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Title: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 15:18: I'm thinking of debadging my boot in an effort to tidy it up a little. Is this easy to do? Has anybody got a step-by-step guide on how to do this?

Thanks,
Ben.
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 15:37: easy stuff to take of the badges, just get a hairdryer and some thread and you can heat up the badges and they should come of fairly easy then some wd40 to get rid of the sticky crap thats left behind, with the vw badge there is a recess behind it so you might want to get some filler etc or get a bodyshop to do that
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 15:39: I'm not so bothered about the VW badge. I want to tidy up the back plus I want people to stop confusing me with a petrol GTi - just the thought makes me cringe LOL :grin:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: T_J_G on 14 October 2008, 15:51: have a mk5 golf badge which also opens the boot put in by a bodyshop
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 15:58: Quote from: T_J_G on 14 October 2008, 15:51
have a mk5 golf badge which also opens the boot put in by a bodyshop

that would be awsome, bit slicker as well :wink:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 16:22: Lets not get carried away now lads :rolleyes:

I just wanna remove the "Golf" and "GTi" badges.

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easy stuff to take of the badges, just get a hairdryer and some thread and you can heat up the badges and they should come of fairly easy then some wd40 to get rid of the sticky crap thats left behind, with the vw badge there is a recess behind it so you might want to get some filler etc or get a bodyshop to do that

Is that really all there is to it?
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 16:26: Quote from: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 16:22
Lets not get carried away now lads :rolleyes:

I just wanna remove the "Golf" and "GTi" badges.

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easy stuff to take of the badges, just get a hairdryer and some thread and you can heat up the badges and they should come of fairly easy then some wd40 to get rid of the sticky crap thats left behind, with the vw badge there is a recess behind it so you might want to get some filler etc or get a bodyshop to do that

Is that really all there is to it?

yeah literally hairdryer heat them up, then you should be able to either pull them away or i just got a bit of cotton threarn and kinda sawed the sticky back off then cleaned up with some wd40.

then all you need to do is book in to get the mkv boot release fitted lol :grin:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 16:46: Quote
yeah literally hairdryer heat them up

I'll have to wait until the g/f's out then pinch her super-dooper fancy hair dryer :laugh:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 16:56: Quote from: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 16:46
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yeah literally hairdryer heat them up

I'll have to wait until the g/f's out then pinch her super-dooper fancy hair dryer :laugh:

hahah yeah dont let her catch you there would be hell to pay
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 17:01: Will there be any fading behind the badges or will there be any visible outline once the badges have been removed?
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 17:06: Quote from: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 17:01
Will there be any fading behind the badges or will there be any visible outline once the badges have been removed?

i found that you may need ot put some good old elbow grease in with the wd40 to remove the excess sticky crap but nothing extreme and once thats gone cant tell the difference

heres mine

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/zippypockets/PICT1069.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: scottyboy08 on 14 October 2008, 17:07: no when did mine is just took a bit of a polish etc. to make it good as new and yea lol wait until she is out because i burnt my gf's hairdryer out when doing mine so mine was slightly more costly
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 14 October 2008, 17:10: There's no chance of the hairdryer damaging the paint is there through excessive heat?
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: the_stink on 14 October 2008, 17:20: i was blasting away and no damage what so ever mate, what i was doing was passign the hairdryer over the badges in a sweeping motion like but havent heard anyone who has had problems and i think pretty much thats how everone has advised to do it
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: big_el on 15 October 2008, 20:40: Quote from: T_J_G on 14 October 2008, 15:51
have a mk5 golf badge which also opens the boot put in by a bodyshop

have you got any pics of this mate. is it a big job and how much was it ?
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: simmy on 15 October 2008, 21:35: you dont need a hairdryer just some fishing line did mine a couple of months ago,and the sticky that was left behind came off easy then just cut it back to make sure there were no marks :cool:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: T_J_G on 16 October 2008, 01:38: Quote from: big_el on 15 October 2008, 20:40
Quote from: T_J_G on 14 October 2008, 15:51
have a mk5 golf badge which also opens the boot put in by a bodyshop

have you got any pics of this mate. is it a big job and how much was it ?

buy the new performace Vw magazine and it's on a Golf in there.
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 16 October 2008, 11:41: Has anybody got any more pics of their boot smoothed? I'm still :undecided:
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: simmy on 16 October 2008, 18:54: (http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w180/simmy_022/rear-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: Ben_1uk on 17 October 2008, 17:08: Any in reflex silver..?
Title: Re: Smoothed Boot
Post by: T_J_G on 17 October 2008, 17:31: Just stop fussing and get it done mate!

easy to do and you can always put new ones back on.