How to remove roundel from gills?

[benhenny]

I have a white Z3 with chrome gills from previous owner and don't like them. I just bought some grey gills - brand new - and want to paint them white. I want to do it right, so I want the roundels off for the paint.

unless someone here has some white gills.........

Is there a trick to getting these off? Heat? Solvent?

Okay - I found some answers here already. I looked for roundel but should have been looking for emblem. The trick is hair dryer and dental floss.

Am I heading the right direction in having these painted? I can't find any white gills anywhere - usually just oem primed.

[Nighthawk399]

hey I actually had to do this not too long ago but what I did is mask the corners of the indentation of the roundell and then also removed the entire gill push on the pins from the reverse side and heat the.emblem....use a non maring (i used guitar picks) tool to remove it slowly

[benhenny]

Thanks - I think heat is the key to getting them off. I also want to reuse them, so I'll need some instruction on what glue/double sided tape to use.

I'm trying to find the post where someone had their gills painted and forgot to tell the body guy not to paint over the vent part. Last night, I removed the vents to prevent that very problem, and it was easy to do with a small flat head screwdriver. If they do get sprayed, you could still remove the vents from the gills and either strip them or paint them black - they're metal mesh, so stripping wouldn't be a problem.

Here's the gill with vent removed:

[BenFenner]

I'm trying to find the post where someone had their gills painted and forgot to tell the body guy not to paint over the vent part.

That could easily have been me. But I have M gills, so the situation is a bit different.

[benhenny]

"That could easily have been me."

No that's not the one - so it looks like it's a common thing to overlook when painting... I'm not sure I'd have thought of it.

[benhenny]

Hot water and dental floss. Use water as hot as you can stand, then run floss under the roundel - you will go through a lot of floss. If it breaks, double up the floss and twist it. When you feel you've made some progress, use something hard and plastic to push on the pins in the back. If it's hot enough, it will start to move. Then just work a finger (or something that won't scratch) under the roundel and pull it off slowly.



The double sided foam tape will come off easily if you just pull gently while running hot water on it.