Debadging...how to?

[uclap5]

i think the jetta looks great without the badges, so perhaps the msp would, do a photoshop test to see if you'd really like the results.

You can always smoke our your own tails, i remember seeing one of our (or the other boards) members with blacked out tails he did himself (on a p5).

Also, i think a dark gray audi "atlas gray metallic" would look good, and also be different from the 3.5 msp's comming outl.

 

[grue]

i think the jetta looks great without the badges, so perhaps the msp would, do a photoshop test to see if you'd really like the results.

*smacks forehead*
*brings out The Gimp*

You can always smoke our your own tails, i remember seeing one of our (or the other boards) members with blacked out tails he did himself (on a p5).

Yeah, that's what I was thinking would have to be done, I can't find aftermarked smoked tails. I'll probably pick up a second set of factory tails from someone who put on Altezzas or somesuch and experiment with those first.

Also, i think a dark gray audi "atlas gray metallic" would look good, and also be different from the 3.5 msp's comming outl.

yeah, that'd be nice, or Aviator Grey off the TT

 

[grue]

Here we go, diff badge and tail configs.....thoughts?

 

[JasonH]

Here we go, diff badge and tail configs.....thoughts?

Not really doing anything for me. I think it's because the "Protege" and "Mazdaspeed" badges actually look good. Most German cars haven't had good looking badges since the '70s, and most Japanese cars have never had good looking badges. I dunno, seems like a lot of work for very little payoff.

 

[70]

I didn't see if anyone had answered the question, but if memory serves me correctly, the "Mazdaspeed" badge should be glued on. The "Protege" badge I think has pins in the body. And the Mazda"Flying M" is glue too...

I forget on the "Flying M"...

 

[grue]

I didn't see if anyone had answered the question, but if memory serves me correctly, the "Mazdaspeed" badge should be glued on. The "Protege" badge I think has pins in the body. And the Mazda"Flying M" is glue too...

I forget on the "Flying M"...

I'd leave the flying M on, but if the Mazdaspeed badge is only glued, it's coming off like a prom dress. In my opinion, and mine alone, it looks very strange to have such different looking badges on either side of the bootlid, and then without one of the badges, it loses symmetry, so then the prot badge has to go, too

 

[grue]

Not really doing anything for me. I think it's because the "Protege" and "Mazdaspeed" badges actually look good. Most German cars haven't had good looking badges since the '70s, and most Japanese cars have never had good looking badges. I dunno, seems like a lot of work for very little payoff.

Yeah, I'll agree there, as far as badges go, it's not bad, but I still don't like it for the reasons in my above post. I guess being a design monkey makes me look at things too closely

 

[uclap5]

I'd leave the flying M on, but if the Mazdaspeed badge is only glued, it's coming off like a prom dress. In my opinion, and mine alone, it looks very strange to have such different looking badges on either side of the bootlid, and then without one of the badges, it loses symmetry, so then the prot badge has to go, too

I agree.

i like how it looks with no badges.

not really sold on the lights though, maybe a little less smoking.
(smoke)