Fonzey

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Hi All, I'd been catching the lettering on my bootlid for a while when cleaning the car and some of the letters were getting a bit tatty/loose.

I used it as an opportunity to debadge it, leaving me with just a pink STI badge by the lock:


I'm not convinced that I like the look though.

If I wanted to obtain new lettering, is there a positioning guide/template available? If I took it to a Subaru dealership, would they deal with it for me?

alcazar

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Can't you clean up and refit the old letters? That's what I did. I used a set of Halfords double sided pads, large ones, put the letter on one sticky side, leaving the waxed paper on the other side, stood it down on a hard surface, (a sheet of glass) and cut round the letter with a new scalpel blade.

To position it, I first put a length of masking tape on the boot lid, ensuring it was level, marked off where I thought the letters should be, and then stuck each down carefully. TBH, a couple of mm each way you can't see it, but it helps to lay them out in the approximate spacing first, and measure approximations from the centre of each letter.

Someone on here will give you a height datum level to work from.

Fonzey

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Cheers Alacazar.

My old letters are pretty tatty to be honest, I'd rather replace them or leave it blank than to refit them.

I'm sure I could work out the old positioning from photo's etc, and the masking tape is a good idea

Steve's Sti

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why not just fit the subaru badge the hawkeye has? it would be easier to align etc?

alcazar

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I bet a (nearly) new set could be had from a breaker or on here.

Fonzey

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I thought about that, just to break up that blank space a bit... I need to spend a few hours with some pictures in a slideshow I think

Fonzey

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Fixed

alcazar

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And better for it.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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looking good

Fonzey

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Ah yeah, I should probably thank Mr Sparrow for supplying me with the badges

Cheers mate!

Badger sti

I kinda like the look of mine. Took me nearly 6 hours including the polishing afterwards, the letters were a right b@$tard to remove.
http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/da...e2453.jpg.html

Dave Y

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De-badged and de-locked mine.Pictures are in my albums.

WRXgav

What did you guys use to get the letters off without scratching and damaging the boot lid?

Fraser H

Best way is probably to heat up the letters with a hair dryer or warm water, use dental floss and slowly rub the floss behind each of the letters. Then use bug and tar remover to take the sticky underside off the boot. That's the way I done it anyway .

WRXgav

Ah cheers, i'll give that a go

Norman Dog

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That was my old car, genuine JDM lettering. A bit different.