Pete Rutledge

Thanks, Brad. That's what I needed to know. In that case, I will leave the emblems on the car for now and worry about removing the paint under them later. Soda blasting is Monday and I want to keep the car as watertight as possible for that, so don't want to mess up the integrity of the vent window frame seal.

I'm preparing my car for soda blasting to remove the paint. The only external trim I haven't removed are the belt buckle emblems on the sail panels because the retaining nuts are under the interior rear side panels. I have removed all the screws from these panels, but they remain firmly attached around the rear vent windows. Does anyone have any tips on how to remove these panels? Thanks.

I would be interested in a set of four.