Just a quick question....do i debages and debump? I only got a 1.4LS 3 door but am playing with the idea and wanted to know if anyone thinks it's a good or bad idea and if anyone has photo's would b good 
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Debadge/Debump?
- Thread starter Crispy-Astra
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I de-badged and de-bumped my 1.4 merit mate,so i would say yes do it
does it look better? i'm still not sure? i'll probs do it and want to undo it
does it look better do you think? i'd probs end up doign it and want to undo it 
The back end will certainly look better for de badging, so long as you leave the Vauxhall griffin, as there are two locating pins in the badge itself, which would leave holes. I am also considering this myself. It does give a cleaner line to the car and looks good.
I'll debadge mine eventually.. just not yet as I'm worried it will reveal red paint 
yea think i'll bedadge as when i touched a bit of paint up with a rattle can, i kinda got the astra badge
i've de-bumpstripped mine, it does look miles better, the only bad bit is getting the horrible sticky tape stuff off.
How did you do yours?
When I had to take the strip off the door, that I am getting resprayed soon. I boiled up a kettle and poured that on the door, the moulding came off easily then, just that damned tape
Toffee wheel in a drill is the best way to do it.
yeah defo toffee wheel. now i know that i will use it in future, but i used a stanley knife blade. dont do that.
My thoughts exactly.
I used water with a sponge, then my drivers license, then turps, then t cut, it did take a layer of paint with it though >.< I paid 100 quid for the car though and it has been knocked around so I'm not to fussed but it does look better haha, The turps eat my driving license also :/
Joker
Joker
strewth... a stanley blade.... didn't work out too clever i take it 
tbh it was quick and it took the stuff off, had i been a bt more patient it would have been better, but it was freezing and dark and i was determined to finish it. Scratched it a bit, most of it T-Cutted out, bit of touch up paint and roberts your fathers brother
well in that case... good work... still there is no beating the old toffee wheel...
no i wouldnt do it again with the blade - toffee wheel ftw
yeh do it i de-badged all my car and de bumped looks so much better and i toke the griffen off the back of mine then filled the holes in and resprayed it and looks good and as for the bump strips i used fairy liquid and i let it soke for a bit then with a bit of elbow grease comes off leaving no scratches if you want a pic or two just ask
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what did you use to actually get them off? obv the fairy softened them.