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sparky58 · 06-24-2012, 11:56 PM

I bought the old school badges from Camaro Central, had to cut off tabs and install double stick tape.

Sir Nuke · 06-25-2012, 08:21 AM

my opinion.......and ya know how the saying goes, lol anyway.....my input, "WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT"......and don't car whatever anyone else wants or likes....uts your ride.

MrGood · 06-25-2012, 09:21 AM

I painted my front bowties center satin black and scratched the red off the rs.

Also plastidipped my Camaro badges

Also removed the rear bowtie to replace it with one of these.

Which I plan to go over with abm or regular fender letters like this.

And I removed my rs trunk badge for this.

Just some ideas.

OHIOSS · 06-25-2012, 09:37 AM

I can't believe anyone would care what you do to your own car. I had wheel vents installed and the body shop was going to put the Camaro letters back on (not sure where) but I told them to leave them off. I had a couple of people that said "nice Mustang" so I put on a Camaro SS windshield banner put on so there wouldn't be any confusion that it's a Camaro and not a Mustang.

Russ

Nasty1970 · 06-26-2012, 11:17 AM

Personally I take the Boyd Coddington approach to cars, basically he would look down a car and the first thing that grabbed his eye, he would remove. To me the Bowties just didnt look good. So I pulled them and added some retro SS badges. I think it looks much better this way, and its not like you cant put them back on, they are just stuck on with 3M tape.

hrpiii · 06-26-2012, 01:21 PM

so what if you debadge your car, then next thing you know when you are out shopping and walk out of wal mart, you try to get into a Ford Fusion... oh Dam, that's not my car. You didn't notice because the owner of the Ford Fusion also debadged his car. Now you can't find where you parked. That night in the garage, you are re-badging your car, because you were so humiliated.

LOL!!!!

Camaroshark · 06-26-2012, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackMamba88

Haha I cant get no love because i own a Challenger

Its all good, I run into corvettes & Camaros all the time and they've all gave me

I love 5th Gens

No comment. My wife has a deep water blue challenger r/t and I have the red jewel camaro SS..

nvthegreen · 06-26-2012, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hrpiii

so what if you debadge your car, then next thing you know when you are out shopping and walk out of wal mart, you try to get into a Ford Fusion... oh Dam, that's not my car. You didn't notice because the owner of the Ford Fusion also debadged his car. Now you can't find where you parked. That night in the garage, you are re-badging your car, because you were so humiliated.

LOL!!!!

LMAO. Second time this point was raised and it's legit. I didn't get into the camaro world to be mistaken for anything but. Since I started the thread I decided I didn't so much want the badges gone as I wanted them to match. I'm gonna paint them black. I don't have straight eyes though so I have to figure out to get them back on correctly

JN3WMN · 06-27-2012, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nvthegreen

I thought I'd ask the input of this wonderful community because I respect the opinion of the majority and I'm up in the air on this issue. I've considered the removal of the 'camaro' side badges and the 'RS' badges on the front and rear as an easy mod. As I've come closer to doing it I almost feel like I'm disrespecting the 'Camaro Gods' by doing so. What does everybody think?

Go for it man. I took off the bowtie & the RS badge when I had my heritage grille installed & I think it makes the car look a lot cleaner. No regrets.

nvthegreen · 07-08-2012, 10:08 PM

Things have changed. Pulled the "Camaro" badges off to paint black and realized there wasn't a chance in all holy heck I was going to try realigning them after painting them. LOL. I actually love the clean look without them

TheRaven · 12-19-2012, 01:04 PM

I'm debadging the car entirely. I will replace the "CAMARO" on the fenders with the letters " RAVEN " that will be the only thing on the body.

SgtPickles69 · 12-19-2012, 02:37 PM

Debadge for me except for the fender lettering that say Camaro. I like those

kiteman · 12-19-2012, 05:28 PM

i think it is immature when v6 owners debadge, it's like they are trying to hide something (or at least trying to fool people into believing they have a v8). couldn't care less if you have a v8 and do it, i just know that 99 out of every 100 camaros i have seen debadged were v6s. case in point...go back and look at this thread and see how many v8's actually did it vs. v6s. i haven't looked, but i bet the results are pretty lopsided.

PalmerGA · 12-19-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRaven

I'm debadging the car entirely. I will replace the "CAMARO" on the fenders with the letters " RAVEN " that will be the only thing on the body.

If you used "CROW" instread (W is the upside down M) you wouldn't have to buy new letters.

06-24-2012, 11:56 PM	#43
sparky58 Drives: 2011 Camaro Conv. 1969 Corvette Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 8	Badges I bought the old school badges from Camaro Central, had to cut off tabs and install double stick tape. Attached Images

06-25-2012, 08:21 AM	#44
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '26 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,717 View My Garage	my opinion.......and ya know how the saying goes, lol anyway.....my input, "WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT"......and don't car whatever anyone else wants or likes....uts your ride. __________________

06-25-2012, 09:37 AM	#46
OHIOSS Russ Drives: Yukon Denali, Charger, CamaroSS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,811	I can't believe anyone would care what you do to your own car. I had wheel vents installed and the body shop was going to put the Camaro letters back on (not sure where) but I told them to leave them off. I had a couple of people that said "nice Mustang" so I put on a Camaro SS windshield banner put on so there wouldn't be any confusion that it's a Camaro and not a Mustang. Russ Attached Images

06-26-2012, 11:17 AM	#47
Nasty1970 Drives: 2011 Red 2SS RS Convertible Join Date: May 2011 Location: Houston TX Posts: 377	Personally I take the Boyd Coddington approach to cars, basically he would look down a car and the first thing that grabbed his eye, he would remove. To me the Bowties just didnt look good. So I pulled them and added some retro SS badges. I think it looks much better this way, and its not like you cant put them back on, they are just stuck on with 3M tape. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1970 Camaro ,2011 Red Convertible 2SS,2008 Saturn Sky,2012 Jeep Wrangler

07-08-2012, 10:08 PM	#52
nvthegreen Drives: 2011 Synergy Green Camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Ormond Beach, Fl Posts: 52	Things have changed. Pulled the "Camaro" badges off to paint black and realized there wasn't a chance in all holy heck I was going to try realigning them after painting them. LOL. I actually love the clean look without them __________________ V6: Saving on Gas, Spending on Mods Mods: Custom Magnflow exhaust, Injen CAI, custom painted interior by Lupe, green footwell LED's by AAC, green dome and trunk LED's by AAC, custom painted bowties by Lupe, 'Camaro' and 'RS' emblems delete, black hockey stripes

06-25-2012, 09:21 AM	#45
MrGood Drives: Broken palmghetto test car Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Balm, FL Posts: 1,033	I painted my front bowties center satin black and scratched the red off the rs. Also plastidipped my Camaro badges Also removed the rear bowtie to replace it with one of these. Which I plan to go over with abm or regular fender letters like this. And I removed my rs trunk badge for this. Just some ideas.

06-26-2012, 01:21 PM	#48
hrpiii AKA "Beefcake" Drives: 2023 ZL1 Sharkskin Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indy Posts: 8,573	so what if you debadge your car, then next thing you know when you are out shopping and walk out of wal mart, you try to get into a Ford Fusion... oh Dam, that's not my car. You didn't notice because the owner of the Ford Fusion also debadged his car. Now you can't find where you parked. That night in the garage, you are re-badging your car, because you were so humiliated. LOL!!!!

12-19-2012, 01:04 PM	#53
TheRaven TheRaven Drives: 2012 RS Camaro-black Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Henry County, Georgia Posts: 122	I'm debadging the car entirely. I will replace the "CAMARO" on the fenders with the letters " RAVEN " that will be the only thing on the body.

12-19-2012, 02:37 PM	#54
SgtPickles69 Team LFX Drives: Fast Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: TX Posts: 621	Debadge for me except for the fender lettering that say Camaro. I like those Attached Images

12-19-2012, 05:28 PM	#55
kiteman Drives: 2012 45th Camaro, 2SS/M6 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: At my computer Posts: 1,327	i think it is immature when v6 owners debadge, it's like they are trying to hide something (or at least trying to fool people into believing they have a v8). couldn't care less if you have a v8 and do it, i just know that 99 out of every 100 camaros i have seen debadged were v6s. case in point...go back and look at this thread and see how many v8's actually did it vs. v6s. i haven't looked, but i bet the results are pretty lopsided.