Does anyone have a method of:

a) removing the wheel centre badges without damaging them and without removing the road wheels?

b) removing the front grill badge - preferably without damaging it? Gone - 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey, ebony, zabrano trim, TV, Tasmods, mudflaps.

The normal way of removing the badges is with a hairdryer and dental floss but isn't the front one moulded into the grille? Not worked out a way to take out the wheel centres without removing the wheels though........................ you could trigger a spate of wheel centre badge thefts if you posted that one on here! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

a) heating it with an haidrier, put probably difficult to get it out with no damage as it sits in a recess in the grill, damage will be a bit of bending, so not too bad.

b) well I replaced mine just pulling them out with a small screwdriver inserted between badge and wheel, no damage at all and very easy. '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

Just done this tonight on front and back.

Front I made a small hole in the badge, heated, lifted with a bradawl through the drill hole and and then pulled with a pair of long nose pliars - a doddle (make sure you keep the heat on though as it looks like it could crack the grill if not and the adhesive really has grabbed). Clening the foam adhesive pad left behind caused many blistered fingers

Rear I made a card template cutting out a hole using the new badge to draw on thin card. Placed over old badge and stuck to car with masking. Folded down so that I could work on removing the old badge with more room. Tried dental floss but kept snapping and cutting into fingers through gloves. Ended up using the flat plastic banding used on pallets and large parcels. Used it gently with a sawing action and it went through in seconds. Make sure that you loop behind the badge and pull slightly away from the paint, just in case you get some minor abrasions. It didn't mark my paint at ALL, even under super lighting.

Cleaned area, heated panel to ensure 100% dry and then flipped card up into place and taped the top securely to the body. Simply placed new badge in template hole. ##TIP## When you have cut the hole in the template for the badge, line the hole in the card with small 1" strips of masking tape all the way around. This will make sure that when you apply the new badge none of the cardboard fibres from the edge of the hole stick to the adhesive pad and cause problems later with water ingress.

Jobs a good one

My god, aren't we sad - just stick it on, or leave it alone