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bballr4567

11-13-2006, 02:43 PM

"Badges?!? We dont need no stinking badges."

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3557/dsc00327us8.jpg
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5362/dsc00329us0.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1655/dsc00332yn8.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6556/dsc00333bz0.jpg

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/705/dsc00340cb0.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1631/dsc00342pq6.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/883/dsc00343ks0.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5922/dsc00345js1.jpg

And for tenspeed because he likes my shiny mirrors. lol

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4231/dsc00335tr2.jpg

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/148/dsc00339jl1.jpg

As for the badges a lot of goo gone and fishing line was used. My finger nails are kinda sore right now. After I got the gunk off I washed the car, then polished it with Megs ColorX and then hit it up with a layer of Megs NXT wax paste. I like the finished product a lot. So yay for me.

Fun bday for me I guess. lol

PsychoTeddy

11-13-2006, 02:46 PM

HOORAY FOR DE-BADGING!!! :)

GTSpeeder

11-13-2006, 02:49 PM

That has to be the most common mod in the Grand Am community. Looks nice...WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ManktheTank19

11-13-2006, 03:00 PM

Looks really nice and clean :)

wiseojelly

11-13-2006, 03:32 PM

Now come do mine cause I just haven't had the time!

Good job, sir, good job. Looks awesome. Sticker for you on your birthday.

bballr4567

11-13-2006, 03:41 PM

Nic, it took about an hour to just take off the badges because I didnt have a heat gun so blah. All in all it took around 3 hours to do it with the wash, clay, polish and wax.

ga5speed02

11-13-2006, 03:59 PM

i did mine over the weekend :D

ancona46

11-13-2006, 05:10 PM

much better

Big Joe

11-13-2006, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by ga5speed02
i did mine over the weekend :D

coughWEcough

Am I the only one who hasnt taken them off lol, in fact I replaced mine with 99+ ones.

jordanGT

11-13-2006, 07:06 PM

Ahhh, good times. Reminds me of taking mine off back in high school. I cut 'em off with the line before school one morning, then heated up the gunk and peeled it off by hand when i got home. :lol:

Looks good. it's amazing how much smoother the car looks sans badging.

XoticGA

11-13-2006, 07:08 PM

Good stuff!

pyro

11-13-2006, 07:27 PM

looks better...reminds me of my car back in the day...with the 15 spokers though...i did mine old school with a screwdriver in a shirt. :heh:

bballr4567

11-13-2006, 09:22 PM

Yea I was pretty iffy about how it would look but it does flow a lot better without the huge GRAND AM SE on the doors. Plus I wanted to take off the V6 badge anyway.

Joe I think yours would look amazing without the badges. I mean your car is so smooth anyways and then to not have anything on it would be awesome. ;)

TA^Guy

11-14-2006, 12:17 AM

Looks great...

However odd reading people's reactions.

Just a few months ago someone debadged their car (a white SE IIRC) and everyone was hating on it.

Oh what a tangled web we weave.

tenspeed

11-14-2006, 12:44 AM

Originally posted by bballr4567
And for tenspeed because he likes my shiny mirrors. lol

I took my badges off last spring. It was easier than trying to get the wax out of the crannies.

I have to get some dual post mirrors and some peanut butter, those look nice.

sammybammy

11-14-2006, 01:00 AM

ive seen people do it many time but i don't know how to do it.

bballr4567

11-14-2006, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by sammybammy
ive seen people do it many time but i don't know how to do it. I just put a ton of goo gone on them and then used fishing line to get the badges off. OF course its going to leave the sticky stuff there but you can peel it off kinda easy. Then you have to wax it afterwards because where the badges were there isnt any so you got to protect that. Its rather easy.

YOu can get them cheap on ebay. lol

wiseojelly

11-14-2006, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by TA^Guy
Looks great...

However odd reading people's reactions.

Just a few months ago someone debadged their car (a white SE IIRC) and everyone was hating on it.

Oh what a tangled web we weave.

That is weird. :(

coupe

11-14-2006, 10:08 AM

2.4se99

11-14-2006, 05:11 PM

Debadging is the only way to go I had mine debadged an hour after buying it :)
Looks Good!

samiaml

11-18-2006, 09:10 PM

So how did you get your mirriors so shiny?????? Peanut Butter????? Really???? And if so how so??? Do you have to let it dry before you rub it off or just rub it on then rub it off???? Thanks... ~Samantha~

bballr4567

11-19-2006, 09:07 AM

Yup. PB does the trick. I just put it on there, waited 15 minutes and then used a good size towel to wipe it off. Then hit it up with polish and wax.

http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66462&highlight=Dull+Mirrors

ga5speed02

11-20-2006, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by Big Joe
coughWEcough

Am I the only one who hasnt taken them off lol, in fact I replaced mine with 99+ ones.

:lol: you made the GI conversiton and then left lol no your right we all helped. it was a great team effort

samiaml

11-21-2006, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by bballr4567
Yup. PB does the trick. I just put it on there, waited 15 minutes and then used a good size towel to wipe it off. Then hit it up with polish and wax.

http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66462&highlight=Dull+Mirrors

THANKS!!!!!!
~Samantha~