I don't remove them! Take the line whatever you have pull it up and down behind the letters as far as you want. Pull the line out. Pull away from the tailgate on a corner that you slid the line between. It breaks wherever you stopped! Easy!
The orig steel wheels on my 09 Tacoma 4x4 developed some light surface rust... Just sanded primed and painted with black industrial grade enamel paint. Looks good and has held up to two Pennsylvania winters.
Lots of love here for black and chrome!! The silver paint applied on the factory steel wheels just does not hold up?? Rustolem black industrial paint did the trick for my steel OEM wheels... kept the plastic centers silver.