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02-23-2004, 06:27 PM

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to debadge or not to debadge

What do you guys think, should I debadge? I can't decide!

02-23-2004, 07:02 PM

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no. and you should put your smoke tails back on.

02-23-2004, 07:21 PM

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I would. Looks cleaner

02-23-2004, 07:25 PM

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imo, the back of your car looks kinda cluttered with the badges...i say you should debadge

02-23-2004, 07:29 PM

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What do you guys think, should I debadge? I can't decide!

The back of your car looks cleaner and neater without the badges. I debadged mine and it was relatively easy. All you need is some dental floss, a credit card, and some WD-40 or nail polish remover.

02-23-2004, 07:34 PM

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what's credit card for?

02-23-2004, 07:36 PM

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no.

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and you should put your smoke tails back on.

02-23-2004, 07:48 PM

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shave it

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02-23-2004, 07:48 PM

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what's credit card for?

The credit card is for getting the excess adhesive off once you've taken the emblems off with the dental floss.

02-23-2004, 07:58 PM

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nice steve!

02-23-2004, 08:09 PM

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I have a 2k2 bought in May 2k2....is it too late to debadge? Will there be outlines of the badges? (it's glacier pearl).

02-23-2004, 08:09 PM

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imo, I think the car looks naked without them.

02-23-2004, 08:19 PM

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i'd leave em. i like people to know i got my GLE

02-23-2004, 08:20 PM

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I have a 2k2 bought in May 2k2....is it too late to debadge? Will there be outlines of the badges? (it's glacier pearl).

There shouldn't be if you do it right. I have a 2000 and I didn't debadge until Summer of 2003, and there are no outlines whatsoever. You just gotta use the WD-40 liberally to make sure you get all of it off.

02-23-2004, 08:31 PM

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i say do it, also Jessa, has the sound of you muffler changed much, im orderring that same on soon. BTW thanx forthe pics that u sent me of it before.

02-23-2004, 08:37 PM

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if it wasnt for the glaring lock, I'd say debadge but it looks awkward with nothing but the keyhole

02-23-2004, 08:42 PM

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Do it. I got a white car too and it looks a lot cleaner debadged.
Easier to wax also AND i like your t-lights.

02-23-2004, 08:49 PM

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shave that sheit

02-23-2004, 09:10 PM

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I dunno i think on a black car it would look better, but on a white car i like the badges. I think it looks too plain without them.

02-24-2004, 03:26 AM

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shave it! would look so much cleaner without them....

02-24-2004, 04:20 AM

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shave it jessie

02-24-2004, 04:21 AM

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shave it......

02-24-2004, 05:30 AM

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shave that ****

02-24-2004, 07:13 AM

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shave it!!

02-24-2004, 11:58 AM

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thanks for the help guys, I definitly think im gonna do it now, ive been looking at it, your right, it does look a lot cleaner

02-24-2004, 12:52 PM

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yes, it will look a lot better

02-24-2004, 01:34 PM

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Strip it!!

02-24-2004, 01:50 PM

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it looks much cleaner to debadge, go for it

02-24-2004, 02:22 PM

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deffinately debadge...you will love it later

02-24-2004, 02:59 PM

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Debadge it...it's gonna look so much cleaner. BTW keep the clear tails on.

02-24-2004, 03:09 PM

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If you want to smoke the tails paint in from the outside. BTW also take out the Nissan emblem.

02-24-2004, 03:32 PM

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deffinately debadge...you will love it later

Hey you are the only other 5th gen I know of besides me who has shaved their keyhole! Looks great!

-Steve

02-24-2004, 03:54 PM

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Definitely debadge and put smoke tails on. In fact, I think I'm going to do mine too.

02-24-2004, 04:15 PM

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What do you guys think, should I debadge? I can't decide!

Only if you are ashamed to wear the badge of Maxima, Grasshopper.

02-24-2004, 04:29 PM

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yeah, the keyhole shaved looks good guys.
2k3TitaniumSe, I cant debadge the nissan logo cause it has holes underneath, I dont really want to pay for body work and stuff,
and it actually doesnt bother me that much

ill prob do it later on this week, when it gets a bit warmer, although I dont know exactly how ill do it. ive read a lot of ways, still unsure on the best. im thinking, heat it up with a blow dryer, use dental floss of fishing string to get it off, then spray on some wd-40 I guess, some said worked great, hopefully they'll come off, then whip out the goo gone, and wax, i am a bit nervous about spots being left, but i havnt heard that happening to many people, everyone seems to get everything off

02-24-2004, 04:33 PM

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Quote:

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Hey you are the only other 5th gen I know of besides me who has shaved their keyhole! Looks great!

-Steve

thanks man, I figured if im gonna shave it, might as well do it all.

-mike

02-24-2004, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jessa

When I took off my emblems I used a hair dryer to heat them up, them used fishing line to "saw" behind em, I also used some bug n tar remover to loosen the adhesive. Once you pull em off there will still be adhesive left over, I just drenched it in bug n tar, and used heat and picked at it little by little until it was all gone, then I threw on a coat of wax and I was done with no marks or spots. Good luck!

-Steve