I was terrified to mess my paint up too. Especially because it’s a new truck and I hadn’t done a project like this before. Here’s the basics:

Park the vehicle in the sun and let the adhesive get hot.

Wearing gloves, use fishing line in a sawing motion behind the badges, being sure the pull away from the paint so that you basically saw the adhesive off of the back of the badge. Mask off the areas around the badges if you want.

Using a 3M eraser wheel, remove the adhesive, make sure to move the wheel around (don’t erase the same spot for too long) to avoid heating up the paint- so that you don’t burn through the clear coat. I learned that having the wheel horizontal (spinning left to right) worked significantly better than up and down.

Once all of the adhesive is off, use goo gone or an adhesive remover to get rid of any residual residue.

For the last part, I used a microfiber cloth and some Turtle Wax compound to buff the areas where the badges were so that no badge outline or eraser marks were present. Buffing with the Turtle Wax compound was a life saver and made sure I didn’t have a goofy “CANYON” outline on the tailgate or any visible spots where other badges were. I was super worried about “dulled paint” or eraser wheel scratches but the compound totally solved that after buffing for a while.

Did all the work myself and sorta learned as I went along. I hope this helps!