Andy Gough

My STi8 has 'SUBARU' on the bootlid. How do I take the naff letters off without damaging the paintwork? Are they stuck on with double sided tape. If so the tape must cost more than the letters!

dnb

I'm told that a hair drier to soften the glue and dental floss to "saw" through the tape works quite well although I've never tried it myself.

Are you keeping the old letters? If not, I wouldn't mind relieving you of them

STi-Frenchie

By some weird coincidence I have the same letters on my STi7

Decided to keep 'em on there as it's the part of the car which gets viewed the most and there's nothing like advertising

Oops ! Just realized where I am...time to get back in the hutch

pele

I can confirm the dental floss works very well, as that's how I got mine off

McScooby

Hairdryer

darms

iTrader: (5)

see here....

http://www.ravensblade-impreza.com/m...unk/trunk.html

ARRON BIRD

Andy what school did you go to???
I had a good friend at school with the same name. A long shot I know.

Andy Gough

Meols Cop

ARRON BIRD

different Andy Gough then.
Ta anyway

Andy Gough

I have got them off now. Anyone want to buy them? They look really nice!

Steve777

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Why not replace with

S C O O B Y

???????

Andy Gough

I'm after the 'what the hell was that' approach!

Fizz

iTrader: (1)

either change them to U R A BUS or remove them... knowing IM they'll say your warranty is void then...!!!!

Steve777

iTrader: (8)

Well you didn't say if you wanted to leave it blank. The dental floss thing works ok

Still think S C O O B Y would be much better

Hmmm may consider it

currymonster

Hmm I seem to be a weedy lonely voice in a wilderness of dissenters, but I think the S U B A R U is kinda cool. Doh!

Cal

Andy Gough

Just the hairdryer worked fine for me. Got the letter nice and warm, then rotated it gently . Nearly allthe adhesive came off, then just a quick polish with Autoglym extra gloss protection finished the job off.

STi-Frenchie

Cal, no m8, you're not the only one - I like to let people know what has just passed them by - or what they can't catch

I consider it a duty and others whom I've let take the wheel seem to feel the same way without me having to say a word - strange but true

McScooby

I know someone who'll buy em.....

dnb

I'd quite like a set, but Nic. tells me that it looks better without.

chiark

SCOOBY has been mentioned as a replacement - anyone know where to get the letters appropriate for this made up?

Adam Mcf

I think they look better off too.

George W Bush

What about SUB instead?

Toerag

Modded Escort RS2000 down the road from me has SORTED instead of ESCORT. Looks surprisingly.

Andy Gough

I can sell you an 'S' and a 'B' to get you going........

Batch

I tottally agree, the Subaru decals look very cheap and the STI in pink is even worse. I have taken the lot off, i think there is an element of anti theft here as well, what do you all think...

Andy Gough

Dead right. I could do with getting rid of the rear spoiler, lovely that it is - Why can't the sti be a Q car?

Well maybe not a proper Q car, but a tad more subtle.

Andy Gough

I've just noticed the count of views to this thread.

Are we all sad gits or what? over 700 views about the sh one t letters on a £25,000 car.

Oh well, could be worse - we could be talking about something important. I feel such a plonker wasting everybody's time about something so mindboringly trivial.

Well, if it's so boring, why are YOU reading it? Saddo

Crush

How swapping letters with a certain type of car & having, "E V O L U T I O N"

I'll shut up now <gets coat>

bits'n'pieces

Un stick them and turn them round U R A B U S !!!

(22B man)

S600HBY

Single letters can be bought from www.kickingriffin.com, its mainly vauxhall but you can buy the letters in gold or chrome. I got SCOOBY in gold just be careful when cleaning the gold letters as they must plate it very thin and i rubbed it off. They were good though and sent me a new set laquered