saving original engine bay stickers

[67Porsche911S]

Does anyone know a solution to save the original stickers in the engine bay in the course of a respray? Any idea of removing them without damage? May be soaking them with WD40 or something else long enough? Or will brake fluid may be work to get them off with the dissolving paint?

[preS]

Michael I have removed them w/ succes. I used a warm air blower and workedit slowly.

Richard

[Zithlord]

I also used a heat gun to soften the original glue on my now sold 73S.

John

[a911s]

I had them very carefully taped off before respraying my '72S.

[healeykit]

Regluing?

Once they are off how do you glue them back down?

[jonnyw]

I have done this now on 4 cars. Here is my technique that always works good no crinkles etc.

Get a Heat Gun lowest setting heat up the sticker for a few seconds you will actually see the sticker lift just be careful dont heat it up too much you just want enough to get the old adhesive hot.

Get an 1.5 or 2 inch scraper with knife edge like a paint scraper. Once the sticker is warm keep the heat pointing at the edge of the scraper and gently push the scraper underneath the sticker to peel it up, if you feel alot of resistance more heat.

It works like a charm.

To Reattach them I have had good luck with 3m Spray Adhesive, make sure to by the 3m adhesive remover in case you spray too much!

Good luck

Jon W.

[GWN7]

How did you store the stickers after removal so that they didn't re-attach themselfs to what you stored them on?

[johns4949]

If they get ruined the link below is a good source for replacement decals.

http://www.skaraborgsflyg.com/Engelsk/eng%20indexd.html

[jonnyw]

I taped the edges upside down on a workbench and cleaned off the residue with 3m adhesive remover. then stored them in a page of a book, taped to cardboard!

Jon W.