Badges or no badges? That is the question.

Blacked out the Tacoma badges on the side with black epoxy paint, deleted the rear V6 badge (since that is nothing to brag about in a truck haha), and also removed the TRD stickers since stickers only belong on my cooler and fridge.

 

Did you remove the badges to paint them?

 

no.

 

Yeah. Little heat from a heat gun and dental floss got them off. Use goof off professional strength to remove the residue. Prep the badges, paint, and then use

$6 3m VHB 100x200mm~ (4" X8") Double Sided Foam Adhesive Sheet Tape 5952 Automotive Mounting Industrial Grade Very High Bond 5952 (1 Sheets 100x200mm)

3m VHB 0.125" tape to reapply. It was way more work than I expected but I am happy with the results.

 

Did you have to trim the 3M tape from around the letters? I assume you did. I think I might try this. Thanks.

 

Definitely no

 

That’s never a derail.... always allowed and encouraged on TW.

 

I like blackened badges and badges removed from dark colored trucks but, light colored trucks look too plain without them. I definitely think decals should be removed from all trucks. Looks cheap. Custom decals I’ve seen look cool.

 

Thats not a bad idea if you are handy with an xacto knife. The tape I purchased was already the correct width so I just snipped a bunch of tiny pieces and placed them all along the border of the text. Behind the badge, there is only a tiny lip of material that actually makes contact with your vehicle. It is only about 2-3mm in most spots.

 

@Gamma11: ive linked a pic of the sequoias trd sport emblem that comes stock on the front door panels of 2018+ sports. im gonna buy an extra set and set it on the upper left hand of the tailgate like how the xrunners had their emblem situated. everything else will be debaged for a clean look. in theory this is gonna look awesome...hopefully lol.

 

I took my chrome badges off but kept the off-road 4x4 sticker. A white truck with red accents look great.

 

How will they know if it is a Sport, TRD Pro or Off Road...tell them "keep up."

 

I decided to go no badges. I was going to get black but EVERYBODY is getting black. I don’t want to see a clone everywhere I go. I does look cleaner

 

That is one pretty machine you got there. I’m jealous I didn’t get the white now.

 

My naked Taco. If they can't tell its an OR then they stupit...

 

I can’t commit fully to going badgeless yet, but I did start by dumping the SR5 and V6 logos. Super easy process with 15 sec of a heat gun, a little work with some fishing wire, and some Goof Off.

 

I just put black over lays on my chrome badges.

 

yep. I did the same on the badges I kept on. Love the blacked out look.

 

If I were going to the work of taking them off to paint, They'd never go back on. To me it's a toss-up on no badges or black badges.