Debadging?

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:39 am

I know how to debadge my car, but i am wondering if I am going to like it. I am def. considering taking off the "dodge" and the "neon" off my trunk, and the "SE" on the back doors. I am unsure if I want to take off the "dodge" on the front doors, along with the trim piece that runs front to back. what do u guys think? does anyone have some before and afters shots? i want to figure out if taking the trim off is something i want to do or not.

here is my car:

http://www.oznium.com/gallery/index.php ... on/gid/563

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:01 pm

Here is a link to pics of a CG neon that has been debadged and has the side molding removed. It's Neonix's 2gn.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/593595/2

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:06 pm

Here's your car debadged... Were you going to remove the side moulding stripes, as well?

Rear shot:

Side shot:

Here's debadged without the side moulding stripes:

(Not quite as good as my first two.)

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:16 pm

thanks for the photoshop, i took off all the badging, looks great. i started to take the door trim off and i had some bubbles in the paint so i didnt end up taking them off, i really wish i could, my dads friend owns an auto body shop so hopefully we can get him to get rid of the bubbles and touch up that area, will post pics soon, after i cool down, qill post pics of the glow tonight

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:21 pm

p8ntballah413 wrote:thanks for the photoshop, i took off all the badging, looks great. i started to take the door trim off and i had some bubbles in the paint so i didnt end up taking them off, i really wish i could, my dads friend owns an auto body shop so hopefully we can get him to get rid of the bubbles and touch up that area, will post pics soon, after i cool down, qill post pics of the glow tonight

First off, you're welcome.

Yeah, I'll be dabadging mine soon as well. As far as the side stripes... I really wanna' do it, but I'm afraid of the same thing since the paint under my wing pedestals have those little bubbles under it.

I wanted to run wingless, but when I pulled the wing off and saw those bubbles... Let me know how the shop handles that. Maybe I'll pull my wing off and side stripes and take mine to the body shop, but I don't wanna' spend massive labor on something so rediculous.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:34 pm

somebody is becoming an expert with photoshop...... great job 03

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:37 pm

My side moldings were the same way. That's the only reason I still have them. I'd love to have them off but I don't want to have to pay for uneccesary work once I take them off.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:28 pm

for some reason, mine never bubbled up...it took a while to get all the tape off the doors and everything, but no bubbles. the paint wasnt faded or anything either. maybe i just got lucky?

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:47 pm

yeah it was weird, the bubbles were right underneath where the bottom strip of adhesive tape was, my dad is having some front end work done to his car (tree fell on it), so my dad is going to talk to his friend and see what he can do, i hope that if i get the trim off and clean off the adhesive, he can just sand down the bubbles and tpuch it up. he has painted a few of my dads cars before, so hopefully he wont charge too much. but im relieved to hear that other people have this problem too. i did have a little bit of fading underneath the badges, but u can only barely see it in some angles, but you really have to look for it, overall i am happy with it. tomorrow it gets lowered!

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:41 am

dblsg wrote:somebody is becoming an expert with photoshop...... great job 03

Thanks. I can do little stuff like that without a problem... Ask me to put a kit on a car? That's Diablo0, there.

scneonchic501 wrote:for some reason, mine never bubbled up...it took a while to get all the tape off the doors and everything, but no bubbles. the paint wasnt faded or anything either. maybe i just got lucky?

Yeah, there's some people that don't have the problem and more that do. I was quite upset when I saw those damn things when I pulled the wing off. I'm going to assume they're under my moulding stripes as well.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:49 am

The paint under mine didn't bubble or anything either. Which made me happy, cause I love the look without the side moldings, makes it look clean and smooth.

DJ CptnCrnch · Post by **DJ CptnCrnch** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:32 am

yeah mine didnt bubble either....i took mine off after having the car for about a month...i think it looks cleaner without the molding IMO

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:28 pm

I had itty bitty bubbles on mine that are only noticeable if you put your face right up to the car. paintballah are you really 43? I seem to think you are much younger. Anyhow, taking the side molding off was a bitch and took like 3 hours. But it came off clean after the adhesive remover.

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:00 pm

lol no im not 43, i just registered realy quick and put a random b-day, im 20, im gonna change that

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:44 am

I was like wtf this 43 old dude is awesome. We are both 20 and are both modding an 01 Cg Neon, right on brother.

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:53 am

lol thanks man, i like those rims a lot, just got my car lowered today, got pics of it and my glow in my sig

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:09 am

i'm 20 working on my 02 sxt

WiTeOuT · Post by **WiTeOuT** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:12 pm

I'mm almost 23 and I'm glad you guys are de-badging.

Cars are looking good fella's.

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:15 pm

Oh Oh!! I'm almost 18!! YAyay for mE!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:34 pm

raul-01, do you have any whole picturesof your car anywhere? those rims look pretty good from what i can tell, id like to see some more pics if you have them

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:48 pm

p8ntballah413 · Post by **p8ntballah413** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:40 pm

i really like those rims alot bro, what kinda pipes are u running? any plans to lower it?

WiTeOuT · Post by **WiTeOuT** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:44 am

He's runnin Vibrant "pipes".

And it looks great Raul. The grass on that soccer field relaly makes your car stand out, I just can't believe they "let" you drive up on there!

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:29 am

Thats Lone Elm park in Olathe, no one is out there around that time...So i just drove on it and snapped a few quick picts.

yeah paintballah I am gonna lower it. I have some SRT-4 springs that are itchin' to get on.

machine1001 · Post by **machine1001** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:41 pm

I debaged my CG 2K on the weekend,.. never got around to taking the side molding off yet. i will do that when I have the time
the downside to my car, is that the dents that I have inthe doors are more noticeable now then it was before

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:10 pm

raul-01 wrote:yeah paintballah I am gonna lower it. I have some SRT-4 springs that are itchin' to get on.

Is putting SRT-4 springs on it considered lowering?

Isn't it like a .25" drop?

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:24 pm

03sxt wrote:
raul-01 wrote:yeah paintballah I am gonna lower it. I have some SRT-4 springs that are itchin' to get on.
Is putting SRT-4 springs on it considered lowering? Isn't it like a .25" drop?

i don't think so........ thats barely noticible

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:24 pm

better performance than my stock ones

I think its a 1/4 in the front and 3/4 in the back. Thats good enoguh for me w/o fukin my struts up. I will eventually lower it more next year when I get new struts. Like I said before I will show before and after pictures once all is said and done.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:27 pm

make sure you measure before and after, that way we know exactly how much.... i don't think it will go that much in the rear, but i could be wrong

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:55 am

those pics look good, love the rims, all you guys with CG neons make me want to go out and buy one for a DD

lol