Opie Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Good news! All of the badging is held on with double sided tape...no holes into the trunk. Easy de-badge instructions: 1. Leave Car out in sun to get glue good and hot. 2. Once the glue is good and hot, use fishing line under the edges of the emblems to cut through the double-sided tape, remove badges. 3. Using a rubbing motion the remaining glue with ball up and come off the car in globs. 4. Final clean with "GooGone" brand goo remover. 5. Follow up with some wax. [img]http://www.subaruchallenge.com/Wills/Photos/LegRear.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7stars Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 awesome, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 why did you leave the "2.5GT" there? looks kinda imbalance if you ask me.. This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 [quote name='gt_ltd']why did you leave the "2.5GT" there? looks kinda imbalance if you ask me..[/quote] Yeah I'm beginning to agree with you...I thought I should leave it so I did...but now it's starting to seem out of place. I'm gonna leave it for a few days and then decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatCQB Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 I think if you lower the 2.5GT to the corner of the trunk lid, it might look okay. Or get rid of the 2.5 and keep just the GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axis008 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Thanks for doing the debadge for us! Your instructions are so easy. Let's just hope now that people won't do it to our cars without us knowing.... Anyways, I agree with the others. The 2.5GT does look out of place. Maybe if you relocated it lower or something? -ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerdave Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Thanks for the update. That will be easy, and the first thing I do when I get mine! (whenever that is...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 What about the Subaru badge? Does it have locating pins? Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 What's up Rao? :) Not sure about the Subaru stars emblem, I didn't attempt to remove that one and the back of it is covered by the trunk interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 And :evil: get out in the garage and take the trunk apart :lol: Oh well, I will have to check one out in person some time. Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 The Subaru badge is set into the body so even if it dosen't have pins it would look awful with an oval drepression in the middle of the trunk. Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 The badge on the sedan is not recessed. I am not srue if it has pins or if it can be removed without a trace. Stay tuned..... Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Opie, maybe if u just took the 2.5 away and left the GT that would look pretty good and not out of place at all. And for all asking about the Subaru Logo Badge, I would either leave it or put an STi one on but for the colour of Opie's car, it matches perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTZO2309 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 [quote name='Opie']Good news! All of the badging is held on with double sided tape...no holes into the trunk. Easy de-badge instructions: 2. Once the glue is good and hot, use fishing line under the edges of the emblems to cut through the double-sided tape, remove badges. [/quote] Dental floss works as well. I used that for my current car, b15. Just another idea incase you dont have fishing line available. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 I'm probably gonna debage everything but "Legacy" ala the JDM B4. :D Edit: done. Edit: Pic. [img]http://www.di-links.com/albums/daniellegacy/IMG_0008_small.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoterson Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 thanks for the posts, I've thought since day one the badging was overkill, thanks for researching and telling us the easy way to remove it. Like the previous post, leaving the Legacy does look nice, a bit of a sleeper effect with the GT missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 The center badge definately has locating pins :( Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffer Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 On the flipside - what would you chaps recommend a person uses if they want to re-attach the badges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Almost any auto parts store will have soome 3M adhesive that is similar to what was used by the factory. Just trim it to fit the pieces, line them up carefully and you're done. Rob   IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffer Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Awesome. Thanks for that! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='Huffer']On the flipside - what would you chaps recommend a person uses if they want to re-attach the badges?[/quote] Bubblegum.....Bubblicious....cherry....yum. :D OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver72 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Just debadged my car today (second day of ownership) 1. use the heat of a hairdryer to loosen up the glue. 2. Use a small string (dental floss doesn't work well, it breaks too easily) to pull letters off. 3. use fingers to roll off most of residual glue (can heat up more with hairdryer if it cooled to make it easier.) 4. Use a softcloth and Trif-flow or WD-40 and the rest comes right off. 5. with liquid wax or detailer clean area. Took less than 1/2 hour to remove all badges. Wanted to be as "what the heck kind of car is that" as possible. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLS Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Can anyone verify that the center emblem DOES or DOES NOT have locating holes in the trunk on a Sedan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-2.5-GT Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 [quote name='TLS']Can anyone verify that the center emblem DOES or DOES NOT have locating holes in the trunk on a Sedan?[/quote] Yes, it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLS Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 That would explain why nobody's removing them then. I thought that it was different between the wagon and sedan. WIth the wagon having pins and holes, and the sedan just having tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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