I say nay on tinting, but a good bake with some black paint in the back looks much, much better.

@Homyality: Can you post a pic of what you're talking about? I half considered a light light tint on the tails to give it a somewhat charcoal look but all black I'm not interested in doing. Esp. w/ nothing else black to match it (rims)

@anaya661: I'm interested in debadging just cuz it gives it a really clean look and also a bit of 'what the hell is this?' factor as well. 
I agree though, this  = I'm only trying to make the turn signal section red

Last edited by ikbrown (2012-07-23 01:41:53)

Homyality wrote:

I say nay on tinting, but a good bake with some black paint in the back looks much, much better.

anaya661 wrote:

You didn't ask but de badging  and black tint tailights 

debadging is kind of ftw.  I'm thinking about doing it too, getting rid of the emblem and putting the saabaru tecnica one...it's cool when no one knows what you have    incognito.

btw,  ikbrown, did you find any of the old threads on the topic particularly useful?

Tribbe wrote:

I removed some pinstripes that I had on my car. I could see were they had been mounted about 2 months but now they are gone.
My r in aero is on it's way to fall off.. But I want to keep it, so I want to ask how to fasten it instead of removing it?
btw I can't see any difference underneath the r and the rest of the paint. (But I still have the adhesive there.. so I cant see for sure.)

Very funny... my "r" was recently dangling by a tiny bit of adhesive so I pulled it off and its in my car.   I am having the same indecision.  Let me know what you use.  I bought some trim adhesive on a roll but it almost seems too thick....

Now I'm considering just taking off the 9-2x and Aero and painting them graphite-ish to match he grille... or leaving it debadged but I am nervous about discoloration like ikbrown said

@anaya661: Yeah I think the red tinted turn signal gives it a good one-off look for those who know and it looks stock but cool for those who don't know the car. I agree lots of people don't know the car, even w/ the 92x badges, I'm trying to go even more stealth! ha. So people only know it's a 

@2JZ: That's exactly what I mean to take off. 

@3001: The threads existing on the topic that I found were useful on how-to but not on if paint was faded or not because they were mostly older threads when paint fading wasn't an issue on the cars.

@Tribbe:  You can probably find a 3M adhesive tape specifically for this or a similar application. I'm thinking if I take them off I can just measure where the logos are and if there is a different color paint and the problem isn't solved by a good cleaning/waxing & exposure to the sun then I'll be able to level a piece of tape on the rear and re-apply the badges. Generally the paint on my car seems to be in great shape so I don't think it should be a huge issue.

@Homyality: I'm talking about the taillights, not headlights. Koji mod is on my want list of mods when I gain the courage to throw my headlights in an oven.

@Saabarru: Yeah, I called the shop I am planning to take my car to get the tint done and they have red film they can use for the tails, just have to make sure it would match the taillights when applied.

thymighty wrote:

Tribbe wrote:

I removed some pinstripes that I had on my car. I could see were they had been mounted about 2 months but now they are gone.
My r in aero is on it's way to fall off.. But I want to keep it, so I want to ask how to fasten it instead of removing it?
btw I can't see any difference underneath the r and the rest of the paint. (But I still have the adhesive there.. so I cant see for sure.)

3M makes a glue specifically for reattaching emblems/badges and trip pieces.  I have had used it many times with great success.

Sounds interesting, any link so I can see how the glue package looks like? I am in a big need... washed my car today and the "r" fell off....
And when I was removing the adhesive "e" fell off... So I removed the a and the o .. so I could clean the paint better...
I can still read Ae o on the paint.. the r is gone.. If you are good with the car polisher then I don't think it will be any problems. I used my polisher but I am not so handy with it.. will post some pics I took just for this thread.

@Tribbe: Ya you can tell in the pictures most of what is left behind seems like it could be taken care of with a good polish/waxing instead of faded paint.

thymighty wrote:

Tribbe, it looks like this:

Okey. I used a double-sided tape.



But I might consider that glue.. will se how this ends up first.

Just did mine the other day, debadged and rebadged the Saab with Saabaru badges.

I LOL at the looks from Subaru drivers behind me at stop lights 

Far more likely to fray and or break. Fishing line is the way to go.