Badge help

**Polyal** · 01-04-2005, 06:19 PM

Hey guys.

I took of my xr6 and tickford badges last night (kerry you can stop cheering now..lol), and it looks mighty fine with nothing there, but I was a doush and used a butter knife to pry it off and I chipped the crap out of the RHS.

So, I can either put back just the ticky wings; which I wouldn't mind. Or I was thinking that maybe I could put some AU ones. I think they had some half decent looking SOHC ones from memory.

Does anyone have any pics/suggestion about the AU badges?

Here a couple of pics, I dicked the RHS up, the LHS is pretty good though. I used the fishing line trick for the left! Anyone who is unsure how to take badges off USE FISHING LINE...lol

As it stands the ticky wing covers up almost all the chips on the RHS. Im telling you whoever did this paint job sucks because I barely touched it.

And who wanted my xr6 badges? Ive lost your PM sorry.

Damo · 01-04-2005, 06:23 PM

lol.. butter knife. haha you're a doush.

Put the Tickford badge back on, you'll lose power without it.

**Polyal** · 01-04-2005, 06:57 PM

yeah it was a bad idea, but I get impatient and all the outdoor shops were closed at the time...lol

If I do put the tickford ones back on they will be alot higher up than usual, it might look a bit goofey if you know what I mean.

b2tf · 01-04-2005, 08:52 PM

AU Badges have 'Intech' written on them though, and your car doesnt have an Intech engine - at least with Tickford badges you can sorta get away with it.

Psycho Chicken · 01-04-2005, 08:56 PM

Oh god, are the AU engine owners going to get as anal as the Tickford owners?

Casper · 01-04-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Oh god, are the AU engine owners going to get as anal as the Tickford owners?

What about AU Tickford owners?
I smell blood in the water

:

Put the wings back on. They look good.

TIKFD6 · 01-04-2005, 09:06 PM

I will take the XR6 badges if the are in good knick, and the wings aswell if you want?
:P
You should have kept em on mate.
;)

Put some AU Badges on, would look good.
Intech is for poofs.(tm).
;)

**Polyal** · 01-04-2005, 09:46 PM

yeah the xr6 badges did look good, but I was getting sick of trying to explain to people what my car was. In the end I actually told some dumb ***** it was a genuine XR6; they didn't have a clue.

I plan to get a high-series garnish aswell, so if someone wants the XR6 one then I am up for a swap.

Has anyone got an EB S rear badge? I like the look of them and thats about the only badge that would explain my car. You know the ones with the blue S not the red one.

Kerry if you want the badges im sure we can work something out...in that pic they actually have some polish still on them from the AFD..lol Ill tidy them up and post another pic.

Kenaz · 02-04-2005, 09:15 AM

: is Intech?

ilsautomotive · 02-04-2005, 09:29 AM

Intech is the base AU motor, like mine.

NZ · 02-04-2005, 12:08 PM

fancy name for the same shit

Psycho Chicken · 02-04-2005, 12:22 PM

Rods pistons and crank are different Karl :P Don't forget that fancy sump and head!

ilsautomotive · 02-04-2005, 01:18 PM

I think strictly speaking it refers to the cylinder deactivation thing.

On the original topic, Poly you might find touch up paint is another option.

NZ · 02-04-2005, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Rods pistons and crank are different Karl :P Don't forget that fancy sump and head!

Yar but she's still an injun

(please dont use my real name publically)

**Polyal** · 02-04-2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trouty

I think strictly speaking it refers to the cylinder deactivation thing.

On the original topic, Poly you might find touch up paint is another option.

Yes put is the touch up paint alot more expensive than the badges? And matching poly green would be tough wouldn't it?

Psycho Chicken · 02-04-2005, 04:42 PM

Cylinder deactivation? WTF?

EFFalcon · 02-04-2005, 05:52 PM

AU's can run with little to no coolant
shuts off cylinders ... sorta another limp home mode.
keeps things nice and cool

**Peuty** · 02-04-2005, 06:32 PM

Thats right, Ford supposedly claims that it can infact run with out a radiator hose.

NZ · 02-04-2005, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Cylinder deactivation? WTF?

in eseries this is when pistons go through the block

JUZXR8 · 02-04-2005, 07:20 PM

ive got a set of ea s badges the i want to replace the falcon gli badge with (u know the ones on the back of the car) any ideas how i can take them off and replace them and do minimal damage?

**Polyal** · 02-04-2005, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Juz_Gremlin

ive got a set of ea s badges the i want to replace the falcon gli badge with (u know the ones on the back of the car) any ideas how i can take them off and replace them and do minimal damage?

yeah Im looking for the EB one mate, the one with the blue "S". Thanks though.

Good question about the removal of the rear badge though! Anyone? I presume its safe to use a butter knife there...lol

JUZXR8 · 02-04-2005, 07:39 PM

when i was at the pick a part on the hume highway the other day (wednesday) i saw te exact badges ur after....bout 80% sure neway

Sundeep · 03-04-2005, 12:08 AM

Yeah you're a doush bro. You could have at least covered the end of the butter knife with a cloth before going hack. The only badge you won't get flamed for putting on there now is a 3.9MPI one, so do that or put the ones you took off on!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trouty

I think strictly speaking it refers to the cylinder deactivation thing.

Nah it's not that for sure. I'm pretty sure it was just coz the engine was sick and they need a sick name.

Sundeep

Psycho Chicken · 03-04-2005, 12:27 AM

Ahhh that crap, Holden has that shit too. I wonder if it works on AU engines running EEC IV.

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Originally Posted by Karl

in eseries this is when pistons go through the block

Never seen this on an E-Series, lost count of Subarus though.

03-04-2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

yeah Im looking for the EB one mate, the one with the blue "S". Thanks though.

Good question about the removal of the rear badge though! Anyone? I presume its safe to use a butter knife there...lol

when i put a new Fairmont Ghia Badge in my rear Garnish i used a jewlers screw driver to lift it up slowly then when there was enough room i slid a bigger screwdriver in to pry it off. i also used a cloth so nothing got damaged.

Kenaz · 03-04-2005, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Karl

fancy name for the same shit

That's what I was thinking.

ilsautomotive · 03-04-2005, 09:32 AM

I had to take a Falcon S badge off my GL garnish and that took ages to prise off using a flat screw driver. By the end I wasn't in the best of moods and the S badge was in multiple pieces, but I think it had been superglued on or something.

dansedgli · 03-04-2005, 09:50 AM

Using a butter knife was just stupid. How did you expect to not **** your paint?

Use a heat gun or even some of big kevs goo remover to soften the sticky stuff and fishing line or something flat to pry it off much unlike a butter knife with jagged edges.

And take your time, taking an extra 30 minutes is better than paying to fix panels and get laughed at by the panel beater when you tell him you used a butter knife to debadge your own car.

**Polyal** · 03-04-2005, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by dansedgli

Using a butter knife was just stupid. How did you expect to not **** your paint?

Use a heat gun or even some of big kevs goo remover to soften the sticky stuff and fishing line or something flat to pry it off much unlike a butter knife with jagged edges.

And take your time, taking an extra 30 minutes is better than paying to fix panels and get laughed at by the panel beater when you tell him you used a butter knife to debadge your own car.

Well I didn't actually scratch anything for a while, then as you do, you go for a little bit more and then youve gone to far.

Im not really concerned about the chips as the worst side is getting resprayed as a lady backed into my drivers side door a while ago, still haven't got around to fixing it yet as I spent the cash on a stereo...lol

When I find a high-series garnish Ill just do the same to the rear badge, there is nothing to scratch on them atleast.