RE-Badging The Coupe

[sharpie]

Okay, so I debadged my coupe completely and liked it at first; however, I'm now having second thoughts. Do any of you know how or if you can put the emblems back on?

[major27012]

how do you even take them off?are they bolted on or no..

[coderedk]

how do you even take them off?are they bolted on or no..

lol no they arent bolted on they are glued on. but u can easily remove them with some fishing line and a heat gun. and im pretty sure if you look online you can find all the badges but its gonna be a pain putting them all back on they exact way they were. good luck with that

[dl_yeunuoc]

I used 3M adhesive glue. You can buy at any Autozone.

[Calgary35SE]

You can order new badges from any dealership that come with the proper adhesive.(protect paint yadda yadda). But kinda pricey. If not then any 3M double sided tape should be sufficient.but yes good luck with getting them on straight and in the proper positioning.

[major27012]

so im guessing the coupe de-badged does not look good at all?

[mikegtr06]

i think that it looks a million times better...... i only left the nissan badge on.

[major27012]

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i think that it looks a million times better...... i only left the nissan badge on.

yeah i was considering doing it, just cuz i like the anonymous lookand makes the back look smoother i guess you could say?just my opinion

[mikegtr06]

debadged on the grey coupe (mine) and badged on the black coupe...

[major27012]

debadged on the grey coupe (mine) and badged on the black coupe...

looks gooddbut howd you go about doing it tho?

[mikegtr06]

i waited till a hot day and then i used fishing line and sawed it between the emblem and the glue.... not the glue and the paint. and then just rubbed the rest off with my fingers and then some goo gone and finished it with some wax where the goo gone took it off....

but you can substitute a hair drier or a heat gun. for a hot day.

[major27012]

ahh okthank youu

[mikegtr06]

np.

[xfactor0707]

Yea it definately looks way better debadged

[rjdmmfl1]

Yea it definately looks way better debadged

badged FTW! Never understood why folks degadge... I rarely see expensive cars debadged... maybe its the age of the drivers.. if you look at BMW's and Benz's, the majority of of debdged ones are the 325/328's and 525/528's..... same thing for those God awful "kompressor" Benz's ..... I just don't see classy cars or real sports cars debadged.... you ever see a Porsche 911 debadged? Of course not, who wants to be mistaken for driving a Porsche Boxter?

IDK, just never been into the whole debadging thing.... I'm happy I drive a Nissan and I'm happy I drive a 3.5, the shaved look just looks bland to me... just my .02... to the OP, I say RE-BADGE!!!

[major27012]

badged FTW! Never understood why folks degadge... I rarely see expensive cars debadged... maybe its the age of the drivers.. if you look at BMW's and Benz's, the majority of of debdged ones are the 325/328's and 525/528's..... same thing for those God awful "kompressor" Benz's ..... I just don't see classy cars or real sports cars debadged.... you ever see a Porsche 911 debadged? Of course not, who wants to be mistaken for driving a Porsche Boxter?

IDK, just never been into the whole debadging thing.... I'm happy I drive a Nissan and I'm happy I drive a 3.5, the shaved look just looks bland to me... just my .02... to the OP, I say RE-BADGE!!!

for one thing we dont have classy cars or [a] real sports car" i see where your coming from and yeah i guess thats understandable though ,but the reason i did it is to be unique to some extent. Its the little things you do to your car that make it your own and standout, no to mention i like the clean look personally, and it gives that anonymous look to it to, and with not many coupes on the road im amused with people try to figure out what my car isfor example( i just debaged my car 2 days ago) but anyways i went out to eat at ihop the other morning, and if you've ever eaten there there's window everywhere, so i could see my car perfectly from where i was sitting, but besides that, i saw a couple of ppl checking out my car, runnung around it like , trying to figure out what exactly it was

[rjdmmfl1]

for one thing we dont have classy cars or [a] real sports car" i see where your coming from and yeah i guess thats understandable though ,but the reason i did it is to be unique to some extent. Its the little things you do to your car that make it your own and standout, no to mention i like the clean look personally, and it gives that anonymous look to it to, and with not many coupes on the road im amused with people try to figure out what my car isfor example( i just debaged my car 2 days ago) but anyways i went out to eat at ihop the other morning, and if you've ever eaten there there's window everywhere, so i could see my car perfectly from where i was sitting, but besides that, i saw a couple of ppl checking out my car, runnung around it like , trying to figure out what exactly it was

I wasn't implying that our car was particularly classy or a sports car (quite the opposite in fact) but merely that debadging is something that people tend to do to less classy cars... hence the reason that you see many Nissan owners doing it (as well as folks that own "watered down" versions of classy/luxury cars, i.e. 3 series BMW's and C class Mercedez owners)

I think our NICO poll showed that there is no one style of A/C that debadges... I don't think A/C owners do it to appear like they have a diffeent type of car (except for the losers that debadge and rebadge with Infiniti symbols.... FAIL!!!!)

Again, folks can do what they want to their cars, i just added my .02 that I feel there's a certain "demographic" that typically debadges... some do it for a "cleaner look" but other do it for a "different" reason...just my personal view, I just like em badged... hence my support of you rebadging your whip!

[vTechnique1x1]

the nissan logo on the back comes off aswell???

[Bmore-coupe]

^ sig police wow

[Ferguson]

I agree with the Doc... leave it badged.

I've had more people tell me "That's not an Altima!" and more people query me about why it looks so different because it IS badged as an Altima than I think would have shown interest if it was debadged.

Besides, it is what it is... nothing more and nothing less. I don't try to hide what it is... I like it and am very willing to expose others to it.

IF debadging is so much 'cleaner' then the first thing I'd get rid of would be the Nissan 'burger'! and not the Altima or model level designation. I'd be a rich man if I had a dollar for every time my son announces another Nissan passing in the opposite direction by quietly announcing "...burger...''

[marlin29311]

some do it for a "cleaner look" but other do it for a "different" reason...just my personal view, I just like em badged... hence my support of you rebadging your whip!

I'll just say it because it's what everyone is thinking and knows.

The vast majority of 2.5's debage because they have a 2.5. Plain and simple.

[alphapig]

I'll just say it because it's what everyone is thinking and knows.

The vast majority of 2.5's debage because they have a 2.5. Plain and simple.

Meh, I left my 2.5S badge on. 4banger represent!

I never understood debadging or tail/headlight tint. Just not my thing.

Everyone can see that my car is slow... But it still looks better than theirs

[RobPaulson]

I have a 3.5 and I love the debadged look. I debadged my car.

I am not trying to hide anything, I am not trying to trick anyone, I just like absolute simplicity. The less stuff that sticks out, the better.

just imho tho, ur car, ur opinion, do what u like!!

[mikegtr06]

i just like the clean smooth look..... and i have less spots to work around when i wax.

[JAFO]

I'll just say it because it's what everyone is thinking and knows.

The vast majority of 2.5's debage because they have a 2.5. Plain and simple.

DANG! You beat me to it.

To expand on Doc's post, most people debadge for the looks (they don't like anything back there) but there are people out there who debadge to make it seem like their car is "better" than it is. People will debadge a 2.5 so others will not know whether it's a 4 or a 6 (seasoned A/C owners know that all you have to do is look at the sideview mirrors for the difference). People will debadge everything on a cheap MB except for the MB emblem because they want others to know they drive a Benz without seeing that it's the cheapy version.

Debadging because you don't like any badges at all on the rear of your vehicle is fine, but doing so because you're "embarrassed" of what you drive is kinda retarded. It's like the women who buy knock-off purses to make it seem like they have an expensive one.

[major27012]

DANG! You beat me to it.

To expand on Doc's post, most people debadge for the looks (they don't like anything back there) but there are people out there who debadge to make it seem like their car is "better" than it is. People will debadge a 2.5 so others will not know whether it's a 4 or a 6 (seasoned A/C owners know that all you have to do is look at the sideview mirrors for the difference). People will debadge everything on a cheap MB except for the MB emblem because they want others to know they drive a Benz without seeing that it's the cheapy version.

Debadging because you don't like any badges at all on the rear of your vehicle is fine, but doing so because you're "embarrassed" of what you drive is kinda retarded. It's like the women who buy knock-off purses to make it seem like they have an expensive one.

point well madebut then again who is really embarrassed to drive a A/C regardlessjust saying

[JAFO]

point well madebut then again who is really embarrassed to drive a A/C regardlessjust saying

I don't think it's people who are embarrassed to drive the A/C, rather they are embarrassed to drive a NISSAN.

When I bought my car, I got pretty much the same first question from everyone: "Why didn't you buy a G?". Then I told them I got a brand new, fully loaded A/C for $4000 less than a completely bare, stock, brand new G. I would've had to buy a 3 yr. old used G to match the options of my A/C. Some people still think I should've gotten the 3 year old G just because I could've had an Infinity....

[rjdmmfl1]

I don't think it's people who are embarrassed to drive the A/C, rather they are embarrassed to drive a NISSAN.

When I bought my car, I got pretty much the same first question from everyone: "Why didn't you buy a G?". Then I told them I got a brand new, fully loaded A/C for $4000 less than a completely bare, stock, brand new G. I would've had to buy a 3 yr. old used G to match the options of my A/C. Some people still think I should've gotten the 3 year old G just because I could've had an Infinity....

Yeah, there's no convincing some folks of how much of a better value a fully loaded A/C was.... at the time, I was also looking at possibly getting a BMW when shopping for this car... but for what I got my A/C for, I would have only been able to get the 328i BMW (a comparable 335i would have been 13K more)....... don't get me wrong, I like the way they look.... but it had 0 luxury features, was noticably slower, hell it didn't even have HID's... some folks were like "why didn't you go with the 328i, you could have had a BMW" .. I just shook my head at them... those are the same folks that would rather pay 40K for a c class mercedez...