Afternoon!

Just been thinking about taking the fabia lettering off the tailgate.

I think i would want to leave the vRS badge, decisions decisions!

Anyone else debadged? What does yours have?

Already did this, as well as a bloody dealer's sticker, below vRS badge. Looks a lot better and mysterious IMHO...

Quite simple TBH, it's just glue that's holding it in place. In order to ease up the process a bit, you can warm up the letters (well, the glue under them) using some hair dryer, then they will come off even more easily...

No persistent residues of glue, with a wet cloth you can take it all away, 5min job. If you want a view of this just to be sure before you go ahead, I can post one this evening.

Edited 4 October, 201114 yr by newbie69

Pick a nice sunny day, nick the missus hair dryer.and set at warm, give the lettering a bit of a wiggle and eventually they'll come off then bit turpentine or White spirits to remove the glue you've left behind, that's the way I removed lettering on sons old mk1 VRS, personally I wouldn't bother

Pick a nice sunny day, nick the missus hair dryer.and set at warm, give the lettering a bit of a wiggle and eventually they'll come off then bit turpentine or White spirits to remove the glue you've left behind, that's the way I removed lettering on sons old mk1 VRS, personally I wouldn't bother

There's a father spoiling his son! :wonder: Let the boy try himself you should have!

I have done it to most of my previous cars...

I like the cleaner look personally, not to mention easier cleaning over winter.

photoshop time...

photoshop time...

As I said, you can have a look soon enough, only 1 hour until I'm off for home...

Yeah a picture would be great...

I bet it drags longer for you than it does for me!

Yeah a picture would be great...

I bet it drags longer for you than it does for me!

make sure to deduct time difference, 17:07 here,

There's a father spoiling his son! :wonder: Let the boy try himself you should have!

I did until he started to use a bloody screwdriver to lift them off :( I could have killed him

a photo you say

Done the exact same thing on my Octy, just leaving the VRS and the Skoda badge.

Looks far better if you ask me as Skoda's model lettering looks a bit, well, er naff IMHO, certainly not befitting of a vRS.

Done the exact same thing on my Octy, just leaving the VRS and the Skoda badge.

Looks far better if you ask me as Skoda's model lettering looks a bit, well, er naff IMHO, certainly not befitting of a vRS.

I removed mine by heating up a little with a hair dryer, using a length of string to cut through the glue behind the badge then removing the excess glue with polish

Done the exact same thing on my Octy, just leaving the VRS and the Skoda badge.

Looks far better if you ask me as Skoda's model lettering looks a bit, well, er naff IMHO, certainly not befitting of a vRS.

I agree, I didn't like the font as well, pretty dull for a model as the vRS...

Got to be done! I'm trying to decide whether to do the same to my Mark 1 Fabia! Photoshop later after work I think :p

I like it better without the parking sensors aswell :(

What are insurers take on doing this? Classed as a mod?

I've removed mine and I'm very pleased. Clean and simple.

What are insurers take on doing this? Classed as a mod?

Only if they want to be arses about it!

Only if they want to be arses about it!

Just say they fell off in the heat wave we've just had

I'm thinking off getting rid off the vRS-badge, the Fabia-badge and getting a green-line badge instead!

Reasoning : My car is very green in color and will be running on bio-ethanol... it will pack alot off punch too, so it will be abit off a sleeper x).

I would take the vRS badge of and put a HTP badge on just to confuse things