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Old 05-09-2025, 07:32 PM   #1
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Side emblem removal - outline of emblem

2018 SS 1LE Summit White
I removed the side emblems on the front panels - the camaro shield with the red/white/blue.
After I removed the emblem and cleaned up the area, there is a very noticeable ridge where the emblem resided. It almost looks like the fender was clear coated with the emblems still attached.
Wondering if anyone has seen this before and/or could offer any advice. If it cannot be fixed, then I'll reapply the side emblems. Thanks!
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Old 05-09-2025, 08:55 PM   #2
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What products have you tried on it so far?
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Old 05-09-2025, 11:29 PM   #3
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2018 SS 1LE Summit White
I removed the side emblems on the front panels - the camaro shield with the red/white/blue.
After I removed the emblem and cleaned up the area, there is a very noticeable ridge where the emblem resided. It almost looks like the fender was clear coated with the emblems still attached.
Wondering if anyone has seen this before and/or could offer any advice. If it cannot be fixed, then I'll reapply the side emblems. Thanks!
Are you the original owner? If not, perhaps that panel was painted and instead of removing the emblem they taped it and painted around it... Not the right way to do it, but wouldn't surprise me either...
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Old 05-10-2025, 08:33 AM   #4
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I hit the area with Meguiar's M10508 and my Griots polisher.

I am not the original owner. I'm leaning toward the panels being recleared (or repainted/recleared) without removing the emblems.
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Old 05-10-2025, 01:57 PM   #5
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I hit the area with Meguiar's M10508 and my Griots polisher.

I am not the original owner. I'm leaning toward the panels being recleared (or repainted/recleared) without removing the emblems.
Yeah, that is very likely what happened...
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Old 05-21-2025, 07:29 AM   #6
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You could always use some high grit paper and repolish. I have some 15000 grit, will not leave visible scratches, but still need to polish after.
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Old 05-21-2025, 08:25 AM   #7
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Were both fenders the same way ? Did you also remove the rear bumper emblem? I removed the fender emblems as well as the rear SS emblem and replaced them all with black/chrome SS logos. They all came of pretty easily, but left a little glue residue behind that I removed with Goof-off. Any chance it's just glue residue ?
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