Time For A Shave

[djsaltine]

Well after long debate about de-badging my car or not, the answer suddenly came to me when I was washing her tonight. The SE on my driver side just came off. That settles it, time for a nice clean shave.

Any suggestions on "how to?"





J/K I already did my searching on the topic.
Maybe once I get computer savy, I'll even be able to post a pic.
I hope this was in the right forum. I don't know if it's really considered an "Aftermarket Upgrade."

[toy4x4boy]

OK so what is the point of this thread?

[Jaimster]

We do people refer to their Solaras like it's a person? And a female at that, so annoying!

[djsaltine]

you do mean "prefer" not REFER, correct
refer makes me think of green things.
i wanted to join the 'pointless' thread count, I'm sure someone is keeping tabs.
oh well, guess i'll just curl up and die

[FLASH]

No, he meant refer...he didnt say REEFER, he said refer...this thread is pointless thus far.

[djsaltine]

OK, my bad, I emphasized the wrong syllable when I read it. Sorry.
What would have been the correct way to post this so it wouldn't have been 'pointless'. Some quick pointers would help me out alot. Thanx

[Duffman]

...and out of nowhere, Duffman (Oh yeah!) dashes in and tries to steer the conversation back on course.

You're asking what the easiest way to de-badge your car is. Okay, we've got that part down.

I've never done it, so I don't know how they're fastened. You had the SE fall off, so you tell me - glued on, or is it actually connected to the car thru a hole? If it's glued on, get some fishing line (I'd wear gloves on your hands so you don't cut yourself up) and slice it behind the emblems. It should take them off, provided it's a strong enough test of line.

[Paladin06Greg]

It's very easy to do. Just get you some fishing line, double it, then work it back and forth behind the badge. It helps if you can warm the area up first with a hair dryer. You may need to do a little clean up with glue remover once the badge falls off. I've done all three of my cars this way..

Good luck

Well after long debate about de-badging my car or not, the answer suddenly came to me when I was washing her tonight. The SE on my driver side just came off. That settles it, time for a nice clean shave.

Any suggestions on "how to?"





J/K I already did my searching on the topic.
Maybe once I get computer savy, I'll even be able to post a pic.
I hope this was in the right forum. I don't know if it's really considered an "Aftermarket Upgrade."

[that1mexguy]

i also recommend gloves (no one ever mentions that), but after sometime, if u dont heat it up, the dental floss, or fishing line starts getting to u. If u can use a hair dryer, but if u want, i got a heat gun u can borrow. Just hit me up, laterzzz

[2ksev6]

The fishing line and hairdryer is good. For the rest of the junk (glue) that's left over use bug and tar remover to work it off. Worked great for the emblem I took off.

[JMSinMaryland]

Check out my old Solara, (see link below) I wouldn't have had HER any other way. I used floss doubled up, I went through a lot of it but it worked fine. Finished up with some Goo Gone on a paper towel and that was all she wrote. Good luck. Jon.

http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u19/jmsinmd ... r_Jon5.jpg

[Solaradude]

i shaved everything but "SOLARA" since mines a 4 banger i didnt have SE v6 or SLE V6 on the sides. The toyota logos HAD to go

[SolaraGuy22]

I shaved all of mine off and plan on using the "Solara" on the interior like this guy did.