Suj's Bora...Now Standard (Workhorse), Then Tracktoy Time :D

[suj]

like I said before, 73.8mpg is my best, no pic though

 

[dervpower]

Good mpg guys

 

[jenk]

Thats silly mpg! You must be driving like a granny.

Stance?

 

[OllieL]

Guess the air is thinner up there, less wind resistance

Ollie

 

[suj]

thanks will

thanks luke, nope, 60-65mph all the way

yep ollie, I gotta run so high, otherwise my man bits would scrape when I walk, the downsides of being blessed

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Guess the air is thinner up there, less wind resistance

Ollie

 

[suj]

Debadged

Debadged Rear

Today I debadged the rear of Dora, with help of Arun (never done it before) but I added another tip to help get some of the stubborn bits off

Things needed to do it:
Hair Dryer
Dental Floss
Sticky Stuff Spray (from Halfords, or similar)
Aftershave (My added special lol)
A Nail lol (make sure it is smooth, or it will scratch your paint, I will not be held responsible)
Some cloths (preferably microfibres, so you don't scratch the bodywork)

How it looked before I started


Before by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr

Then I changed its name for a few seconds lol


BORAT by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr

1) heat up the letter/s with the hair dryer
then use the dental floss to go behind the letters, and floss it off


Sticky Pad by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr

2) The sticky pad will be left on the car, so now heat it up again with the hairdryer, and it will come off with your nail (and I have no nails, as I cut them yesterday lol)


there will be some residue left now, this is the most time consuming bit to get off
3) Now shake well the sticky stuff spray, then spray, and let soak in for 5-8mins
then using your nails again, scrape off all the residue, then wipe off with the MF cloth


Sticky Stuff Sprayed On by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr

4) there will be less residue that will not go, now whip out the aftershave, put onto a cloth and rub into the residue, should come away slowly, repeat until it is totally gone using nails to help agitate it off paintwork

5) Polish the area so it comes up nice, I just did a quick SRP, and put HD Wax to cover it (I know it was just that little patch I polished/waxed, but I wanted to have it looking good/protected, will do rest of the car next weekend )


Final Pics of it


Final by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr


Final by Suraj Joshi, on Flickr

looks good now

bring on coilovers on first week of feb (payday), and then the rest of bits to get wheels on the next month payday

 

[ather`s]

suj, nice work, when ever ive taken badges off, ive used a boiling water, a cloth and a fine screw driver and it seems to get alot of the sticky stuff off too. each to there own and what works for you! looks good though.

 

[patchb]

An easier way to get the sticky **** off is to buy a fudge wheel, 2 seconds work and its done. Especially useful if removing bumpstrips.

 

[suj]

thanks phil, tbh new to debadging, used the aftershave trick from getting rid of tape marks etc

thanks patch, wtf is a fudge wheel lmao
lol

 

[gezmeister]

Much better mate

Best free mod you can do imo

 

[patchb]

Haha, its also called a Caramel wheel sometimes. You basically attach it to a drill, it spins round and whips all the glue off but does no harm to your paint.

 

[suj]

Much better mate

Best free mod you can do imo

agreed gez, cleans the back, when I told my mates I was debadging, they thought even the VW sign lmao hahhaha
good luck, as its part of the mechanism to open it lol

Haha, its also called a Caramel wheel sometimes. You basically attach it to a drill, it spins round and whips all the glue off but does no harm to your paint.

oh ok, would of made my job easier, but then i'd have to borrow a drill, so it's cool, but will have to do more research, taa mate

 

[abhardwaj1990]

I'll have too look into getting one of them fudge/caramel/chocolate wheels.

Good job brother, looks awesome
Need to invest in a proper dslr, mine is shiezer.



Oh oh oh, get pressed plates

 

[suj]

I got terry's chocolate orange ball, will that work?

thanks for tips lil man

yeah do it, get something like a 400d, good starting cam, but awesome tbh!

It looks like my 17-85mm lens might be sold, so I now gotta source a 17-70mm Sigma
Them pics were shot with my 50mm f/1.8

PS plates are on list to do, maybe next month with coilies and my other surprise being delivered atm

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Of course it won't work! its got orange in it, ferrero rocher on the other hand.....

Need to sell my camera, then will buy a DSLR.

Big surprise you say , facebook or die

 

[suj]

naaa, not a big surprise, small one, I told you on FB chat, remember (don't blab it on here lol)

 

[abhardwaj1990]

That you were getting it on with that chubby girl on the right of that pic you sent me?

Other than that I cannot actually remember lol

 

[ather`s]

tell me more!!!!!

 

[suj]

Will tell you later sweet cheeks

If I tell you....you'll be attracted to arun, I'm sorry lol