I went pink today

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:23 am

Well after reading a few posts someplace about the rear pontiac emblem badge turning pink after a while I descided to take a closer look at mine and noticed it was deffinatly mary-kay pink. Not sure when it happened but god is that fugly. Time to order some overlays I think. Do all pontiac emblems have this issue or just vibes?

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:37 am

haha idk the vibe was my first pontiac and i got it at 26k miles with pink arrows :/ overlays from grafxwerks are needed for sure.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:40 am

Grafxwerks overlays, FTW!!!

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:58 am

question is do I want black or blue to match the car color. The important quewstions in life : )

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:59 am

i never had a problem on my sunfire for the emblem, dont know why it does on the vibes so much?

Whelan · Post by **Whelan** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:32 am

I was always a fan of black emblems. I purchased a set of the Saturn Limited Edition Black Emblems for my 94 SL1, what a difference from the red.notice how clean that car is!

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:51 am

A while back i did notice a pink arrow on an Azteck.but other pontiacs I have not noticed the issue... the current G6's have a red reflector instead of what the vibes have. However, The front arrow is still nice and red.

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:41 pm

i think its just vibes that have this issue. when i noticed mine turned pink i debadged the the hatch

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:38 pm

Same here, found it fading once on an Aztek also.None of the other models appear to have this problem.

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:45 pm

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 Â»A while back i did notice a pink arrow on an Azteck.Same here

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:58 pm

hmm, debadgeign may be an option. Not sure how the bak would look though, if it would look naked or not. Plus I kinda like the chrome color badges, brings a bit of the interior color to the outside

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:42 pm

I think that the back looks alot better without badges, its very clean. Even though I added a badge to the back after I debaged it. I'm still thinking that when I get my GM sport package installed I will go completly clean and take off all of my stickers and junk.

shawnothaninja · Post by **shawnothaninja** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:35 am

oh damn... yeah i just noticed my back pontiac arrow is pink too... fricken gross!!! what are these overlays? where can i get them?

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:40 am

you can get some here http://www.grafxwerks.com/prod...-1152as a side note today I went and applied my keyhole overlays that I had gotten to match the color of my car. They are close to the same color, but note close enough for my tastes. Not sure if its because theya re the liquidome or r thats just as clsoe as he can get with materials. May try the moddified pushpins (or what ever thsoe plastic pins for holding up molding on the car are called) and see about painting them to match

shawnothaninja · Post by **shawnothaninja** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:53 am

thats awesome! and they arent even that expensive! hmmm.. the blue would look pretty dang awesome.. my vibe is silver..

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:10 am

C'mon, everybody's doing it...

shawnothaninja · Post by **shawnothaninja** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:27 am

haha, i plan on it! gonna order some today! im just trying to figure out the best color! too bad they dont make one for the front too..

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:31 am

Yes they do, I have a black overlay on the front. Check out my garage link in my sig and you can see how it looks.

shawnothaninja · Post by **shawnothaninja** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:47 am

awesome... checking it out! yeah i looked around on that site and i see they do have front overlays and alot of other cool stuff.. some cheesy looking stuff too, but for the most part pretty dang awesome!cool.. black would look rad

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:02 am

+1 (or 2) on the debadging. nice clean look!D0 IT

nate06 · Post by **nate06** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:11 am

+1 one more on the debadge, its also cheaper

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:04 pm

so how does one go about debadgeing? From what I have heard it just involves dental floss or fishine line to run behind the emblem to peal it off, then just some goo gone or what not to remove the remaining glue residue. That easy or need to clean and buff the area behind it and junk?

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:26 pm

yup. fishing line, guitar string. just saw it along the back to cut the foam adhesive. then goo gone to get rid of residue. i did that a couple years ago before work. piece of cake, really.D0 IT! its a great look.

ajflan · Post by **ajflan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:31 pm

Also consider heating the badges up with a blow dryer or heat gun. It will soften the adhesive up. I used wax free dental floss to debadge mine.

shawnothaninja · Post by **shawnothaninja** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:05 am

awesome! yeah i ordered them last night, and i guess it will be about a week or so before i get em!thanks guys

darcmater · Post by **darcmater** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:42 am

I picked up everythign I need to debadge the car today, but oen question. How harsh is goo gone on the paint of the car, a few people and even the bottle warn it can harm some paints? Or just don't be slow and let it sit on it for ever and it will be fine?

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:02 am

I used goo gone to remove the adhesive left from the dealer decal. No problems. just give your ride a nice car wash when your done and you'll be lookin good.

hskater26 · Post by **hskater26** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:54 am

i used goo gone as well with no problems.......my front pontiac symbol is sort of pink but it matches my pink shirt haha

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