DeBadge / Remove Emblems How-To [pics]

[elsteverino889]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

I think if your car is new and that glue hasn't had time to cure its pretty damn easy.

And el steverino, you're 17... you're not a chef yet, just a cook. Hehe.

Chino why you hating, I go to competetive competitions for cooking so when you get to my level come talk to me

[ChinoCharles]

RSD baby, RSD.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i think i will do this soon, and probably use some Goo-Gone for the adhesive.

[Blenjar]

I'll take mine off later today..yesteryda I took off teh dealer's name..

-- Blen

[hasher22]

If you really dont want them, and your gonna throw it out....use plyers and pull them off with ther plyers...

thats what i did.....

[Blenjar]

Well I'll keep them...I may use them like speakerman did on his engine cover..

-- Blen

[hasher22]

Make it yelloooow :)

[wagoneer]

I de-badged myself. Woohoo!

No scratches or anything, clear coat "looks" fine.

However, if I shine a light on it and look at the car from a certain angle....I can clearly make out the TOYOTA and YARIS where it used to be.

Is there anyway to get rid of this?

I used hair dryer, fishing line, and bug/goo remover. Then I took it to the car wash.

[Chris07LB]

Compound the area, then buff clean.

Next wax the area, then buff clean.

This should remove any sign of what use to be.

[wagoneer]

I bought some Turtle Wax ICE spray on stuff, on the way home and used it before reading your post.

The YARIS is hardly noticeable but the TOYOTA still is.

When you say "compound", I assume you mean just get some Turtle Wax "Rubbing Compound"...? Looks like putty..? What kind of wax??

[dvlnblkdrs]

woohoo.. i did mine... just removed the toyota part tho cuz i didnt like the fact that it was a different font.. i mean wtf, right? lol... looks million times better w/just the yaris part.. i mean, hell im proud its a yaris, its different, never take that off.. just ordered my mini antenna, next step speakers, then upholstry, then last but not least paint( im askin everyone at work if we cover custom paint, sadly i dont think we do-i work at AAA...so im kinda bummed bout that, hope nothing happens when i finally paint it the candy lime green i want to...)

[jdubau55]

The longer you wait the worse. I did mine pretty quick. I figured the worse the paint got and the more the sun faded it, the worse it would outline. Cheapest and best mod for looks I think.

[jdium]

Gonna do mine the next hot day we have. Just gotta park the ass end into the sun, then hit it up with some mint waxed floss

I've debadged every car I've owned, other then the nice 5.0 fender badges on my "weekend" car

[njyaris]

just de-badged my week old yaris 3 door .. didnt have any fishing line but had dental floss which worked .. its only 60 degrees outside and my car was parked in the shade .. it was way too easy .. maybe b/c its so new .. i used the floss to get it started then used my nails and fingers to pull off the toyo and yaris letters.. yeah the letters broke but i dont want the emblems anyways ..

[smokinyaris]

blow dryer and credit card should do and after just rub the goo off with your bare hand ........if that helps

[Yaris Palme]

the easy way:
say to your dealer that he should take the emblems off.
so i did.

[Christopher]

Why would you want to remove them? The car is really pretty plain alreadt? Chris

[Vanderkitten]

I removed mine because it makes the car a mystery (for the parking meter maids, since I dealer temp plates and my vin is obscured... for some reason). Of course, I told Chino the other day that I didn't see that many Yarii out here, but of course I've seen like 10 a day since then.

I guess I didn't notice them all because they are all stock, and I am used to looking at the sweet-ass rides on here all day long!