I debadg-ed/de-body side moulding-ed my Tahoe. It looked much cleaner. See below. I have not done the Lade because I like the chrome look/accents.
If you decide to do it, get some cheap plastic putty knifes, some fishing line, a 3m eraser wheel, and 3m adhesive remover. The right materials make the job easy.
I've fully debadged my black ext. I don't have any pictures but all the chrome lettering on doors and tailgate have been removed. It really tones down the look in a good way. I simply used a heat gun and some fishing line to remove the letters. After that, some 3m adheasive remover takes any remaining glue off easily. I wanted to remove the crest and wreath but there are two prongs that go into the tailgate and I didn't want to have the holes showing afterward. Now if I could just figure out how to fill them in. I've also added some Foose wheels in black to give it a more stealthy look.
Scott T, I really want to get rid of the crest and wreath! I would think a stainless disk of the same size would work, just attach with double stick tape. There has to be a good answer somewhere.
hcvone, I know it would be a PITA to put all those individual letters back on. I wonder it the dealer paint shop would have a template to make the spacing and alignment easier.
I wanted to remove the crest and wreath but there are two prongs that go into the tailgate and I didn't want to have the holes showing afterward. Now if I could just figure out how to fill them in.
It looks to me that the crest and wreath are attached individually to the black background circle (plastic) with tape, same as the letters are. Did you try to remove just the wreath and/or crest?
