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Interior/Exterior Debadge or not to debadge

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Old 01-02-2012, 03:54 PM
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Well ... this thread answered my question also!
I am going de de-badge the rear "COOPER" and leave the "S".
Atre there pins holding each letter on? Or, is it just "glued"on?
 
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Old 01-02-2012, 04:52 PM
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No pins, just a thin foam tape. Floss away!
 
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Old 01-06-2012, 04:58 PM
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Old 01-08-2012, 11:54 AM
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Debading 101

I appreciate everyone's input on debading; so I decided to take pics of what I did and show you all what I did.

1. Used a blow dryer for about 30 secs on each letter and then used Dental Floss moving up and down while moving to the right. Come to find out I only really heated the first letter and the remaining letters I didn't have to heat just using floss removed them from the car. However, still needed to heat the adhesive to remove it fully from the car. Probably should of heated the letters like I started to from the beginning and then I wouldn't of added an extra step.

2. Then I used Griots Garage Adhesive Remover and completely got the excess residue off of the car which would be the exterior showing of the letter, refer to pic 2.

3. Then I washed the section of the car where the badge was removed using Meguiar's Car Wash.

4. Then I wax the section of the the car where the badge was removed with Zymol Car Wax. I did 2 coats of wax.

Now it looks like the badge was never there.
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 07:14 PM
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I debaged my 328i! I love how clean it looks! It also adds a little more "European" flair!
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 07:49 PM
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I've attempted to debadge, again, but messed up, a little.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53074154@N00/6645448651/
Wished I had taken off the MINI logos on the previous car. The sun's UV rays trashed the plastic center!
 
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Old 01-13-2012, 06:14 AM
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I de-badged mine to make it much easier to wash, dry and polish!
 
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I'm confused . . . If you de-badged the rear then wouldn't you remove ALL the badges? Like the Winged Mini Badge???

I figure since I payed for it ALL I want to show it ALL OFF. I'm proud of both my Honda Goldwing AND my CooperS. ;-}

 
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I didn't debadge because I didn't like the Cooper S badge, (if that was the case, then I wouldn't of brought the car) I debaged because it gives it a more clean look. However, if I was able to blackout the Cooper S badge like I did everything else then I would of done that. Unfortunately, Aesthetic Creations, doesn't have a blackout cover for the Cooper S, so the only thing left was to remove it. It would not and didn't look right with every chrome piece blacked out and the Cooper S badge still chrome. I also wasn't going to take the time to tape the car and try and spray the letters with Plasti-Dip like I did most parts except for the MINI Wings, that would of been insane. In addition, If I were to remove the MINI Wing Badges they would have left holes, so then I would have to take my Rally Sports Stripes and redo them so that they would cover the 3 holes that are left over.
 
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