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GP99GT · 01-14-2006, 07:38 AM

no, this thread isnt about balls...

should i pull off the trunk and front fender badging?

heres some photoshops of what they look like without them

with fender badge

without fender badge

with trunk badge

without trunk badge

also, who has done this before and whats the easiest way to get the bastards off?

misterjuice · 01-14-2006, 07:48 AM

you may not want to do it....as your car is a 1999. the paint under the badge area will be a darker shade of black than the areas that has been exposed for the last 7 years. But if you wanna do it, get a heat gun and heat them sumbitches up for a while...then use thin fishing lines and seesaw them out.

GP99GT · 01-14-2006, 07:51 AM

well i could just take one off and see how it looks, if it looks like crap i could always just glue it back on

WayFast84 · 01-14-2006, 08:45 AM

Get some custom emblems that are black chrome

Squirrel · 01-14-2006, 11:05 AM

juice = correct...go

ar0ck · 01-14-2006, 01:38 PM

Stop copying me...

GP99GT · 01-14-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TransAm4Life

Stop copying me...

im not...im keeping my badges that say what the car actually is

so itll be a GT with a GTP motor

nobody will know the difference, whereas with your car its obvious what it is

misterjuice · 01-14-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GP99GT

nobody will know the difference, whereas with your car its obvious what it is

yes it is obvious that Alex's car is a Suzuki Aerio

qwikz28 · 01-14-2006, 10:34 PM

how about ditching the rear badge and getting a pontiac emblem instead

GP99GT · 01-14-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by qwikz28

how about ditching the rear badge and getting a pontiac emblem instead

that would be kinda dumb considering it says "PONTIAC" on the bottom of the rear bumper

qwikz28 · 01-14-2006, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GP99GT

that would be kinda dumb considering it says "PONTIAC" on the bottom of the rear bumper

why? an emblem would fill up the empty space very nicely imo. stupid would be spelling out pontiac again

jims69camaro · 01-14-2006, 11:24 PM

how do you spell stupid? p...o...n...t...i...a...c...

if you're going to ditch them in favor of the clean look, then applying another badge after is defeating the purpose. i am in favor of the clean look and i see there are certain things that would be more difficult to get rid of than others. try pulling off one of the badges and see how it looks. besides being a shade darker than the surrounding paint, it's likely to leave glue behind which would need to be cleaned up (goof off, gone, or a similar product - tested in a wheelwell or something to make sure it won't eff up the paint).

V · 01-15-2006, 01:03 AM

i figure if you wanna shave emblems off a car fine, but no one should ever put emblems on a car to upgrade it, ive seen grand prixs with GTP emblems and they werent, stuff like that bothers me. just shave it and make it look like a shaved base model, then do the engine and make it sorta a sleeper. if you want a gtp, i say buy a gtp, i go off on my local friends about this all the time, they tried telling me to shave my SS emblems..why the hell would i downgrade my car to what a v6 would have. shaved emblems are cool but not for all cars IMO. If the emblems will make the car stand out then some can be added, like retro z28 ones. Like the monte i built, its a true SS but we are putting on 98-02 camaro SS emblems which just look nicer, and we have a emblem for the back that says "5.7 Tuned Port Injection" cuz thats the motor in it now. well i guess im saying is that you have the right to do what you want, its your car and up to you alone.

jims69camaro · 01-15-2006, 06:50 AM

how do you feel about cars wearing SS badges that are way over the top? one of the mags did a tri-five from the frame up, everything all new and of course they stuffed a 572 in it. they applied SS badges. i liked it. it's not like there was ever a tri-five SS, so they are just letting people know there's something under the hood with the SS badge. and, of course, since everything was brand new, there were never any badges on it at all.

GP99GT · 01-15-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS

i figure if you wanna shave emblems off a car fine, but no one should ever put emblems on a car to upgrade it, ive seen grand prixs with GTP emblems and they werent, stuff like that bothers me. just shave it and make it look like a shaved base model, then do the engine and make it sorta a sleeper. if you want a gtp, i say buy a gtp, i go off on my local friends about this all the time, they tried telling me to shave my SS emblems..why the hell would i downgrade my car to what a v6 would have. shaved emblems are cool but not for all cars IMO. If the emblems will make the car stand out then some can be added, like retro z28 ones. Like the monte i built, its a true SS but we are putting on 98-02 camaro SS emblems which just look nicer, and we have a emblem for the back that says "5.7 Tuned Port Injection" cuz thats the motor in it now. well i guess im saying is that you have the right to do what you want, its your car and up to you alone.

i never said i was going to put GTP badging on it...i want to keep the GT badging on the sides, because it IS a GT after all...itll just have a GTP motor in it. sleeper

and qwikz28...i read what you said wrong, i thought you were telling me to put a badge on that says pontiac

nj85z28 · 01-15-2006, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GP99GT

i never said i was going to put GTP badging on it...i want to keep the GT badging on the sides, because it IS a GT after all...itll just have a GTP motor in it. sleeper

and qwikz28...i read what you said wrong, i thought you were telling me to put a badge on that says pontiac

i love racing the fake GTP's....