so I finally debadged athena. It looks awesome, such a clean look. I will post picture tomorrow. I have redondo red.


If I look closely where the letters used to be, I can see faint outline of the letters, I guess its probably glue, you guys experience this? what can I use to get that off without any damage to the paint?

Thanks for the replies.

 

The outline is probably from the fact that there is wax around the letters, but not under them. Just wash and wax the car and it should look fine.

 

After the paint has been exposed to the elements for a while, the color is slightly off from the original color (which is why it is harder to match body kits and the sort to a car that has 20K miles on it rather than just 1K).

If the surface is smooth, it is not glue. Try the good wash & wax method that te3point5 mentioned, and if it there is a faint outline still present, it should fade as those sections are also exposed to nature like the rest of your paint.

 

Wax usually will do the trick. G'luck!

 

I debadged my car a week after I got it =X

 

wax will fix the problem

 

You can use Meguiars Scratch X. That removed most of my blemishes and scratches on my car.

 

Where's the pix?

 

the pics will be here later on today

 

someone had to do it ...

 

need help posting pictures....who do I go to? I don't have a web page to put the pics on.

 

debage is cleaner look... heres a pic

 

What rims you got there homie? any pics?

 

ummmm the tires like like they have been installed backwards. i dunno what type of tires they are but from the tread they look like uni-directional tires. meaning there is a left and a right side to them. i thought that all uni-directional tread should point foward.

 

I think the tires are backwards too...every car I've seen with a tread pattern like that have the tread pointing in the direction of travel. Mabe he drives fast in reverse and wants them that way????

 

can anyone help me put some pictures on this thread?

 

Looks like the tires need to be flipped. The "debadged" looks good.

 

Isn't that how the tread pattern is supposed to be. If you think about it, the contact patch, where the tires actually make contact with the road, the tread appears to be in the right direction. Isn't the pattern supposed to sweep water away from front to back??? That V pattern would suggest so.

Who knows.....I could be wrong.

 

All the tires pictures in Tire Rack have the tire mounted on the wheel with the grooves pointing in the same direction as the car in this thread. Here's a sample http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

 

I don't think it matter which direction the tire is mounted on the wheel, the key information is which side of the car is the wheel going to be put on. from looking at the picture on tirerack, it seems that the wheel would be mounted on the drivers side of the vehicle.

In the picture above, it looks like the passenger side back wheel should be mounted on the drivers side.

 

It definitely matters which direction the tire is mounted on the wheel. That is why all directional tires have a statement on the sidewall that says something like: This side must face out, or words to that effect.

If you put it on the wheel inside out, it will still be inside out regardless of which side of the car it is mounted.

The following is from the Tire Rack Owner’s Manual:

Directional tires only: Refer to the "rotation arrow" branding on the tire's sidewall. The arrow indicates the direction in which the tire should turn.

Asymmetric tires only: All tires should show sidewall branding indicating side facing outward.

Directional and asymmetric tires: Look for "side facing outwards" branding. Look for "rotation arrow" to determine side of vehicle.

 

I agree with you Ron, but what I meant to say what that once you have the tire on the wheel, you can easily tell which side( either drivers or passengers) of the car the tire should be mounted, depending on the unidirectional tread. From the picture on tirerack, it looks like the wheel, with the tire on, should be put on the drivers side. Same applies with the picture shown above.