A few of us still remember the MCO/MINI debacle where a number of people removed various badges from their cars (I took off the Cooper S part), has anyone wound up putting them back on?

 

I actually added one...a chromed John Cooper sig opposite my normal Cooper badge. I like it...the chrome bits look good on an IB/W.

I saw a Beetle the other day w/ a de-badged front end. Given the hood lines it looked a little weird, imo.

 

i'm considering debadging mine when i get rid of my chrome, or just buying a whole new set of all the badges and painting them a semigloss black and putting those on.......

 

i woke up one morning around 3 or 4 got some dental floss and debadged it and went back to sleep.

 

Here is what I did to the back end of my 2005 JCW MCSc: removed the Cooper S badge, and moved the Works logo to above/center of the MINI badge.



I kinda like the way it turned out. If you miss your badge, you can always order another one from the dealer, to re-3M-tape the removed one.

Cheers,

-Jay Redd
'reddbear'

 

I've removed the "Cooper S" and replaced the side vents with black Cooper version:smile:

 

Welcome to NAM, kalbone! Great anecdote!


Clover

 

non back on as of yet...

I too have the side S grilles replaced with painted cooper grilles leaving only the rear Mini wings

 

stop waxing tuls!

also how do you remove the badges?

-Josh

 

Are they just stuck on there with tape?

Will dental floss work to remove them?

I'm thinking of removing the hood badge to clean up the look a bit.

 

Use 30lb fishing line and cut the adhesive foam between the badge and body with sawing motion. Becareful to not contact body. Use 3M adhesive/wax remover to completely remove what's left on body...buy from local auto supply store:smile:

 

Wings only on the boot. Side grille S's black instead of reflective red. I did them in reflective white but it kept peeling. My roof & mirrors are black so I changed the S's to match..

 

I'm still debadged....gonna get custom centers for the wing badges as well....probably the 'members only stars' for TMMZ

 

there are holes under the hood badge so be careful with that one...you will need to cover them or fill them somehow

 

the replies above are all acurate for removie the badges....I used dental floss....the only this is there are holes...so if you are going to remove them plan on doing a little body work....heh heh...

 

Man, that car looks amazing
Where did you buy the Non-S side vents?

 

my blk. blk. s is debadged. the s vents are replaced with

regular mini vents from classic mini.
doug

 

Is it too late to remove the "cooper S" badge on a 2 year old car ?? Will there be a mark, or a shadow "cooper S" ??

 

Thanks:smile: You can buy the vents from your dealer.

 

I took the badges off my 2002 car a few weeks ago, no shadow.

 

I took off the Cooper S from the boot a couple weeks ago, and I'm very happy with it. It doesn't look like anything is missing, but those in the know will realize I'm really cool!

My car's Pepper White, so I don't want to go with black side vents from an MC. I may get the chrome version from Moss Mini or someone, though.

 

Is this a skinny dippn thread

 

So just to confirm:
The back MINI badge (w/wings) can be removed with no holes in the body BUT
The front one DOES have holes if removed- is this correct?

 

Maybe i'm wrong, but i'm 95% sure that BOTH of the wing emblems have holes behind them. And that the COOPER or COOPER S are the only things that dont have holes

 

you are correct they BOTH have holes behind BOTH emblems...

yes I am positive......I have worked on/painted/pimped enough now that I am ready for a break