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Debadge or not to debadge

Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by westpak
Now that is rice

What can I say?... I eat it too...everyday
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by shimz350z
I personally think it's becomes tacky/ricey if you take out the emblems of course IMO. You'll rarely see exotic /higher end models doing it. If you're gonna do something...switch the emblems with something different like the emblem mentioned above or http://chicagoz.com/v-web/bulletin/b...ghlight=emblem
You rarely see exotics with an emblem 6 inch in diameter. Take it off. I did.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:36 AM
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http://images6.fotki.com/v99/photos/...345/002-vi.jpg

http://images6.fotki.com/v76/photos/...345/004-vi.jpg

Size of the front burger is SO out of proportions. Car without it looks SO much cleaner.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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Vlad, car looks good. What did you use to fill the depression left after removeing the front badge?
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:33 PM
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In order for you to fill that area where the badge use to be, you have to bring it to a shop & have them fill it (bondo). Then you'll need to smooth it all out & repaint the entire bumper. So my recommendation is, if you're considering this mod, I would wait until you need to retouch your front bumper. Point is, it's not a cheap mod.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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I have been to two body shops to have the the badge area filled and the bumper repainted. They are reluctant to do it because the front bumper is flexible (plastic) and body fillers are not. The hard fillers will eventually seperate from the plastic bumper. I am hoping there is a product available that will work well with the plastic bumper. I also intend to have the side emblems removed and those areas filled and painted.

Oh and with respect to debadgeing high end cars , I have removed badges from all my cars , from the Dodge minivan to the Ferrari 308.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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i have the z emblems (chrome, front and rear) and i just took off the 350z badge from the rear. looks alot cleaner, and im happy i did it.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:01 AM
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I don't know what they filled it with. My bumber needed some minor fixes and repaint, so they debadget it at my request too. (Nissan bodyshop) They didn't make a big deal of it. Costed me $0 for debagging. It's been 2 years with no problems
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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We don't need no stinking baaahges....I really didn't like the front one...so it's gone.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by KShep
We don't need no stinking baaahges....I really didn't like the front one...so it's gone.
cant see it not being there...too much glare on top...
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