Update!

I will attach more pictures tomorrow. Too tired today.

Today I was able to remove all Jeep emblems, latitude badges, and body side moldings. They removed quite easily due to the outside temperature. Finished up by washing all vehicles at this property. The issue now is tons of adhesive from the body side moldings. I will deal with it tomorrow.

The Patriot looks 10 times better being all black and with no cheap badges (pictures tomorrow will show just how cheap the latitude badge was). I have 2 sets of black Jeep emblems and may put them. Currently undecided.

Also was able to do an annoying PCM, ignition coil, and spark plug replacement on a Ford (one of the worst designed vehicles), remove seized mower blades, weld a mower deck back on, replace spark plugs and oil change in mower, and use the pressure washer on 5 vehicles. Still wasn’t as bad as pressure washing the house yesterday.

Tomorrow? Remove adhesive from the Patriot, remove bumper to replace headlight assemblies and turn signal assemblies, replace all interior/exterior bulbs, and then sleep for 7 days.

 

So in the pictures we have the Latitude badges. These were extremely ugly on the Patriot and looked like cheap stickers. They came off like cheap stickers too. That’s why the first one is broken into pieces.

All of the rubber black gunk is from the body side moldings. The leftovers is what I’m cleaning off today.

Lastly you see the body side moldings which are just rubber pieces, the hood JEEP logo and the rear 4x4 logo.

 

ALL DONE!

Again, did a poor job documenting the work because I’m TIRED, but two days ago I completed the full debadging of the Patriot, and today I was able to replace the spark plugs, replace the ignition coils, replace ALL exterior bulbs, replace the headlight assemblies, and replace the turn signal assemblies.

The entire job today took me about 4.5 hours, by myself, constant breaks into the house, fighting with the dog, etc. The hardest part is reattaching the bumper — in my opinion. Also removing the bulbs is somewhat annoying as well. Don’t forget to keep up with the screws, push pins, etc.

My Patriot looks 10x better now with clear headlights, clear turn signals, and no emblems. Some pictures are attached below. Again, was too tired to take many so I’ll try to update with the finish product.

Oh yeah, I slid on mud and hit a tree once, lol so that’s why the bumper whatever looks bent lol.

 

If anyone cares, just did a full interior detailing, replaced the license plate bulbs (I forgot to do this when I did the exterior bulbs), and all interior bulbs. All that’s left is the exterior detailing and I’ll provide complete pictures. Yay I did it.

 

Hi there. Are the body side mouldings just stuck on with black glue? No holes and clips? How was the surface under them?