Anyone de-badged their tailgate?

[Christopher]

Do it... Do it! I think it looks pretty good with the clean back.
re how to do it, I remember reading here that someone had done the hot glue gun and fishing wire before and it worked a treat. If you do a search for it you should find it... but I imagine that's the best was to do it... Can you check with the dealer / mechanic to see if there any screws, etc holding the badge in place..

[jayjay]

oooohhh!! i thought you meant de-badging as in removing the rear vw sign ( which is the integrated boot lid handle ).

i thought it was possible to order new cars without badges...? thus inferring that they're only held on with glue...

i do like badge-less new golfs. they look awfully smooth.

[Axis]

Personally I've had best debadging results using boiling water and fishing line. I know it sounds drastic but the boiling water eats the glue quickly and easily without damaging the paint. The badge comes off with barely no glue residue left on the bodywork.

In terms of the aesthetics, its completely personal preference. In my opinion you should do it as I think it looks great.

[Mk6 GTI]

Because it looks a thousand times cleaner. Take a look at the back of a GTI sometime to get an idea...

Even better here's a quick photoshop

im with you on that mate.. I think that TSI badge needs to go too. I dont like the red lettering :|

And it is stuck on.. not drilled. Ive seen it being stuck on in a youtube video of the assembly line

[G-rig]

May as well do it looks good either way, just keep them to put back on if you sell it as you get more for cars that haven't been stuffed around with or that are put back to stock , even though it's just a badge .

[VWEAPN]

ye do it ! hate cars with badges. i second that, keep the badges for re-sale

[jimmyjames]

Badges annoy me so I got rid of mine with mild citrus solvent to start breaking down the double sided tape that holds them on, then some waxed dental tape to work the badges off and a clean up with polish.

I also used a credit card slid under the bottom of the badge set to protect the surface as I used a hook tool to pull the top of the badge away from the surface.

Looks much cleaner, I'm happy.

PS: No holes, just tape.

[dave_r]

Add me to the list of people taking badges off. For one, it makes it so much easier to wash the car around that area. Secondly it just looks better. I'd tick the box if they had a factory option for it.

The only badge offence people should be taking aim at is those who put badges of higher spec cars on their pov pack.....not looking at 318i drivers or anything!

But it isn't that hard. I don't like the idea of using any type of product. I've had good results just using a hair dryer to heat up the glue/tape and then slowly pulling the badge off. Then give it a good clean.

[MurphyTheElf]

I might stick an Audi badge on my GTI, you know, like HSV owners sticking Chevrolet badges on their Commodores. I'll be wicked awesome.

[Corey_R]

Add me to the list of people taking badges off. For one, it makes it so much easier to wash the car around that area. Secondly it just looks better. I'd tick the box if they had a factory option for it.

Would you do that to your R though? I mean, I know that even the single 'GTI' badge on the back can be annoying to polish and things, but with the Golf R you have a single letter under the left taillight, and because of the black box of the new R logo, the inside of the R is also filled in, making it one of the easier badges to polish and wash around.


You also have a single R badge on the front grill:


Would you also remove that? Or just the one on the rear?

I might stick an Audi badge on my GTI, you know, like HSV owners sticking Chevrolet badges on their Commodores. I'll be wicked awesome.

LOL Murphy!