Removal of dealer decal (and other questions)

[TriangleHeat]

If it's a vinyl sticker like they usually do, you use the same technique you would with vinyl pinstripes. The best way is to heat it up with a blow dryer like yansag said, then use either a credit card or a plastic razor blade to peel up on one corner and start peeling it off, using the credit card to push it along.

Trying to remove it by using a solvent is going to take forever for the solvent to penetrate through the entire adhesive layer, it's going to make a mess the whole time in terms of partially dissolved adhesive migrating around and solvent stains. Peeling it off with heat is cleaner.

The sticky residue left behind you can remove with rubbing alcohol, acetone or lacquer thinner will get rid of the sticky residue much faster.

Body shops use eraser wheels to remove decals but you probably don't have one and I find they leave marring and hazing on the surface. They are fast though.

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[Rusoman]

For question 1.
Just go to car wash station and spray the edge of the decal like 45° angle.

 

[yansag1982]

For question 1.
Just go to car wash station and spray the edge of the decal like 45° angle.

That's a good way to peel a chunk of paint along with it, especially OP is a white 2017 model...
Always be careful around cars with pressure washers...especially commercial ones sometimes they are more powerful than you think and can damage your car if you use them too close...especially on cars with cheap paint, like the 10th gen civic.

 

[Rusoman]

That's a good way to peel a chunk of paint along with it, especially OP is a white 2017 model...
Always be careful around cars with pressure washers...especially commercial ones sometimes they are more powerful than you think and can damage your car if you use them too close...especially on cars with cheap paint, like the 10th gen civic.

I've done hundreds of Hondas that way, never peeled off the paint with pressure washer.

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