Daaave Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Guys, I was wondering what the general opinion was on front and rear debadging? I hate the huge Nissan badges and I'm not sure the aftermarket Z badges look that much better. Has anyone seen a debadged car up close? I have read that the front can be difficult to do properly as a large area needs filling with plastic filler & chopped fibreglass strands. The problem is the heat during the summer causing the bumper and filled bit to expand slightly differently then leaving a mark around the edge of the filled bit. Does anyone have any experience of it working ok? As for the rear, I've been advised that the badge holes would need to be welded up to fill them so that there would be less hassle with thermal expansion like the front. Also I'm thinking about taking the Nismo rear wing off to leave the tail just smooth as I'm not a huge fan of big wings, but love the rest of the kit. But I don't know if having no rear lip or spoiler will actually cause instability at high speed (ala early Audi TTs). Maybe even I'll push the boat right out and remove the rear wiper to really tidy the back end up. Would you ever buy a car that had this work done, or would it put you off? (I know what I spend won't be recouped when I come to sell) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!! Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I had my front Nissan badge removed about 3/4 months ago. IMO it makes the front end look a lot better, The place that did mine filled it with Carbon fibre as opposed to fibre glass & have also given a lifetime guarantee on the work they have done I think this is the best close up picture of it I have but you cant tell it was ever there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!! Love it is that debadged or photoshopped ? apart from the debadging that car looks identical to marks (off the oc) old zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!! Love it is that debadged or photoshopped ? apart from the debadging that car looks identical to marks (off the oc) old zed Nope its fully debadged. Its a member off this site Plus not sure that Marks had the rear parking sensors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!! Love it is that debadged or photoshopped ? apart from the debadging that car looks identical to marks (off the oc) old zed Nope its fully debadged. Its a member off this site Plus not sure that Marks had the rear parking sensors hat off to ya brother just checked cardomain and mark didnt have rear parking sensors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!! Love it is that debadged or photoshopped ? apart from the debadging that car looks identical to marks (off the oc) old zed Nope its fully debadged. Its a member off this site Plus not sure that Marks had the rear parking sensors hat off to ya brother just checked cardomain and mark didnt have rear parking sensors I have a ridiculous propensity for remembering the most useless @*!# possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 This zed is debadged at the front, rear AND the side!!!Love it Yeah I saw those pics when I did a search and it looks ace. I think I'd leave the side badges though even if they are a bit big. Getting some little Z badges from a 240Z would be good to replace them with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 I had my front Nissan badge removed about 3/4 months ago. IMO it makes the front end look a lot better, The place that did mine filled it with Carbon fibre as opposed to fibre glass & have also given a lifetime guarantee on the work they have done What sort of price did you pay for the work? I take it they resprayed the whole front bumper and blended in the bonnet and arches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I had my front Nissan badge removed about 3/4 months ago. IMO it makes the front end look a lot better, The place that did mine filled it with Carbon fibre as opposed to fibre glass & have also given a lifetime guarantee on the work they have done What sort of price did you pay for the work? I take it they resprayed the whole front bumper and blended in the bonnet and arches? I think it was around £260. They resprayed the whole bumper but on a 3 year old car there was no need to blend the bonnet & arches - the paint match with the wings & bonnet is perfect, Its far better than what Nissan managed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I replaced mine with smoke z badges, also took of the rear 350z badge looks very Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 My aerosync front bumper has no badge! It's moulded without the recess so won't mess up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 I had a quote from a quality place in Bristol (Peel's Motorkraft) for the debadging & stone chip removal from the front bumper, bonnet and wings including blending for.... £795! Ok so I'm 100% sure that they will do a brilliant quality job, but that's a bit steep methinks. I think it's the blending that adds quite a bit to the price. I'll happily pay for quality as I'm very picky and will no doubt examine the finished job with a magnifiying glass, but what price do you think is fair for a top quality job? I think it was around £260. They resprayed the whole bumper but on a 3 year old car there was no need to blend the bonnet & arches - the paint match with the wings & bonnet is perfect, Its far better than what Nissan managed. Why do you say that blending isn't required? Would the paint on the surrounding panels not have aged and bleached ever so slightly under the sun, etc and therefore not match the original paint spec? Then I'd guess that the hard edge from one panel to another would show a colour difference more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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