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Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by scottg918514, Mar 11, 2013.

  1. Mar 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM
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    scottg918514

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    Just finished badge blackout. Love it.

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    scottg918514, Mar 11, 2013
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  2. Mar 11, 2013 at 9:38 AM
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    ToyTaco408

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    Sweet, I debaged a lil while ago. Plasti-dip?
     
    ToyTaco408, Mar 11, 2013
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  3. Mar 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM
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    No, removed and painted chromes. Keyed surface, primed, several coats black and clear.
     
    scottg918514, Mar 11, 2013
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  4. Mar 11, 2013 at 9:43 AM
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    ToyTaco408

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    Great work.
     
    ToyTaco408, Mar 11, 2013
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  5. Mar 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM
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    BradyT88

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    Nice! I can't decide if I want to just debadge or blacken them. Kind of worried that I might break them trying to get them off.
     
    BradyT88, Mar 11, 2013
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  6. Mar 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM
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    ToyTaco408

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    Na it's not so hard. I just did mine...fishing line and a blow dryer and a little bit of goof off.:cool:
     
    ToyTaco408, Mar 11, 2013
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  7. Mar 11, 2013 at 11:34 AM
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    I think you mean "goo-gone"? Goo-gone will not damage paint and will remove glue residue. Goof-off is dangerous to use on paint.
     
    Canadiandad, Mar 11, 2013
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  8. Mar 11, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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    De-badged and blacked out
    Great minds think alike. :) Although I removed all my badges.

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    Now you need to replace those bedside stickers with black ones to complete your "black out" mode.

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  9. Mar 11, 2013 at 12:06 PM
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    ToyTaco408

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    apologies, you're totally right
     
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  10. Mar 11, 2013 at 1:46 PM
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    For a noob I used waxed dental floss and mcguire's quick detail wax to pull em off of my old tiburon. They all came off without issue. Emblems look sick man nice job.
     
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  11. Mar 11, 2013 at 1:54 PM
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    Plasi-dip works great on badges. Fastest and easiest way to do it, and looks the same. I have done mine almost a year ago and all of them look like I did them yesterday. Vehicle parked outside in the elements of a Canadian winter.
     
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  12. Mar 11, 2013 at 2:13 PM
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    Ya Im going to do mine when the weather gets better up here and the wheels also, dont care too much for the chrome.
     
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  13. Mar 11, 2013 at 3:26 PM
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    BradyT88

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    I thought about doing that. Is it very hard to clean the plasti-dip off the paint without tearing it off the badges as well?
     
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  14. Mar 11, 2013 at 4:03 PM
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    Nope not at all, if you go slow it should rip right around the edges of the badge. do 4-5 coats and it comes off easier then 2-3 coats.
     
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  15. Mar 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM
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    Nice! I need some plasti-dip and warmer weather.
     
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  16. Mar 11, 2013 at 4:36 PM
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    Larry

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    chrome badging on a silver truck does not look bad at all IMO.
     
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  17. Mar 11, 2013 at 4:52 PM
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    Not at all. Just start tearing it off slowly and it will to the rest for you by itself. You can use a toothpick to pick out overspray from inside "O", "A" etc.

    ^ What he said.
     
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  18. Mar 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM
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    Yeah, but I am looking at de-chroming everything except the chrome panels on the bottom of my doors soon.
     
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  19. Mar 11, 2013 at 6:12 PM
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    You won't. I pulled off the badges from my tailgate yesterday -- no heat gun -- and they stayed intact.
     
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  20. Mar 11, 2013 at 8:13 PM
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    Waiting for the other black badges to arrive. Got this one today.
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