Trunk Debadge / Emblem Removal??
03-02-2009, 11:59 PM
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Well I got a similar car to yours: TiGray color, black rims, 5% tint, smoked tails, smoked corners, smoked heads, and eyelids...
For your debadge question, you might want to try what I did: remove the badges, fill in the holes with body-filler, and then black out your trunk into the lines of the taillights...I can email you pics if you want. I think it turned out pretty well. It's subtle and looks good.
Hope this helps...
For your debadge question, you might want to try what I did: remove the badges, fill in the holes with body-filler, and then black out your trunk into the lines of the taillights...I can email you pics if you want. I think it turned out pretty well. It's subtle and looks good.
Hope this helps...
03-03-2009, 10:25 PM
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Well I got a similar car to yours: TiGray color, black rims, 5% tint, smoked tails, smoked corners, smoked heads, and eyelids...
For your debadge question, you might want to try what I did: remove the badges, fill in the holes with body-filler, and then black out your trunk into the lines of the taillights...I can email you pics if you want. I think it turned out pretty well. It's subtle and looks good.
Hope this helps...
For your debadge question, you might want to try what I did: remove the badges, fill in the holes with body-filler, and then black out your trunk into the lines of the taillights...I can email you pics if you want. I think it turned out pretty well. It's subtle and looks good.
Hope this helps...
i think i'm gonna go 5% too, i dont have any spare money for tickets though
san antonio eh? how much attention do you get from cops?
thanks thanks!
03-03-2009, 10:32 PM
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Okay I'll post pics tomorrow sometime if I remember during the day.
Um for tint, no attention...there's so many people that have it...and if you ever get pulled over just roll down your windows (that's what I did today).
And I did get a ticket today for three charges...check it out here: https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/what-illegal-need-info-help-specifications-law-168121/
At this point, I'm sure about the license plate...it has to be there. For the tails, I read the Texas law and I think I have a pretty good case for it...but maybe not, so if I do decide to change the tint on the tails, it would end up being the same, just with the brake circle red part back to normal. For the reflectors...that's bullcrap. I want to keep them the same, but just so I avoid the $162 fine if I don't fix them, I'm trading with someone on here for clear corners instead...
I'll post pics tomorrow...
Um for tint, no attention...there's so many people that have it...and if you ever get pulled over just roll down your windows (that's what I did today).
And I did get a ticket today for three charges...check it out here: https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/what-illegal-need-info-help-specifications-law-168121/
At this point, I'm sure about the license plate...it has to be there. For the tails, I read the Texas law and I think I have a pretty good case for it...but maybe not, so if I do decide to change the tint on the tails, it would end up being the same, just with the brake circle red part back to normal. For the reflectors...that's bullcrap. I want to keep them the same, but just so I avoid the $162 fine if I don't fix them, I'm trading with someone on here for clear corners instead...
I'll post pics tomorrow...
03-07-2009, 11:32 AM
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Okay I'll post pics tomorrow sometime if I remember during the day.
Um for tint, no attention...there's so many people that have it...and if you ever get pulled over just roll down your windows (that's what I did today).
And I did get a ticket today for three charges...check it out here: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=168121
At this point, I'm sure about the license plate...it has to be there. For the tails, I read the Texas law and I think I have a pretty good case for it...but maybe not, so if I do decide to change the tint on the tails, it would end up being the same, just with the brake circle red part back to normal. For the reflectors...that's bullcrap. I want to keep them the same, but just so I avoid the $162 fine if I don't fix them, I'm trading with someone on here for clear corners instead...
I'll post pics tomorrow...
Um for tint, no attention...there's so many people that have it...and if you ever get pulled over just roll down your windows (that's what I did today).
And I did get a ticket today for three charges...check it out here: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=168121
At this point, I'm sure about the license plate...it has to be there. For the tails, I read the Texas law and I think I have a pretty good case for it...but maybe not, so if I do decide to change the tint on the tails, it would end up being the same, just with the brake circle red part back to normal. For the reflectors...that's bullcrap. I want to keep them the same, but just so I avoid the $162 fine if I don't fix them, I'm trading with someone on here for clear corners instead...
I'll post pics tomorrow...
woooo ty!
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03-08-2009, 11:06 PM
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^^lol idk if my body shop guy is just a nice man, but to do all of the following, he charged $100:
-Fill in trunk's holes after I debadged it
-Repaint backside of trunk and part of rear fenders (to go with the car's lines) black
-Smoke my tails
-Smoke my heads
-Paint and install my eyelids
And everything turned out perfect...I'm getting pics up tomorrow, I'll post a new thread with them in the Exterior forum
-Fill in trunk's holes after I debadged it
-Repaint backside of trunk and part of rear fenders (to go with the car's lines) black
-Smoke my tails
-Smoke my heads
-Paint and install my eyelids
And everything turned out perfect...I'm getting pics up tomorrow, I'll post a new thread with them in the Exterior forum
03-09-2009, 05:46 PM
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Well smart ole pete here broke his camera while taking pictures cuz he dropped it. So, I'll buy a new one tomorrow and hopefully have the pics Wednesday. I am such an idiot...oh well, it was a pretty old camera anyways hahah
03-11-2009, 10:11 PM
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i used some tape from walmart...it's double sided and it has like a white and green background... i believe on the label it talks about how it can hold up a 5 lb picture forever guaranteed... anyways i bought it and used it for my rear emblems for about 3 weeks (through carwashes and stuff too) and it worked fine...
03-11-2009, 10:25 PM
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