Um this is one of the things I do for a living kerry.
I agree with vifferman about the clear stickons--They yellow off and the edges lift and the crap act like sandpaper.
To remove the existing cover I would use a hot air gun but its a carefull balance -hot enough to soften the glue but not soft enough to brittle the transfer.We do it as a two man job --one applying even firm pressure peeling the sticker back one applying the heat.By doing this a lot of the gum will come away with the sticker.
Whilst things are still warm you might want to try rolling the glue residue up with your fingers.youll get quite a lot off.
depending on how much is left I use 2k paint thinners and 2 rags to remove the remaining glue.VERY important -2 RAGS --wipe the thinners on with one rag--which will shift the glue and using a clean rag wipe the thinners /glue residue off. The secret is to do small areas and get the thinners off fast-so it doesnt affect the paint.
At this point youll have a slightly dull surface which ya can polish up with a good fine grade cut n polish.
If you still have gluey goop remaining Ive got a special device that you put on an electric drill-it looks like a round yellow pencil rubber 50mm across but its desighned to remove that sticky goop
Not wanting to sound like a know it all but I do a shit load of this stuff on cars -friggin GPS arials etc
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