!Moldings and Badges - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

Brando56894 · 07-15-2006, 08:38 PM

awhile ago i read a few threads about taking the moldings and badges off and was thinkin about doing it. a few days ago i decided to take the badges off and then in one of the threads i saw NZBaller's car (exactly like mine but i dont have the ws6 hood) and i was like hell why not go all out and do it??

i started yesterday and the molding and badges itself came off pretty easy... the glue was another story.... i did the passenger side with fishing line and and used my fingers to get the adhesive off which hurts after awhile. i tried to use goo gone which didnt really do a damn thing. then i remembered one of the guys said use a hairdryer to heat it up, that didnt really do anything either. the grey molding tape wasnt that hard to take off it just took awhile, the black stuff that held on the badge was a bitch and a half to get off.

so today i went to pep boys and got some 3M ashesive remover which was recommended by the guys there. worked like a charm. w/o the remover it took me like 2 hours to get the molding/adhesive and the badge off. with the remover it took maybe 30 mins to an hour to get it off (i had a friend help me with the adhesive) whats funny is the molding/badge is so soft i was cutting through it with the fishing line by accident

i forgot to take pics of it today, ill prolly have them up on monday or so...

ryanfx · 07-15-2006, 09:52 PM

need I even say it?

Teds89IROC · 07-15-2006, 09:53 PM

cool man..so did you get it back together with the new parts?

~Ted

Brando56894 · 07-17-2006, 02:27 AM

completely different (but the same) car, the only thing thats different is the lack of options, its not a factory w68, and the interrior is grey (looks tan since its sun faded)

this is nzballer05's car from FTV6 but this is exactly what my car looks like now (well except for the ws6 hood)

bad64chevelle · 07-17-2006, 09:46 AM

I think it will look alot better like that. We need some pics!

Brando56894 · 07-17-2006, 07:24 PM

i went outside and took some pics but theres one minor problem.... idk wtf my mom did with the usb cable for the computer

ar0ck · 07-19-2006, 05:24 PM

I like this mod, but I am also partial

Ian · 07-19-2006, 06:24 PM

I took the side moldings off my Jeep 8)

get some pics up asap brandon, I bet it looks really nice

Untamed · 07-20-2006, 09:08 AM

Just curious, why take the badges off?

Brando56894 · 07-20-2006, 04:36 PM

theyre a pain in the ass to get wax outta them and it just looks better IMO

Firebird67dude · 07-20-2006, 04:55 PM

I bet this side molding mod will look hot on my black 93. Plus for u V6 guys its a good weight reduction mod. Hehe.

Tsar · 07-20-2006, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brando56894

theyre a pain in the ass to get wax outta them and it just looks better IMO

if you know how to wax its not a problem...never had an issue.

Brando56894 · 07-20-2006, 08:10 PM

i always had wax stuck in the firebird badges and it took forever to get it out. my dad gave me a good idea.... use a toothbrush

jola · 07-20-2006, 08:21 PM

Good going...I think all 4th gens should shave their moldings. It looks 100% better.

Brando56894 · 07-21-2006, 09:01 PM

i wasnt gonna do it, then i was like maybe just the badges, then i was like hell ill do all of it when i saw nick's (nzballer05) car. i just waxed her like 2 days ago, it was soo much easier

WayFast84 · 07-21-2006, 09:46 PM

I want to !moldings but I shoulda done that before paint because now it wont look right...

Brando56894 · 07-31-2006, 12:26 AM

it would of looked bad even before you painted your car cuz the paint that was exposed was most likely sun faded since its +/- 20 years old but the paint under the molding would look brand new

Savage_Messiah · 07-31-2006, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Untamed

Just curious, why take the badges off?

on 4th gens at least it looks 3782467812649238 times better