Badges or Remove Badges

Torn...Remove badges, or keep.. Any thoughts or photos

 

I think you should leave them on. They look nice with all the other black.

 

Leave em!

 

It looks pretty damn good the way it is. I was in the same boat and removed the 5.7 badge. You can’t really even read it and to most it just looks like a black chunk of nothing.

 

We don't need no stinking badges.

 

Keep them. The black badges look great on the cement color.

 

I say leave them! I am about to get black badges for mine.

 

I say leave, some people like clean look, but it's your truck

 

No 5.7 badge, “sleeper mode”!

 

Just my .02, but I didn’t want a bunch of words/letters on my ride. Take ‘em off.

 

KEEP EM'!!!!!!

 

Exactly.

 

looking at swtiching my chrome to black badges. anyone have a quality source for them? I bought some for my grand cherokee and they ended up being cheaply plasti-dipped. started peeling after the winter. is there a good source or are they offered OEM? mines a 2014 sr5 btw

 

Keep 'em. The Black/Cement combo looks good.

If you decide to remove, that looks awesome too.

 

Pretty sure they're offered OEM.

@Roman can tell you for sure. He's the OEM parts guy here.

 

Not all are available in OEM blackout format. I am searching for best options to blackout OEM Platinum badge. I heard PD fades or peels off. Would prefer something more permanent solution.

As @Navi says @Roman has better description on his Ultimate OEM parts thread on what badges are available.

BTW, Keep em!

 

yeah the PD definitely doesnt hold up. been down that more than once.

 

Thanks

 

^^This^^

The blackouts look good, but they're a pain to keep clean.

 

The first time I did PD it lasted barely a few months before it started to reveal but this last time I used the “glossifier” on top and it’s been almost 2 years with little rub off on the badges on multiple seasons.
You can see it’s starting to reveal in spots by the O, TA and A. Usually it’s zebra by this time.


- I’d keep the badges IMO, nice looking ride.

 

Not bad for 2 years. How many coats of each?

 

I believe I remember doing 6 coats with full half hour on each set time on the plasty and I got tired and hit it with 2 coats of the glossifier but one more coat of the glossy and I’m sure it wouldn’t even be showing like this.

 

I like the "Clean" look of no Badges. I plan on removing mine this summer.

 

I have a cement DC and have been thinking about getting black badges. However, i'm now leaning towards having no badges because dirt tends to accumulate around them esp the TUNDRA badge and is a pain to clean. If I do it, i'll probably get a distressed flag decal to put in place of the 5.7 badge only.

 

Both ways look good, take off just one side

 

I removed all the emblems off of the tailgate but changed the ones on the sides to matte black. That is on my 2013 crewmax. Removing the ones on the tailgate makes it easier to clean. Everyone know the tailgate always gets dirty first

 

Remove them. Cleaner look. I'm about to remove mine from a white 2019 SR5.

 

Keep them

 

De-badge!

 

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