De-badging my 4Motion

[garybyrne69 0]

Hi All,

A little bit of advice please? I currently park my newly acquired 4Motion out on the street and am a bit worried that some little scrote is going to either damage it or steal it, so I want to remove the obvious badges. The car is a 2001 on a Y plate, so the only badge is on the tailgate; the questions are:

Should I do it?

If I do, are there any tips on how to do it without damaging the paintwork and to make sure I can replace them if I sell the car on?

Thanks

Gary

[Toby 0]

whenever I've removed badges that are stuck on, all I've done is prise a corner of the badge off with a knife or similar (wrapped in some kitchen roll or something to protect the paintwork just in case), then just carefully pulled the badge off - any sticky stuff left on the paintwork can just be removed with a bit of white spirit. As for removing the badge, only do it if you think there is a chance it will attract unwanted attention where you live, other than that leave it on I reckon

[garybyrne69 0]

Hi Tobesvw,

Thanks for the reply, I will admit that the existing badging in quite discreet, so I may decide to leave it on, however as I spend a reasonable amount of time away from home leaving my car parked outside on the street I am paranoid that my new baby is going to get nicked whilst I am off on a business trip. Parking in a more secure location is a pain in the a**e as it means I have to get dropped off at the office on the way back from the airport, and that is too close to work (especially on a Friday afternoon).

Anyhow, I will give it some serious thought, thanks again.

Gary

[garybyrne69 0]

Hi All,

These are the only badges that I have, the V6 and the 4motion ones, is it really worth taking these off?

[hellsVR6 0]

Are today's yoofs sophisticated enough to know what this car is capable of?

I mean they understand the GTi badge as it's like a status symbol to them ???

[Ben Seabrook 4]

Would not bother myself mate - maybe worth it for making it less desirable for nicking but I think if someone wants to nick it they will badges or not

[pimpcat 0]

first of all snap!!

i wouldnt bother m8 no one takes any notice of mine. if its a top spec like mine people will be able to tell its a gd car jst by the seats (recaro)

its just hassel u dont need jst like ben said

[pimpcat 0]

do u not have v6 on the front?

[robert4motion 0]

your badges look as if they have been removed at some point cos theyre not sittin right , maybe it was a debadged one from the factory .

personally i like the badgless look , and about the nicking thing , most people dont know what a v6 4motion is anyway buddy , very rare car .

[garybyrne69 0]

do u not have v6 on the front?

Interestingly I do not have a V6 badge on the front and a subsequent post would suggest that perhaps the badges had been removed earlier as they dont seem to be lined up correctly (perhaps after a respray on the tailgate or no badges in the first place?). Still the log book all adds up so no worries there. I think I will leave them on, just to torment GTI owners!

[stusnook 0]

Are the badges on the back of the VR6 just stuck on? The badges are silver and I'd like to change them to black via a little respray (have done this with the grill badges and have been happy with the results) - so I'd like to remove them, respray then put them back on. So the question is - has anyone else removed and re-applied VR6 badges from the back of their car? If so - how do you do it?

Thanks

[binliner 0]

personally i like the badgless look ' date=' and about the nicking thing , most people dont know what a v6 4motion is anyway buddy , very rare car .

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Yeah I agree the badges look rubbish, much cleaner without... but since when have 4motions been rare?!!

[binliner 0]

Are the badges on the back of the VR6 just stuck on? The badges are silver and I'd like to change them to black via a little respray (have done this with the grill badges and have been happy with the results) - so I'd like to remove them' date=' respray then put them back on. So the question is - has anyone else removed and re-applied VR6 badges from the back of their car? If so - how do you do it?

Thanks

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yeah theyre just stuck on

[robert4motion 0]

personally i like the badgless look ' date=' and about the nicking thing , most people dont know what a v6 4motion is anyway buddy , very rare car .

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Yeah I agree the badges look rubbish, much cleaner without... but since when have 4motions been rare?!!

im just goin on my opinion mate , ive had mine around 2 years and ive only ever seen a handful of others about .

Nearly every mk 4 you see is a tdi or a gti which you see about 20 times a day no matter where you go

[binliner 0]

yeah you're not wrong about TDIs... every other car is a silver TDI or black GTI Mk4! There's a fair few 4mos round here but I guess compared to other mk4s they're scarce