new pic added

[Kenn157]

I just took a pic of my trunk w/o the Toyota and Logo. All it has now is SOLARA

http://home.attbi.com/~kpbourque/solara.html

Its the last pic on the page...

[SolaraLuva]

that looks clean yo...im feelin it, hay man could u tell me about how much it cost, cuz i wanna do that also

[Kenn157]

The only cost for me was the hairdryer. I had dental floss, water displacement to the 40th power (aka WD40) and rubbing compound.

[nkx1]

Nice car. Looks clean w/ out the emblems. On my car, I took all of the rear emblems off but the "t" symbol. I wanted to leave one emblem on, and I couldn't decide between the t or the solara. But my car has the spoiler. I think the t emblem would look too high on the car without the spoiler though, so good choice.

btw, for anyone taking off their emblems, I would strongly recommend not using any type of rubbing compound. it may seriously damage or remove the clearcoat. all i did was rub the residue off with my fingers, then used a clay bar in the area. then just throw some wax or polish on there, and you're good to go.

[SolaraLuva]

where would i get a clay bar from/?/? and how would i re-apply an emblem???

[Kenn157]

All I did was use a drop of compound and it came right off.. Clear coat stil intact. Just a drop mind you!

[bassthrive]

what a nicely shorn bum!

[Kenn157]

LOL! You sound like Doctor EVIL!!

[2kSolara]

Looks good Kenn

I also removed the badges in the back last weekend...took a hair dryer and fishing line to get them off. Took off the big parts left over with my finger, (rolled right off) and then sprayed a little bit of bumper sticker remover I had lying around the garage on a cloth, and took off the excess. Applied a little polish to it, and you would never know it was there.

What do you guys think about taking off the side badges? I have an SLE V6 so I am not sure what to do, kind of undecided.

[SolaraLuva]

i think u should leave the side badges on. it shows kinda what u got and it looks really neat...i took off my back badges but left tha toyota "symbol" there, and this gurl i havent seen in a while saw my car from tha back and said "wow, when did u get this......what is it ? " and that made me so happy cuz its so clean, she loved it, and she didnt know what the hell it was ....hella tight

[Jaimster]

I wanna take off the SE part, but not the V6 next to it!

[MonkieX]

you can get the detailing clay bar from http://www.clay-magic.com/ these are the people that first brought it to the comsumers and not just the professionals. I just bought two bars, the 200g Fine grade. They also have the Medium grade bars, that is the red ones.

[sLoSoLaRa2k2]

it looks really clean without the emblems

[Kenn157]

Clay magic or a blue gumby?? As long as it works

[Flipside909]

Clay Magic is the original and is the best. I've used it for several years now.