Debadge of Vauxhall and Added proper R8 :)

[Phantom Mark]

My R8 badge finally arrived from Oz, yay...........finally getting rid of the Vauxhall stuff !!

Edited by Phantom Mark on Tuesday 15th September 12:13

[V800DRB]

Looks good - need to get rid of the Vauxhall bit on the number plate now

[Phantom Mark]

Not to mention getting the plate moved down......gonna scrap that plate completely and get something nice made.

[Raggyman]

Yeah, they should give you the option of having it badged as a HSV or Vauxhall, think you would find most people would go the initial badging of it as a HSV, I know I would.

[darren_r1]

looks good, how difficult were the old badges to get off ?

[ringram]

Where are your clubsport and 307 badges

[SOULCREW]

like this.

[Phantom Mark]

Dental floss to remove all old badges, pretty easy, the sticky residue for the most part just rolls off with your finger

I did not get the 317 badge deliberately, also you will notice I mounted my R8 badge slightly lower down, deliberately.

I am not sure I like the side "Clubsport" logo's either, but im planning some custom "Bathurst" type stripes in any case (not bathurst tho)

[SOULCREW]

Phantom Mark said:

I did not get the 317 badge deliberately, also you will notice I mounted my R8 badge slightly lower down, deliberately.

I had noticed


may i ask why?

[Phantom Mark]

I just thought the R8 and 317 looked a little funky sat up so high to be honest, over a period of time my car will no doubt change so much than the 317 badge whilst being "original" will become meaningless in the long run anyways, not to mention we do not use KW in this country anyways.

Edited by Phantom Mark on Tuesday 15th September 13:58

[Phantom Mark]

Actually seeing the Clubsport mounted on the side skirt instead of the rear door does not look so bad, only pic I saw before was on a VY and it looked horrible IMHO which is what stopped me from getting them.

May reconsider those then......but paint them in satin black or something.

[SOULCREW]

Phantom Mark said:

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I am not sure I like the side "Clubsport" logo's either, but im planning some custom "Bathurst" type stripes in any case (not bathurst tho)

you could always put gts 40th anniversary stripes on it.;)

http://www.caradvice.com.au/17368/hsv-gts-40th-and...

[Phantom Mark]

nah mate, dont wanna dress my car up to something it isn't, my car will be completely custom whilst capturing those lovely stripes in a unique way, thanks for the idea tho

[motomk]

Go to www.carsales.com.au and look up the cars on there. They are new and used cars for sale and will have all the badges on them.

Edited by motomk on Tuesday 15th September 18:47

[V10JRR]

I purchased mine debadged from Picador. So far i have put the R8 on the rear with the round HSV in the middle but am undecided about the left hand side as I did not want the 317. I have put the HSV round badge on the front and the HSVs on each side but do not like the clubsport. I am tempted to put two more R8s below the rear doors as I had the GTO badge there on the Monaro but it may be too much. Any thoughts please let me know.

[Phantom Mark]

Well im starting to wonder if I can make the Clubsport badges work by spraying them in Satin or Matt black......they look too tacky in Silver for my personal taste tho, no offence to anyone who has those please.

[tim the pool man]

You need to understand the meaning of "Clubsport" here too... nothing to do with Club level motorsport as you might think, no it's "the car I drive to the footy club mate"
That's why nearly all of them here are auto's...

[Phantom Mark]

I guess thats because in Oz the car is a typical "sporty" version of the regular machines, where in this country it's a little more special to its owners because of its exclusivity etc ?

[SOULCREW]

tim the pool man said:

You need to understand the meaning of "Clubsport" here too... nothing to do with Club level motorsport as you might think, no it's "the car I drive to the footy club mate"
That's why nearly all of them here are auto's...

i just thought it was a funky name they chucked on it so it doesnt look like a gts from the side.


the r8 over here is like a great white shark in a bowl of goldfish.

[Phantom Mark]

buhahahha thats a brilliant analogy