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De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« on: 15 June 2009, 02:02:26 »
Whats your thoughts?

It seems quite an easy job on the facelift versions.

I am planning to just leave the "2.6 V6" and remove the rest.

Anybody done anything similar - I see one or two have gone the whole hog and cleaned up completely which is also nice.
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2009, 06:06:16 »
I have OMEGA 2.0 on my back end but under the bonnet hides a 3.0L V6 so it really messes with people especially on entrance ramps when they think they can overtake me and I end up spanking them real bad...


I say do it!
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2009, 06:29:58 »
Yeah I'm an advocate of de-badging - so go ahead try it and see!

In some ways I'd rather see less than additional stuff. (like a lot of the 22 year olds that stick 'VXR' all over their dropped 1990 Novas).
As I'm often saying - your car - your thing. If you dont like it change it back or try something else. Give it a go!

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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2009, 07:07:52 »
my estate is factory debadged, just vauxhall logos front and back.

no omega, size or door trim level and I like it  :y
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2009, 11:11:10 »
go for the 'sleeper' look. im a great fan of it to. my mv6 has no badges also and im doin the same to the elite est. go for it
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2009, 12:14:56 »
mines just back from the bodyshop with the rear completely debadged...ill get some pictures soon! :)
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #6 on: 15 June 2009, 12:47:56 »
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I have OMEGA 2.0 on my back end but under the bonnet hides a 3.0L V6 so it really messes with people especially on entrance ramps when they think they can overtake me and I end up spanking them real bad...


I say do it!

You are a twisted man  ::)
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #7 on: 15 June 2009, 13:41:39 »
My 3.2 also badgeless,just the griffin on the back,and mv6 on sides,great fun when a 17 year old pillock tries it on. ;D :y
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #8 on: 15 June 2009, 15:58:29 »
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Whats your thoughts?

It seems quite an easy job on the facelift versions.

I am planning to just leave the "2.6 V6" and remove the rest.

Anybody done anything similar - I see one or two have gone the whole hog and cleaned up completely which is also nice.

There are two holes under the boot Griffin that'lll need filling.  :y
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2009, 18:08:10 »
De-badge it will look much better  :y
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #10 on: 15 June 2009, 18:32:57 »
here are our 2, 1 debadged (factory), 1 extra badged (previous owner)



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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #11 on: 15 June 2009, 18:42:53 »
All that my car has on the back is Vauxhall and on the other side Elite,  no V6 or 24V or 3.0. so when the idiots come with there boy racer elephants roller scates with the drain pipe exhaust and bass speakers as big as the wheels I just push a little on the gas and leave them looking stupid.
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #12 on: 15 June 2009, 19:31:39 »
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Whats your thoughts?

It seems quite an easy job on the facelift versions.

I am planning to just leave the "2.6 V6" and remove the rest.

Anybody done anything similar - I see one or two have gone the whole hog and cleaned up completely which is also nice.

There are two holes under the boot Griffin that'lll need filling.  :y

What, even on the later models? BOOOOO! Not messin with that for a while then.
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #13 on: 15 June 2009, 19:34:16 »
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Whats your thoughts?

It seems quite an easy job on the facelift versions.

I am planning to just leave the "2.6 V6" and remove the rest.

Anybody done anything similar - I see one or two have gone the whole hog and cleaned up completely which is also nice.

There are two holes under the boot Griffin that'lll need filling.  :y

What, even on the later models? BOOOOO! Not messin with that for a while then.

I was thinking saloon .... not estate!  ::)
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Re: De-badged rear end - cool or criminal?
« Reply #14 on: 15 June 2009, 23:09:44 »
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Whats your thoughts?

It seems quite an easy job on the facelift versions.

I am planning to just leave the "2.6 V6" and remove the rest.

Anybody done anything similar - I see one or two have gone the whole hog and cleaned up completely which is also nice.

There are two holes under the boot Griffin that'lll need filling.  :y

What, even on the later models? BOOOOO! Not messin with that for a while then.

I was thinking saloon .... not estate!  ::)

Mine IS saloon - so you are sayin that even on the facelift they use lugs on the back of the badge? Maybe a Holden badge then??
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