# Bumper Sticker Removal? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** rav4, toyota\ **Created:** [August 1, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142 "2020-08-01T17:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![p3gk33f3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@p3gk33f3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p3gk33f3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/1 "2020-08-01T17:11:58Z")
How to: remove a bumper sticker safely to use again? ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/2 "2020-08-01T17:15:05Z")
Is this a joke posting? Most people are concerned with how to remove a bumper sticker without damaging the paint on their car. The sticker itself is a throwaway. ---
**Author:** ![p3gk33f3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@p3gk33f3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p3gk33f3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/3 "2020-08-01T17:16:55Z")
No joke. I’m getting a new car but still want the sticker ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/4 "2020-08-01T17:19:43Z")
Try a hair dryer ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/5 "2020-08-01T17:46:45Z")
When you see that the paint underneath the sticker because the paint on the car has faded, you might rethink the whole bumper sticker thing. ---
**Author:** ![p3gk33f3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@p3gk33f3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p3gk33f3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/6 "2020-08-01T18:05:37Z")
Again, I’m getting a new car. I want to keep the old bumper sticker. I want a known fool-proof method. I’ve tried and rejected the usual, hair dryer, steam, goo be gone etc. I want to know a tested successful method, not speculation. Maybe there isn’t one actually known (?) ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/7 "2020-08-01T18:08:59Z")
Just call a couple of local detail shops and ask if they can do that . Chances are that the sticker will not come off in one piece anyway . And you really want to stick something on the bumper cover of a new vehicle ? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/8 "2020-08-01T19:30:38Z")
99% impossible. Get a new sticker. ---
**Author:** ![p3gk33f3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@p3gk33f3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p3gk33f3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/9 "2020-08-01T19:43:16Z")
Closest answer so far, now where’s that 1% ? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/10 "2020-08-01T19:47:02Z")
There is no foolproof way. Depending on the material used in the sticker, you might remove it with just enough heat to soften the adhesive carefully peeling it off. I have applied and removed many stickers from my racecars. I love it when they come off in one piece but they rarely do. None of those that did, maintained the original shape. Give it up, ain’t gonna happen. Take a very good photo. Take measurements. Take that photo to a sign shop. With a little photoshop action and a vinyl printer, a duplicate can be created. Heck, hundreds can be created. ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/11 "2020-08-01T19:48:41Z")
> [@p3gk33f3](#): > > where’s that 1% ? I told you … the hair dryer ---
**Author:** ![p3gk33f3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@p3gk33f3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p3gk33f3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/12 "2020-08-01T19:51:05Z")
Guess I’ll keep the car for awhile. I never give up. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/13 "2020-08-01T20:10:30Z")
> [@p3gk33f3](#): > > Guess I’ll keep the car for awhile. That must be one hell of a bumper sticker. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/14 "2020-08-01T20:31:35Z")
curious what is this bumper sticker? ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/15 "2020-08-01T23:17:56Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/e/aeb47068a21db71609a5f160f03b900b46161915.jpeg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/16 "2020-08-01T23:55:57Z")
All that for a Domino Pizza sticker? You may have to take the bumper off and transfer it to the new car. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/17 "2020-08-02T02:15:30Z")
I’ve had a few bumper stickers printed and it all depends on if paper was used, and what weight, or if vinyl was used. Plus the adhesive that was specified. You can spec adhesive all the way from permanent to removable and grades in between. The only time we used removable was for stickers that needed to be easily peeled off for re-use of the container they were pasted on. Not likely a bumper sticker would use removable adhesive. So it’s like asking what color a car is. It all depends and there is no standard. Now in general I think bumper stickers are a bad idea, especially since cars no longer have chrome bumpers. But if they are political, they are dangerous and bound to upset people. If you think they are funny, a good portion of the population will not agree and think the driver is the odd ball. Plus most are impossible to read and are distracting. They just do not have the desired effect in my humble view. The only way to save it for sure is to cut the bumper too leaving the sticker intact, but a rectangular hole in the bumper. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/18 "2020-08-02T02:43:44Z")
Hair dryer or heat gun, then use a credit card or a label remover to peel up an edge of the sticker, your local detail shop has probably dealt with this many times before. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/19 "2020-08-02T12:44:20Z")
Heat is probably your best bet, but enough heat to melt the glue might soften the bumper sticker enough that it will stretch as you pull it off. Chemicals that dissolve the glue might dissolve the sticker too. Also, some stickers are designed to flake off as you try to remove them. Parking passes might fit into the last category. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142/20 "2020-08-02T19:39:04Z")
I wish I had found a way to remove a bumper sticker without destroying it. I would liked to have saved the “Truman For President” bumper sticker from my 1947 Pontiac. I would like to have that bumper sticker on my present ride. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bumper-sticker-removal/168142.md?page=2)