I have been considering removing the badges and mouldings. I wanted to know if anyone else had a close year and has removed their badge/mouldings recently (6 months or so). If you have pictures or could let me know how yours went (orif this is a poor idea, give it to me straight). I'm not sure if it was garage kept before me, its been a mix from '07.
do it, ull be fine. i took mine off my 2000 just this year and everything matched fine.
check sig! need more pics? let me know!
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i took mine off over the summer and ive had it since brand new in 2001. can barely see a darker mark on the hood from the chevy symbol, everywhere else i can't tell. do it for sure
Thanks guys! Ill do it asap and throw the results up here.
Stephen (manta z) wrote:Do it, you'll be glad you did!
Can you please stop posting pics of this car?!??! Its making me sad that mine doesn't look like it lol
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
slvrblit wrote:Stephen (manta z) wrote:Do it, you'll be glad you did!
Can you please stop posting pics of this car?!??! Its making me sad that mine doesn't look like it lol
Totally envious as well...
damn i love seeing pics of it!
Buddy Club Ecotec Cavalier
* More to come *
If it makes you feel any better, it doesn't look like that anymore either. lol
Only cause its winter :p
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
Well guys. I did it. And it turned out perfect. I'm going to do the mouldings this weekend. Longest part was trying to get the adhesive off. No fade
Before.
After.
If you thought getting that small amount of adhesive off sucked wait till you do the side molding!
But, its totally worth the effort and blisters.
Eraser wheel on a drill.....tape gone lol
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
Hell furious 2.2 used a drill and a drill bit to remove his adhesive off. His fender now has chaffing marks....bad ones. haha Too each his own i guess
pulling mine off this weekend... im missing the Z24 badge on one side and the big piece on the other is peeling off and rusting out underneath... blah.. was gonna replace them but this seems better... paint looks like crap right now anyways so eh... i can do the body work on it.. then i just gotta find someone to paint it in the spring...
so in my case... that adhesive is coming off with a grinder!! haha... lucky me... i guess...
I actually bought the RKsport bezel off of someone today. So I'll have that and Toyos going in. I was gonnna have someone wrap a bowtie and put it over the keyhole.
well... mine came off in about 3 minutes.... lol.. it pulled the paint in about a 10" section where it had started rusting tho, just surface rust at least... its now cleaned up...
oh well... all the clearcoat is gone from my entire car anyways and the paint looks like ass... but now that i notice the rust isnt that bad and only in one spot, im hesitant to use the grinder as planned... and you guys werent kidding... that adhesive is a PITA to remove!! haha...
its freezing outside too... and i seem to have misplaced my heatgun in the move... probably not making this easy on myself... lol...
guess this would serve as a cautionary tale of what you may find under there... if you cant tell, that white stuff isnt adhesive..LOL.. fml
oh well... planned on painting it anyways... guess it'll just look like ass until then... and fyi, i found goo-gone and a steady hand with a razor blade do the trick on the actual adhesive..
razor blade's a little crazy, goo gone and a strong thumb is all it takes.
yeah normally i wouldnt have even thought about it... but look at my paint! lol.. i didnt care... but it actually worked great! not a scratch and done pretty quickly... although i didnt get right into the paint... i left a very thin layer of the adhesive that yeah, my thumb got off... for people in my position that are going to paint anyways, its an option..
im looking around for an old school eraser.. seems like that would work perfectly and be easier on my hands..
take a hair dryer and apply heat to the badge for a few minutes before pealing it off
just use fishing line 20# or 30# test to cut the tape behind the mouldings and badges, and an eraser wheel on a drill you dont have to push hard or spin super faste to get it to done, took me id say 45 min to debadge and remove pinstrip and these really lame cavalier z24 stickers on the doors.
How do you remove the pinstripe?
13.520 @ 98mph! 220whp 234tq
