To Debadge or Not To Debadge

by **00seV6man** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:42 am

I just de-badged my 2000 DWP 'Lara. I am VERY happy now!! Toyota put tooo many damn badges on the thing! I removed the 'toyota' and the 'solara' badges and both 'v-6' and 'se' badges on the sides.
Much Much cleaner look! and even tho my paint is 7 yrs. old, it still blended in very nicely with a little Zymol wax. i didnt even use the goo-gone I bought from wal-mart... goin back there to get my 8 bucks back!

by **PapaDukes027** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:53 am

I took off the "Toyota" on the back of mine. I like the "SLE V6" on the sides. Not a big fan of people taking off "Solara". I can see takin off the toyota emblem but not the name of the car. just my opinion.

by **00seV6man** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:41 am

^^ I dont feel a need to advertise the model of my car. If people dont know what it is, they dont need to know...

by **Traceur** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:27 pm

does the toyota emblem have a mount? i talked to my body guy and he said there might be a hole you have to weld..

by **blaK** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:38 pm

Duck tape it........

by **Kenz** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:20 pm

I'm really thinking about taking mine off. I took the stupid dealer sticker off the back of mine they day I bought it. It came off really easy.

Probably going to wait until I get some nice wheels before I get rid of everything. Might as well keep it looking 100% stock tell then.

by **00seV6man** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:11 am

None of the emblems on the rear trunk lid of gen 1/1.5 Solaras have holes. They are all stuck on using 2-way tape.

by **yevhend52** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:01 am

Im thinking of debadging my solara what do you guys think of just leaving the toyota letteringon the back

by **Jakecallun20** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:31 am

if you can, go for it. It looks nice, I can't debadge my solara, since underneath the badges the paint is awful, and chipped and just looks like ass. Mines a 99' so I don't know if anyone else has had this problem before, but eventually I am going to get the whole car painted blue.

by **rollaevo99** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:09 am

ThatVietGuy wrote:I'd do it to make people think it WAS a four banger

my point exactly... lol

by **Traceur** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:21 am

i just debadged mine, looks nice and clean. (used dental floss, a hairdryer and windex)

what i was thinking of doin, was cutting the So- off of the solara emblem and mounting the lara back on.

whatcha think?

by **yevhend52** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:54 am

So what would just the "toyota" lettering look good in your opinion

Traceur did the windex get the sticky stuff off?

by **Traceur** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:01 am

It did, very effectively.

just use something with soft texture to wipe it off, like a dishwashing sponge with the green side.

by **Meow** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:21 pm

Then it'll look like it broke off, and people will think your car is ghetto.
It's a matter of personal taste overall, but I think that removing the word Solara makes the trunk look like that of a souped up civic or old accord. The reason why, is that those cars came with plates mounted on the trunk, and their owners shave that and relocate the plate to the bumper below, leaving an ugly looking empty space where the plate used to be. Removing the word Solara creates a similar looking void on the trunk. On the other hand, removing the word Toyota seems pretty cool, since the font of it is really old and blocky looking, unlike the curvaceous T logo and the Solara lettering.

by **Traceur** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:26 pm

i would of course, relocate the lara to the middle, maybe even putting a ' in front of it, i dunno, just an idea..

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