Shift_Burger

I debadged my 5th gen today and thought I'd share some pics
As I was searching the forums last night on what the best way to get them off I came across a comment that I found pretty funny. "Debadging is like circumcision, it should be the first thing you do." haha
So indeed that has been the first mod done to my Maxi and it was the first time attempting it. Cake walk.

Before and After

Close ups


And after and nice wash and wax!

Shift_Burger

My question is how do I remove the back emblem? do I remove the gold and black piece or is just the gold off the black piece?

Derrick2k2SE

iTrader: (3)

The hamburger is one piece and is held by two clips that go through the trunk lid. If you take it off you'll have two holes in the lid.

I debadged mine when I first got it left the burger in place.

Shift_Burger

Only reason I asked is because I either want to get chrome burgers or paint them black. Not a fan of the gold too much. I'm definitely keeping the burgers but I just wanted the Maxima, GLE, and dealership badges off the trunk.

ColombianMax

iTrader: (7)

Not my cup of tea but clean job!

Derrick2k2SE

iTrader: (3)

It can come off. if you pull the liner from the trunk lid you can get behind the burger. I think there are barrel clips holding it on. Black would be good. I agree that the gold just looks tacky and cheap.

Shift_Burger

Everyone is titled to their preference, that's what makes the Maxi forums so interesting. You never know what you'll come across! Thank you thought I spent a lot more time on that freaking dealership badge... holy crap that thing was so dirty.
I'm gonna give the black a whirl first and see how I like that. I'll be doing the burger on the grill as well. But I'm sure that will be just as easy to take off.

MaxTitan03

Got my badges taken off right away because I didn't want the outline of the letters stuck on my paint.

Car looks so much cleaner without them!

Shift_Burger

Same here and it came out great. Took a good amount of time but definitely worth and I absolutely love staring at her rear end now

phatboislim

iTrader: (27)

i personally didnt like the look of debadging, i liked that my emblems were smoked. but as long as you like it

Shift_Burger

That looks good I can see it in your sig but the gold wasn't appealing and I think smoking them would be too much for a gold car. I'm having a lot of trouble with visual mods because I feel like I can't go flashy with this color.
Classy > Flashy is my opinion on this car. I'm taking the extra time to make sure everything is going to look 110% like it belongs on it.

jspagna

Debadged cars are definitely easier to clean. But in the case where there are going to be holes, there's a limit as to how far you can go. Ya I would definitely change out the gold.

Shift_Burger

That's the plan! Gonna be getting new wheels and tires, hids for headlights and fogs, and painting them burgers black!