bigaudiofanatic Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Well last night I thought it was time to take off the Altima and the 2.5 S on my car. Why? Well I think it looks a lot cleaner and with adding a aftermarket exhaust your focus will be drawn to it and not the emblems. Items used 3M Adhesive Remover "Safe for paint" Heat gun "Lowest setting" Adam's All purpose cleaner Adam's Detail Spray Adam's Clay Bar Adam's towels Adam's Swirl and Haze Remover Fishing Line Started by heating up the emblems until I could twist them with my fingers. Than used fishing line to pull behind them and remove. This was very simple. Now the hard part. Removing the adhesive. Started by soaking the adhesive down with Adhesive remover. After working it in with my fingers and taking probably 10 minutes to remove most of the adhesive. I went back over them will all purpose cleaner. Than rinsed Fallowed by clay bay and detail spray. After wiping it all down and say that all the adhesive was gone it was time to get it looking right. Before After swirl and haze remover All better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z71_Denali Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 nice job! this is how i removed mine, but i didn't have a heat gun so removing with just fishing line was a PITA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osok Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Nice! I'm planning to do the same to my Charger this spring...pretty much same exact process you outlined there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoeaull Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I've always loved debagded rearends, but this one really transformed the look. It actually looks more sporty and high end! Great job! I'm not a nissan expert, but are there any cool emblems that nissan has or is associated with that you could swap out the middle nissan logo for. That might make it mysterious but still tie it in with the brand. Just a thought, but it looks great! Maybe some bigger chrome tips too! haha, sorry its a sickness! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveVY Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Very cool! This is helping convince me to do this, been wanting to do this with my Mazda 6. Generally speaking I think all the badges on cars distract and are ugly. Removing them allows you to see the car for what it really is and not just a 'name'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chobbs Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'm actually getting ready to remove the "CAMARO" badge from my side panals and replace with the retro scripted word "Camaro". Didn't think of the heat gun. Glad you posted this. I like how yours came out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaudiofanatic Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I've always loved debagded rearends, but this one really transformed the look. It actually looks more sporty and high end! Great job! I'm not a nissan expert, but are there any cool emblems that nissan has or is associated with that you could swap out the middle nissan logo for. That might make it mysterious but still tie it in with the brand. Just a thought, but it looks great! Maybe some bigger chrome tips too! haha, sorry its a sickness! lol Very cool! This is helping convince me to do this, been wanting to do this with my Mazda 6. Generally speaking I think all the badges on cars distract and are ugly. Removing them allows you to see the car for what it really is and not just a 'name'. I'm actually getting ready to remove the "CAMARO" badge from my side panals and replace with the retro scripted word "Camaro". Didn't think of the heat gun. Glad you posted this. I like how yours came out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks guys, they have a nismo badge that looks like this. [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Nismo-Emblem-Nissan-Aluminum-Nameplate/dp/B0013GF8FM]Amazon.com: Nismo Emblem Nissan Aluminum Auto Emblem Badge Nameplate: Automotive[/ame] However I think after I get the nismo exhaust on soon your eyes will want to look DOWN [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxMS6EpW8Y]Nismo Full exhaust. altima 2.5 - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 No, no, no, no, no [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVd8TUx0jFo&feature=g-upl&context=G2532588AUAAAAAAAAAA]2009 Pontiac G8 GT w/ Solo Mach Shorty[/ame] but the rear looks much better without the badging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Nice improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaudiofanatic Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 No, no, no, no, no but the rear looks much better without the badging LOL maybe when I get a muscle car one day. Ya that sounds good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Onorato Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Nice! I want to take the GT emblems off my car and just put regular tri-bar pony emblems on for 2 reasons. 1. I think they look much classier(GT's should have got them in the first place...) 2. Little more of a sleeper look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rshadd Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Why did you leave the Nissan badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanJax Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looks good. I de-badged my Yukon the second day I had it... here's the rear and you can see the sides in my sig pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaudiofanatic Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Why did you leave the Nissan badge? Because I wanted some balance back there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganSRT8 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 love the look of that man, the lines of the rear pop alot better, will be alot more fun to not have to detail around all those too . Like the Nissan badge staying there though, my OCD of symmetry is perfectly fine with that haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golf for Life Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looks great. Big improvement and now you don't have to worry about hitting the badges with the PC pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaudiofanatic Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Looks great. Big improvement and now you don't have to worry about hitting the badges with the PC pads. I hear ya on that one Next weekend is tint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Looks fantastic -- much cleaner and sleeker now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Atta boy!!! Debadged FTW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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