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Does De-badging make teh solara look betteR?

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Postby SC V6 » Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:56 am

First.. how many people had the gold package and de-badged.. and do u like it?
also.. to take them off all u do is take a hair dryer and some floss right??? that does that include all the emblems..???
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Postby Jackass-Jeff » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:07 am

You have to heat it up (blow dryer) but be careful! The emblems get pretty hot! Then you can get soem floss to floss it off... don't worry some "tape" will remain on the car. You can just wash it off, or use "Goo-Gone" like the forum recommends. I've also read that you can use a credit card to take off the emblems... It makes sense, and it won't break as easily as the floss (if you floss hard)
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Postby lightear » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:51 am

I did debadge the Toyota sign on the upper left corner and the car looked much better. Someone said that debadging the back completely will make the hips look too wide. But yeah, floss or fishing string works fine. I didnt' use a blow dryer to debadge it cause it was a hot day, the strings worked perfectly. I didn't use Goo-Gone either. I kept rubbing the glue and it peeled right off. Washed the car, BRAND SPANKING CLEAN. No marks.
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Postby Jackass-Jeff » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:28 am

yea... the goo-gone was a stretch for me hehehe
i just put in some elbow time :D

Can you get some pics up of how it will look? I'm thinking about taking off the "TOYOTA" because it's just not balanced...

I've seen one guy move the "SOLARA" to the top right... but he installed it VERY lop sidededededly :o
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Postby Flipside909 » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:34 am

xravexboix wrote:
Can you get some pics up of how it will look? I'm thinking about taking off the "TOYOTA" because it's just not balanced...


Yeah I agree. The Toyota part just makes it weighted towards the left.
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Postby NASTY » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:41 am

xravexboix wrote:Can you get some pics up of how it will look? I'm thinking about taking off the "TOYOTA" because it's just not balanced...


i dont have pics, but do it!
you wont regret it, it looks much better
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Postby lightear » Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:29 pm

xravexboix wrote:
Can you get some pics up of how it will look? I'm thinking about taking off the "TOYOTA" because it's just not balanced...


not sure if you've seen this yet...

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~schang1/DSCF0005.JPG
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~schang1/DSCF0006.JPG

seriously! It looks a lot better with out the "Toyota" emblem. My advice is Rip that ish off.
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Postby happy_aggies » Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:32 pm

Yup, de-badged is my vote.

I use fishing line to take it off. Dentall Floss is too thin.
And clean the remaining glue using car polish.
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Postby Jackass-Jeff » Tue Apr 08, 2003 3:06 pm

ahh, -TOYOTA looks good :D

how often do cops pull people over for not having their front plate in the SGV ? The Solara looks so much better w/o it...
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Postby Yanks0114 » Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:00 pm

Its always better shaven :wink:

At first I didn't like it without emblems, but now I love it. Took about a week to get used to. The best feeling is having ppl come up and ask, what kinda car do you have
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Postby Guest » Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:09 pm

I'd love to take mine off but I have a 99' thats black and am worried they'll be a marking there. In fact I'm sure there will be...any way I can blend the two shades of black together...maybe just buff the heck out of it with some wax?
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Postby AGENT 0007 » Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:03 pm

Just take them off....
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Postby Yungsta R » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:12 pm

AGENT 0007 wrote:Just take them off....


w0rd!
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Postby Yanks0114 » Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:53 pm

Anonymous wrote:I'd love to take mine off but I have a 99' thats black and am worried they'll be a marking there. In fact I'm sure there will be...any way I can blend the two shades of black together...maybe just buff the heck out of it with some wax?


Unless your car has suffered serious sun fade I wouldn't even worry about it. Just take them off, clean of the glue residue with goo gon and make throw a little wax on top of it.
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Postby Guest » Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:34 pm

i kinda like the emblems :o :oops: :lol:
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