Remove "Explorer" from rear of 2025 ST

[ST_NYC]

A quality polisher, soft pad (yellow) and some good compound and it will be like new. There is no risk in polishing the black plastic as long as you have minor skills. A quick one-step polish is the quickest way to clean up these ridiculously soft black plastic trim pieces. One the doors, the back hatch, the grill, etc.

This is what I'm hoping for. I bought "Griot's Garage Plastic All-in-One, Polish, Restore, and Protect" as per google that came up as a good compound. If anyone would have better suggestions I'm all ears.

 

[Beerman]

Never used that one, but have used Griot's Perfecting Compound and Correcting Cream successfully on plastic. Their polishers are a good entry level unit and what I use. Griot's is good stuff to get into the hobby, then you "graduate" to The Rag Company and spend more money ;-)

 

[ST_NYC]

Update to my saga. I hit it with Griots Plastic all in one compound with a 3” orbital buffer. It looks like new! There are indentations left over from where the rubber wheel overheated when removing adhesive. But you can only see it if I point it out or you know what you’re looking for. All in all happy with results!

 

[Royski]

Just sharing my experience. I waited until we had a hot day here (90*ish) and in the afternoon used fishing line to remove letters. Cut through like butter but left a ton of adhesive behind. I then used auto goo gone soaked on a micro-fiber rag and pressed onto each area repeatedly and gently peeled the adhesive away. It was time consuming but in the end I only have minimal fine marks which even I need to look hard to see and only at certain angles where the light hits it right. I plan on polishing it but definitely not a priority right now.

 

[DaGooch]

Just sharing my experience. I waited until we had a hot day here (90*ish) and in the afternoon used fishing line to remove letters. Cut through like butter but left a ton of adhesive behind. I then used auto goo gone soaked on a micro-fiber rag and pressed onto each area repeatedly and gently peeled the adhesive away. It was time consuming but in the end I only have minimal fine marks which even I need to look hard to see and only at certain angles where the light hits it right. I plan on polishing it but definitely not a priority right now.

Any pics? I had the front letters removed when I had the hood PPF'd and have been wanting to remove the rear letters because of the cleaning issues. But was not sure how that bar looks naked.

 

[Royski]

Any pics? I had the front letters removed when I had the hood PPF'd and have been wanting to remove the rear letters because of the cleaning issues. But was not sure how that bar looks naked.

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[DaGooch]

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SOLD! They are coming off this weekend. Thanks

 

[Royski]

SOLD! They are coming off this weekend. Thanks

Make sure you have automotive goo gone and microfiber rags and just go slow getting gunk off.