How Many Of You Have Removed The Smart Badging On Your Smart?

[Britsmart 0]

Just curious as to how many others have removed it. The previous owner of mine removed the rear badging (smart, fortwo, cdi) and on June 5th I'm having it replaced by Mercedes. I like the badging, not that many won't know what kind of car it is, I just think it will give that final touch my smart is missing It's kind of meaningless to some, but to me it's important I love the badging YAY

[darren 192]

I removed the "fortwo" and "cdi" decals and replaced the "smart" decal with proper raised metal lettering like on the new ones.

[MikeT 747]

IMO debadging is OK, but rebadging it as a smart is cool. Use the raised chrome letters!Mine both have raised smart lettering, and the green one has raised cdi lettering. The white one came with a small BRABUS badge where the cdi badge is on the other cars, so that stays in situ and so my second cdi raised chrome letter set remains in stock in my garage.

Edited June 10, 2010 by Mike T

[Britsmart 0]

Yeah I never thought of getting the raised lettering, might see if they have it when I go up there, if not go with the original smart badge style

Edited May 28, 2010 by Britsmart

[MikeT 747]

If you power wash the car, the MacTac OE lettering gets blown off. The raised letters are resistant to that. It might be impossible to get a "cdi" set now and a raised letter "fortwo" was never offered.

[Duck 16]

It's not MacTac - it's proper vinyl!I pulled off the "chickenbeak" on the nose cone and replaced it with the first-generation vinyl logo/sticker (same on the back). I've always prefered the look of vinyl lettering to raised chrome. Maybe I'm biased as I worked in vinyl for my first job -Iain

[MightyMouseTech 0]

My car is debadged, and I like it that way, including the "pulse" badges under the mirrors, the "air bag" warning labels etc etc etc.....

[Huronlad 186]

I normally power wash my car, all the badging is still there.

[ORLOV 0]

I always heard that power washing was very hard on the paint .??

doris

[Coast Steve 1]

I took mine off, I thought they were a little "toy like"I do know it's a Smart though, but I'm still trying to make it into a sports car.

[Britsmart 0]

Sorry I had to post this, I got the badging done today and I was happy they did the smart in the new style

[Duck 16]

I always heard that power washing was very hard on the paint .??

Everyone always says that, but I used to wash my car at least once a week with a powerwasher in a bay (now less, but still with a powerwasher in a bay), and you can't tell...-Iain

[xakinedmonton 0]

for the 4 years that we have had the car, i washed it once to twice a week with the power washer and no signs of damage as of yet.. :-P

[1983JZR3W 32]

for the 4 years that we have had the car, i washed it once to twice a week with the power washer and no signs of damage as of yet.. :-P

You guys must be using some low powered washers. My Honda powered pressure washer can cut indentions in concrete if I don't keep the wand moving. I would never put is on one of my cars. I just use it to wash the vinyl siding on my house and keep the driveways and walkways clean. I once made the mistake of turning the nozzel with the water coming through and cut the end of my finger so bad, I thought I would need stiches.

[atikovi 1]

IMO debadging is OK, but rebadging it as a smart is cool. Use the raised chorme letters!Mine both have raised smart lettering, and the green one has raised cdi lettering. The white one came with a small BRABUS badge where the cdi badge is on the other cars, so that stays in situ and so my second cdi raised chorme letter set remains in stock in my garage.

Do you have a part number for chrome cdi badge? And a picture of the car with it installed? Is there a chrome fortwo badge?

[MikeT 747]

Yes: A 454 817 07 15 - it was from the 454 (forfour) cdi.Photo: no.OE smart raised chrome "fortwo": no.