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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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Any tips on removing OEM decals from our bikes?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:25 PM
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Hair dryer and peel them off.
You can also use a heat gun, but only on low and far from the bike.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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+1 gonna need a mild adhesive remover as well to get the left over glue residue off...took me 4 hours to get the 4fi ones off when i was doing my swap...good saturday or sunday project
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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dont use solvents if you can help it, seen it done, bad,bad ...if the bike is somwhat new, id try slowly peeling first to see if you can pull the adheisive off with the sticker.,if not , Id go with the dryer like trout said, but if it gets too hot yool leeve the adheisive behind and that sucks bro...
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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Hair dryer to get the glue soft, then peel off. To get the adhesive off, just use a lil Honda cleaner (no idea what it is now, good thing I have like 5 cans of the stuff).
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Yeah, I use WD40 to get the residue off.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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Thanks guys - I'll report back on what worked.
 
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