To De-badge Or Not To De-badge, That Is The Question?

[Dan_Harris]

Thinking about De-badging my IS what are you guys thoughts? Also how easy is it to go about? Was going to just get rid of the Lexus and the IS200 on my rear and keep the L badge.

here's my arse :P

[Lexus2D]

[aztecbandit1]

Here you go Dan a quick cover up of the badges your on about removing, Our red IS200 has the same ,only the L badge in the middle and looks ok :D You can peel the badges off its just geting rid of the glue thats left thats a pain in the arris :)

[Dan_Harris]

ahh bandit that looks fan fapping tastic, I may have to debadge mine when I come round to washing it next, any suggestions on how to get rid of the glue or is it just some elbow grease and a wash? (also awesome pic hong kong phooey is the man)

[aztecbandit1]

ahh bandit that looks fan fapping tastic, I may have to debadge mine when I come round to washing it next, any suggestions on how to get rid of the glue or is it just some elbow grease and a wash? (also awesome pic hong kong phooey is the man)

We used lighter fluid to get the glue off but took ages to do Not sure on what else to use though? There was a post by Rikos somewhere on here about removing sticky stuff with a few suggestions from members, so might be worth having a quick search for it to see what else people have used to get the glue off? :)

Edit: found it mate CLICK ME.

[84Stoney]

Bug and Tar remover works a treat.

If you take them off on a really or hot day, or even warm the glue with a heat gun on LOW SETTING or use a hairdrier (careful not to melt the paint mind!) that helps. Then skim under them with denal floss (or similar) and most of the glue should come off with.

May need a good polish of the area anyway afterwards, to remove any possible fading etc.

[corsavandal]

personally i think the 'LEXUS' and the 'IS200' badges look better below the fog lights. but leave the 'L' logo where it is above the boot lock.

[84Stoney]

personally i think the 'LEXUS' and the 'IS200' badges look better below the fog lights. but leave the 'L' logo where it is above the boot lock.

What, like this?

(Photoshopping is a bit crude, but ya get the idea!)

Each to his own I suppose, but I don't like that at all!

[aztecbandit1]

i'm with you on that one Stoney, not my cup of T either

[Y2Kanjar]

i've done mine mate

[spikes]

dont like the badges below the fog lights

leave it as it is or leave just the L in the middle :)

[jason_l]

Or Naked like mine!

Jason :P

[Paradroid]

Normally I don't like debadging but the idea of just keeping the logo in the middle and removing the lettering either side is a really good one, it looks great :D

[WylieCoyote]

I agree, I don't like debadging but it does work on the IS just leaving the middle logo. Putting them below the foglights looks naff.

[Dan_Harris]

need to wait till weather dries a bit first :(, it's becoming really annoying as soon as I wash and polish it rains! It is one fine booty tho :P, on a seperate yet comical note had some "wide-boy" in a integra type-r try it on, was holding him up to 140mph (on a priv road ofcourse )

[84Stoney]

on a seperate yet comical note had some "wide-boy" in a integra type-r try it on, was holding him up to 140mph (on a priv road ofcourse )

An older one I assume? In a standard IS? Well ya did well. They are 40hp more and lighter, and top out at 145.

[Dan_Harris]

on a seperate yet comical note had some "wide-boy" in a integra type-r try it on, was holding him up to 140mph (on a priv road ofcourse )

An older one I assume? In a standard IS? Well ya did well. They are 40hp more and lighter, and top out at 145.

yeah it was the older version, not the DC5. I was level upto 100 then it just pulled a little easier to 140 so i conceded, and yes my IS is standard (bar the asthetic touches).