Vauxhall Corsa C De Badge

[jon121]

I know that de bageing isnt too hard but just wandering if anyone has had any problems (marking paint etc.) when de badgeing a corsa c or is it just a simple case of a hair dryer and some pliers. also does anyone have any reccomendations on lowering springs and what are the difference between expencive ones and cheap ones. cheers

[pgarner]

dental floss and saw the badge off is another method

if its a dark coloured car you may notice some difference in colour after removing but if its not that bad then it should polish

[jon121]

its red but hpoefully will polish out cheers

[jon121]

should one inform an insurance company of debadging? if so does it affect insurance?

[jon121]

also does anyone know how much 30mm lowering would add to an insurance premium?

[Prince]

Any mod should be declared to insurers but de-badging shouldn't really increase premium. As for lowering it. Simply call up your insurers and say 'I'm thinking of lowering my car by 30mm on springs/coilovers' and see what they say. It's quite impossible to say what insurance premiums will increase by as so many factors effect insurance quotes.

[jon121]

update on the de-badging, i sucessfully de-badged the back of my car by doing the method i mentioned before but then using a bit of petrol on a sponge to wipe off the adhesive. this worked suprsingly well and hasnt left any marks on the car. the paint is slightly faded where the letters were but i think some T-cut will sort that out. With the Corsa C does anyone know/have a picture of what the standard front grill looks like de-badged without having to buy a new grill? will it have the horrible V shape grooved into the grill? or is this biit just stuck on? thanks

[Prince]

Originally Posted by jon121

With the Corsa C does anyone know/have a picture of what the standard front grill looks like de-badged without having to buy a new grill? will it have the horrible V shape grooved into the grill? or is this bit just stuck on? thanks

I think the groove will be left there mate, but the silver bit is only stuck onto the black bit so there's no harm having a look. Alternatively, you could take off the silver bit and paint it a different colour?

[Massive]

you should be able to get n aftermarket grill already de badged pretty cheap

[jon121]

iv been looking at aftermarket girlls for cheap but from my research apparently you cant get aftermarket ones for a corsa c pre facelift. the only ones available are irmsher or steinmetz which obviously look better but i dont really want to pay £150 for a grill!

[Prince]

Ebay?