De Badging

[kenny1234]

Picked up my new car friday and loving it so far....although i really want to take the badges off the back for a smoother look!

After having a quick read through here i notice some badges have pin holes beneath them...do these actually leave open holes in the bodywork or is it just a small recess for the Badge to sit true?

Quite fancy taking them off tomorrow but if i face pin holes i may well wait until i have something or someway to cover them!

Any comments or input appreciated thanks :)

[kenny1234]

I never realised the badges are on glass 2 hours later blistered fingers they are off now

[Mike169]

Hi, do you mean the dealers badges they put on to advertise you bought the car from them?

Mike.

[Martin1973]

Are you that ashamed of the car?

[kenny1234]

No the toyota and aygo Badge....i prefer the smoother look.

[Wiz201]

I never understand people who want to take car badges off personally

[kenny1234]

Each to their own i guess.....i just like my cars to not look the same as every other on the road! I prefer a smoother minimalistic look 😁👌

[iQ-Chris]

I find some cars suit de-badging, others don't. To my eyes, the new Aygo benefits from it. The rear glass looks cleaner. Good work Kenny!

Chris

2012 iQ² with red leather upholstery ☆ upgraded interior lighting ☆ white backlit dashboard/switches ☆ auto-folding mirrors ☆ smart entry ☆ auto-locking doors ☆ chrome exhaust ☆

[ki49]

2 hours to remove them from glass?

Just use an hairdryer warm um up and ease off.

Then clean the glass

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[kenny1234]

That is what i did ki49 the glue used is unbelievably hard to get off....ive had plenty of sign written vehicles previously so i am familiar with how to remove badges stickers etc.

Chris thx im glad you like the look

[Dark Matter]

If it's just stuck on you can usually get them off by using dental floss to "cut" the adhesive... Not convinced it's an improvement but each to their own.

If I saw it I would just think someone had nicked the Badge

[kenny1234]

If it's just stuck on you can usually get them off by using dental floss to "cut" the adhesive... Not convinced it's an improvement but each to their own.

If I saw it I would just think someone had nicked the badge

I used fishing line to actually remove the toyota Badge - the aygo one pulled off with my fingers, the toyota Badge wasnt quite so easy to take off it was actually the glue removal that was time consuming part.....removing the badges is just my first step in modifying this car to my personal taste and the style i wish to achieve.

[Martin1973]

Hope your car isn't under PCP or Lease?

[ki49]

Maybe you could have used a blowtorch :)

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[fastbob72]

I never understand people who want to take car badges off personally

It always reminds me of the 80s when yuppies would take the badges off their 318s so you couldn't tell it wasn't a 325i lol.

Have to.admit I've been guilty of it in the past but with my cavy SRi16V so it wasn't. about pretending a 1.8 LS was a GSi..... the clean look works most of the time when it's done properly but some cars are a pig to. debadge. when they use that black rubbery adhesive to hold them on takes an incredible amount of patience, effort and plenty of chemicals n a little heat often too plus it's so easy to. mark the paint in the process which shouts out you've debadged it badly.

The other one is side mouldings, it. can look amazing but it's a long slow careful. job. and. frustrating too. Been toying with doing it to my Avensis but sense and foreboading has stayed my hand plus I'm not entirely sure it will. make. a. huge. improvement....... no. point making huge worknfor yourself.if the results isn't a noticeable improvement. lol

[fastbob72]

If it's just stuck on you can usually get them off by using dental floss to "cut" the adhesive... Not convinced it's an improvement but each to their own.

If I saw it I would just think someone had nicked the badge

I used fishing line to actually remove the toyota Badge - the aygo one pulled off with my fingers, the toyota Badge wasnt quite so easy to take off it was actually the glue removal that was time consuming part.....removing the badges is just my first step in modifying this car to my personal taste and the style i wish to achieve.

Fair play for making the effort, i agree removing the Badge is the easy part the real. job is removing the glue in such away as to. leave no marks. on the paint underneath cos scuffs n a. single. scratch ruins the whole effect. I've done it with Vauxhalls and Fords in the past, even a Nissan Primera eGT but it can be pain staking and mind numbing...... tar n glue, t cut help and perhaps not a blow torch but careful use of a heat gun for stripping wall paper can make it easy. Used to be helpful. with removing. side. mouldings cos they're held on with thick glue n lots of it lol

[ki49]

So you are not all 20 somefinks on here then :) capri's did I read that right ?

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[Dark Matter]

So you are not all 20 somefinks on here then :) capri's did I read that right ?

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Yes - some oldies here with the last remains of street cred driving ultra trendy "now" Aygo's. Just as I'm sure not all young 'uns are doing do nuts in Halfords car park not all of us are driving beige Rovers

The Aygo has definitely a young target audience but that's not to say that it doesn't appeal to the more mature gentleman who favours a reliable , cheap to run, fun car above something acquired due to a mid life crisis

[ki49]

Copy that

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[fastbob72]

So you are not all 20 somefinks on here then :) capri's did I read that right ?

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Yes - some oldies here with the last remains of street cred driving ultra trendy "now" Aygo's. Just as I'm sure not all young 'uns are doing do nuts in Halfords car park not all of us are driving beige Rovers

The Aygo has definitely a young target audience but that's not to say that it doesn't appeal to the more mature gentleman who favours a reliable , cheap to run, fun car above something acquired due to a mid life crisis

Where does that put me then at least you've got a young uns motor I'm driving a silver taxi drivers, sales rep mobile.lol.

It was a cheap n cheerful car that was available, fully legal for a few hundred quid when I needed a car fast. It didn't impress with it's looks but it's reliability totally did and they're pleasant. Then when the M.o.t started to loom i was contemplating putting her in and seeing but then I kept my present. one sitting on a forecourt, much cleaner and higher spec,, year Mot £1450 ono. The vvti badges were bit. tempters. It’s aswell I didn't know much about the 1ZZ cos i wouldn't have been as keen as I was after driving it. lol

So definitely not a 20 something but it's not mid life crisis motor, perhaps the yellow calipers are. Am more n more keen to much more to it though, i love the engine but it needs to be made more buttet proof....it's my soft spot for her and the fact very few people try. to. modify them lol