i took off the carrera 4s off my rear decklid and now i don't like the look. i thought i would. the script came off fine, no problem with breakage.

what do i use to reattach the script? it appears it was originally put on with a thin double sided tape.

thanks.

 

I wasn't sure about mine, but it has grown on me - I painted the engine grille, too. I do think it is a special tape that is used, but I looked in the PET and didn't find a part number. Do you have the PET?

 

Roche, use this stuff: http://www.autobodysupplies.com/double-sided-tape.htm

btw, I debadged but it still had a ghost image that bothered me. So, I rebadged. But I got a black Carrera emblem and a black 4 with a gray S. Looks nice, imho. I think it would look good on your car with your black details....

 

no PET here.

 

yeah, i had a very faint ghost image as well, but not enough to bother me and i'm really picky. it just seems that there needs to be something in between the bottom of the decklid and the grill. i've seen a bebadged boxster and i think it looks realy good...i guess i'm kinda weird.

 

The emblems come with the adhesive already on them, so the stuff canyon mentioned should work for you.

 

yeah, when i de-badged, i took all the old adhesive off-most of it was crunmbling anyway. i think its gonna be a pain in the *** to try and cut out the entire script...the letters are pretty thin.

canyon, the "carerra" and "4" are silver, but the "s" is already black. thanks for the idea though...

 

Ummmm, picture?!

 

FWIW, I de-badged about six months after I got my car. For a few weeks, I didn't like it -- it looked like something was missing. But then I got used to it, and now I really like it. So you might think about waiting a few weeks and seeing if the look grows on you as well.

 

You can download the PET free from www.paragon-products.com

Everybody should do this now. Trust me.

Here are a few pics of mine:

 

Roche,

I could be wrong, but I think you will find it next to impossible to get a nice clean look with aftermarket adhesive. As you noted, the script is pretty thin in places. However, you may want to try a spray adhesive - I believe I used that once and it turned out pretty well.

Short of that, I would suggest just buying new emblems. I have a new black Carerra one I could send you.

Rob

 

I pulled my emblems a while back so I could polish the paint around the emblems. I bought a new 'carrera' because my old one was kind of tired, but used 3M trim adhesive (in a squeeze tube) to re-attache my 'S' and it worked great. It's the stuff they use to glue rubber weather seals, etc. (nasty brown looking stuff). I could not find any 2-sided tape that wasn't thick.

 

+1 buy new ones

 

I had to modify the placement of a logo and lost the stickiness of the double-sided tape. I took this stuff from my wife's sewing supplies as a temporary fix until I could get a new logo. It was safe to use and it stuck so well that I haven't bought a new logo. It's Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue. Available probably at any craft/hobby or sewing supply place.

 

I like the plain "911" badge....simple but elegant.