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Old 02-25-2004 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by PearlWhtMaX2000
jessa, hows the exhaust sound?? has it changed much?
nope, still sounds the same, nice deep tone. I dont get to hear it much, but I got my car washed and the guy drove it around, and i was like it sounds great
Old 02-25-2004 | 12:29 PM
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nice im ordering mine soon
Old 02-25-2004 | 01:31 PM
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i think i'm gettin bored here... its bad, but i'm thinkin of shaving my emblems now just to work on the car...
Old 02-25-2004 | 01:47 PM
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In my view the idea behind de-badging was always for someone to dirve up behind you on the road, see your car and say "man that's a cool looking car - what kind is that" and of course with no identifier's on the car, that'ed keep em scratchen & guessin.

That being said, you need to take the Nissan badges off the back & front as well. That would really spin their wheels. Just need to find a nice clean way to do it. If you can I would say go for it!!
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Old 02-25-2004 | 02:14 PM
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Mine is de-badged front and back, and people are always asking me what kind of car it is lol.
Old 02-25-2004 | 02:21 PM
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Debadged looks better, I agree that you should keep the smoked tail lights on!
Old 02-25-2004 | 04:29 PM
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debadge!!!!
Old 02-25-2004 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 5thgen2nr
The credit card is for getting the excess adhesive off once you've taken the emblems off with the dental floss.

meanwhile you dent your car

all i used was a blow dryer some dental floos and windex
took 15 min..
Old 02-25-2004 | 05:52 PM
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Shave it!!!

Oh, and keep the clear tails on too.
Old 02-25-2004 | 06:39 PM
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I would keep the badges. The car looks too naked. Black color car without badges seems ok, but white will look awful, IMO.

And heres a suggestion you might consider:

Take of the SE and replace the MA, make it a SEXIMA.
Old 02-25-2004 | 10:16 PM
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looks like debadge is a landslide victory, and I think im gonna have to pass on the SEXIMA thing TZapper
Old 02-27-2004 | 12:21 AM
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Leave it alone. Debadged cars appear as if they had been wrecked and badging was not replaced (happens alot). And it can lessen resale value for that reason. I am one for clean looks, but debadged looks like unfinished product.
Old 02-27-2004 | 08:23 AM
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I dunno, I view emblems on cars like free adds for the company who made it. I'd rather not advertise for them, unless they paid me.

Plus, when you wax the car, wax doesn't get stuck around the emblems and washing the car is much easier without them.
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