ok guys, wats the hot tip for removing the torana badges from an LJ?
removing badges?
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, Jun 07 2006 04:29 PM
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 08:44 PM
I don't know about the GTR Badges, but the 'TORANA' 'S' and 'SL' badges all have sheetmetal pressed nuts on the back of them. If you open the boot and have a look you will see them.
To get to the ones on the guards you need to remove the inside splash guard (inside the guard).
The 'Trimatic', '2250' and '2850' badges in the boot are just a press fit from memory.
Just be gentle on the nuts, they are only pressed out of sheet metal.
Steve
To get to the ones on the guards you need to remove the inside splash guard (inside the guard).
The 'Trimatic', '2250' and '2850' badges in the boot are just a press fit from memory.
Just be gentle on the nuts, they are only pressed out of sheet metal.
Steve
Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 07 June 2006 - 08:45 PM.
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 10:25 PM
I would be more worried about breaking off the tabs on the back of the badges.
are you gonna put them back on? if not, you are going to need to weld up the holes
are you gonna put them back on? if not, you are going to need to weld up the holes
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Posted 08 June 2006 - 09:59 AM
The pressed sheet metal nuts are a pain in my ass!! Some of them wil come off ok, others will refuse to come off, they just keep turning and turning and turning.. so on and so forth. I ended up climbing into the boot so i could reach them properly. Gets a bit of a pain, i snapped one of my TORANA badges in half by accident (pulled it off... then dropped it and it just broke) but i didnt want them to put back on anyway. if your car is headin to the paint and panel once the rego runs out, and your not planning on putting the badges back on, youve got some welding and grinding to do 
CHEERS Chris
CHEERS Chris
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Posted 08 June 2006 - 06:41 PM
When i had the rust 'repaired' in my doors, they broke one of pins off the Torana badge on the front drivers guard and then stuck it on and NEVER EVEN TOLD ME!
Good job i had a parts car to get another one from...
But that jacks me off... Won't be going to that pannel shop again.
Steve
Good job i had a parts car to get another one from...
But that jacks me off... Won't be going to that pannel shop again.
Steve
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Posted 08 June 2006 - 09:46 PM
i get my dad to do my work (hes teaching me as the project goes on) he doesnt trust anyone hes seen engines rebuilt with the same cams whacked back in and they were st(*fed
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Posted 08 June 2006 - 09:59 PM
thats why i do as much as I can, or get someone I know to do it if i cant
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 06:34 PM
This seems like me... more and more I just do the work. In the long run I am the one who enjoys my car and takes car of it not some pimpley faced kid which thinks a excel with a purple paint job a cruise car.. :Sthats why i do as much as I can, or get someone I know to do it if i cant
To remove badges once clips undone use a 60gsm strip of paper to help pull it from the guard, this way it will kill the paper before teh badge.
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