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Does anyone else really hate the ugly dealer advertising stickers/badges that are on many new cars? These things really **** me off. Luckily the dealership I bought my car from didn't partake in this horrible practice. If I ever buy a car from a place that has these I am going to insist that they take it off before delivery. Unless they are going to pay me to advertise for them, I don't want any part of it. Some dealers are starting to go with the license plate frames which are easily removable. I'm ok with these, but taking the badges off usually means you have to clean up your paint underneath. This $hit needs to stop. Post your pics if you've been hit by an especially annoying variety.

 
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Mine never made it on the car. I work for the dealership and when I ordered my car(there weren't any on the lot or available anywhere near), I told them that if they put the sticker on I wouldn't buy it. The salesman tried to argue the point saying, "Well, don't you want to advertise where you bought it?" So I told them to put one of the license plate frames with the dealers name on my car instead.

 
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I like the shaved look... no dealer tags, no car maker tags, just the ocasional factory symbol... but as for making the dealer take off the sticker for you... IMO that is risky since they will just go at your paint with a razor blade... I just dont trust people I dont know w/ my paint and a sharp object...

 
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I freaked on the dealer when i bought my car because i told them NOOO pinstripes and they put them on and there we razor blade cuts where they ended the stripes had the whole car recleared grrrr. also i live in PA and we dont have to have front plate on our cars but i bought the car in NY and they do so there was a plate mount on it with the holes screwed in the front bumper. Had to have them fixed because they look like crap all better now though.

 
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i took mine off a week after it left the dealership!

 
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mine didnt make it an hour, lol

 
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Are they easy to take off?

 
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i used to have this but i took off last year.

 
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once you get the decal off, put some goo gone on it, it'll be off in less than 10mins...

 
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My dealer doesn't put a decal on, they put a license plate frame, but that came right off after my plates came in

 
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^^or lighter fluid

we don't put dealer decals on our cars at my dealership, i hate those things.

 
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Luckily, my dealer emblem was falling off by itself within the first 6 months or so. I finally just pulled it off and wiped the adhesive off with 99% rubbing alcohol.

 
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My (toyota) dealership had a front license plate, rear license plate frame, and decal on the trunk of my car. All thrown out within a week (had no time initially and was too cold)

 
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my dealership puts license plate frames on, but as soon as i got my plates i put a tinted cover on there. then i got my 7thgen license plate frame so i bought a tinted flat cover and put it on there with that.

there is a dealership in pullman, washington (about 70 miles away from here), and since washington state university is in pullman, they put "WSU cougars" emblems on all the cars they sell. talk about ghey.

 
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I had the dealership remove the sticker, plate frame and pin stipe while they were prepping it.

 
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Those dealer emblems are tacky and gay.

 
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Its easy to take off. I had a small one on my trunk. I use a hair dryer to heat up the sicker then started peeling from a corner and it came of easy. Then I put some wax in the area.

 
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Both our cars came with ads on the licesenceplate holder thing for the rear. I haven't replaced mine yet, but I will.

 
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luckily my dealer where i buopght m,y vic doesnt put decals on or badges, all they put on is a license plat holder with their logo

still have it on and dealer tags as well.....too lazy to put on license plates

 
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To my knowledge, no Cali dealers ever put their stickers on their new cars, only license plate frames. So far, all the cars I saw with dealer stickers are out of state cars.

 
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i took my civic one off the trunk a couple of months after I got my car... used a screwdriver warpped in a cloth but the screwdriver went theru the cloth and I got some paint chips that I touched up doesn't look too bad but I can tell and I hate it so bad becuase its the biggest cosmetic blemish

my dealer put a small vinyl decal on my car on the trunk on the opposite side of where the Civic one was... just peeled it off not too long after my car was new

 
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those big dealer plaques that they put on sometimes are soooo ugly

the dealer ship I used to work at used to do that but I think they stopped years ago

 
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by law they cannot put one on if you say you dont want it.

 
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Someone brought up a good point though. If its already on, then you might be bettter taking it off yourself so you know its done right. If it hasn't been applied yet then definately tell them not to put it on. I'm not sure what I would do now if it was already on. There is a good possiblity they would F it up taking it off. Good thing I won't be buying a car for while....

 
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Xenin i like that one