dirt under them very quickly, I first noticed it first wash! Peeled them off after the second wash, when the dirt seemed to get worse. All I did was park it out in the sun, once hot just peeled them off with my fingernail. I have peeled sign writing off vehicles before though (pre sale prep for one of our clients) and it does take a bit of a knack and some luck to not leave glue everywhere. If you can't get it hot in the sun, use a hair dryer to heat the panel, not the sticker. Where the heat is is where the glue will release, so you want it to release from the panel. If you heat the sticker the majority of the glue will stay on the panel.

Once off I completed the three part polish process to the entire rear guard and you would never know they were there. Depending on how long it has been there will depend on how hard it will be to remove without a trace. I have seen bad staining from some Toyota stickers though, my neighbours 100 has very bad paint stain from the sticker glue. Was planning to replace them, but now I prefer the clean look.

[Pog Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pog]

Sorry Craig, it's a V6 sticker LOL.

Haha... that's GOLD!

[Davad73 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Davad73]

Thanks for the comments, most of them anyway! The sticker was put on last week at the panel shop after a little repair to the rear quarter. So should come off ok. Just getting it to start on the edge without damaging the paint seems like the worst bit. The buggers stuck it on an angle opposite to what it should be. It's already Been back for a redo so don't trust taking it back so have ordered another sticker and will do it myself next week when I get back home. Some good tips for me to follow thanks AJ120 and AussieAndy.

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

I would imagine the fresh decal should come off reasonably easy Davad. Where did you order your replacement sticker from and how much? (I imagine the V6 jobbies would be the same price...)

[brissy Member Find all posts View Profile Close brissy]

use a steam cleaner, some have a window attachment -flat blade thing,, this is also great for removing window tint , once its hot enough it will bring all the glue with it

[Davad73 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Davad73]

Sticker was ordered from local toyota dealer for $22. Before I flew back to work I tried gently on edge of sticker to peel it but seemed to be on good. Thought as paint was only 2 days old Maybe a little soft? I should really take it back to crash repair joint and get them to do it, but they will think I am just mad.

[Davad73 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Davad73]

The side plastic piece along the windscreen has disappeared. Went back to panel shop today as they had it removed and the buggers broke the clips originally and just glue it back. I think a trip along the freeway and its blown off. Anyway they have ordered a new strip and clips. Showed the guy the sticker that was put on as its out of wack and agreed. The sticker comes on a template so you line it up to the tail light edge and put it on. Just so easy. Just a lazy sod stuck it on without care! Anyway the Panel shop will redo the sticker now so might as let them and if they stuff anything they can fix it.