monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I've needed to properly debadge the boot for almost 3 years... I think you missed a bit... like the badge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 On the subject of what to buy for 17 grand, perhaps this will give you some ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think you missed a bit... like the badge. Been waiting to use that all afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 He's got a point though, your car still clearly has an Audi badge on it. I would class your attempt as a slight fail but perhaps I'm missing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 He's got a point though, your car still clearly has an Audi badge on it. I would class your attempt as a slight fail but perhaps I'm missing something. Yeah, I thought debadging meant, well, debadging. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Taking the Audi badge off is a much larger fail than leaving it on. Previously it had an A3 badge on the left and 1.8t on the right of the number plate surround. But they were sprayed satin black by Lou and looked shit...Then she super glued them back on...Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 But when you say you've been meaning to 'properly debadge' the boot and post a pic which blatantly hasn't been debadged in the traditional sense then it ain't debadged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) My original posting of the picture now applies. If I took 1 of 5 badgers off the boot, 2 of 5, 3 of 5, 4 of 5, or all of the badgers off the boot I have still badgered my boot because I have removed badgers from it. I have removed the badgers I wanted to, and resprayed the damaged areas where it was improperly done in the past. Meaning I have debadgered my boot to the proper standard that I am happy with. That is as in keeping with a traditional sense of the term "debadgering" as I can see. Edited November 28, 2012 by Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Arguing for the sake of arguing anyone? Generally, "de-badgering" means removing all traces of badges from either the front or back of the car. Like if you tell someone you've just wiped your arse, you generally don't leave a little bit on the left side of your crack because you fancied it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Removing some badgers. Is not the same as debadger'ing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1040 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Porsche 996? Brand new Dacia duster? E46 M3 (with change) TVR chimaera Audi S6 Megane Renaultsport Need to narrow it down a bit. What do you need / want from a car? Generally looking for a nice car something which will be used as a daily driver but also has a good bit of power. Insurance shouldn't really be a problem am away to turn 23. There's just so much cars u can buy really in that price range. I'm coming from a 240bhp corsa vxr just now which will be getting traded in towards new car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 You're literally all wrong and I am right. And it actually annoys me that you cannot see it. Google "debagering" and you'll find that more than half of the cars in the first two pages of images have everything other than the make of the vehicle removed. Seeing as you know f**k all about it I'll educate you; debadging started off with Vauxhall in the early 70's offering their vehicles with or without model badges so that people wouldn't look down on a lower model or see a higher model as a nickable car. Vauxhall were one of the first companies to use stuck on badges as apposed to traditional press fit pins. Debading traditionally (as used by monkey) would be removing all trim level or model badges from a vehicle. So back in your boxes; go do some research and come back and tell me I'm right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debadging "Debadgering refers to the process of removing the manufacturer's badges from a vehicle" you still have an Audi badges. Argue with Wiki.... laters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Badgers rule Simps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Interiors mostly back in the Scirocco now, well the dash sound-deadening and most of the carpet is, but as the seats and the rest of the carpet take about 1 minute to fit and need no tools that's as good as all of it. My god there's not much left of my centre console having chopped it about to fit around the shifter! Unfortunately things were slow today as I wasn't feeling 100% and it was damn cold, so if all goes to plan I should be MOTing it thursday now rather than tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I really wish I had something car related to try and bring this back on topic and civility... Hmmm - I still haven't put a tyre on my replacement wheel. How lazy does that make me? OOOOH! I do have a question, although no pics that would make it easier for you lot to answer. Basically when I hit that curb and smashed up my wheel, I also managed to crack the bumper most of the way down vertically towards the corner. Any got any experience with getting a bodyshop to fix something like that - i.e. what sort of ballpark figure should I have in my head to know I'm not being fleeced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Will wait on pictures, but dependant on the damage they may be able to fibreglass/similar the back side of the bumper before skimming the front with some filler and spraying. Unlikely to be a cheap job though I'd imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I think you'd be looking at around 300-400 ish dude. There's a lot of work in repairing plastics. Most bodyshops I know won't even paint a pre prepped panel for less then 100.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Cheers Tom, got an existing split in the rear bumper to go with it from before I got it too so it could be a pretty hefty winter for this car! Going to keep it for the foreseeable though, so might as well get it looking right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Yeah, trawl eBay for a second hand bumper? Probably cheaper if you could get one an then get it painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'll give it a go JD, I'm basically a pro now. I did this at the side of the road, with rattle cans, one piece of 1200grit wet and dry and a bottle of t cut. Apart from cutting through a little bit I am dead chuffed; I'll just touch up the rub through and then wet sand it and re-polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'll get some pics next time I'm next to the car, and we'll see how confident you could be. Ultimately it doesn't need to be perfect as the paintwork all over the car shows that it's a 1996 car, but passable would be good. I'd be fairly confident at doing it myself in the garage if I truly thought I'd actually bother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Bodywork isn't hard at all, as long as you don't cut corners and take time in the prep. Give it a go, if you were going to have to pay somebody to do it anyway what have you got to lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Bodywork isn't hard at all, as long as you don't cut corners and take time in the prep. Give it a go, if you were going to have to pay somebody to do it anyway what have you got to lose? Time, frustration, face. I've not even put a tyre on a wheel yet, I'm hardly gonna get round to prepping a bumper and doing it properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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