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RaysurX
02-09-2004, 09:42 PM
(Mods...please move to "how to's" if you think this is worthy)

http://members.cox.net/raysurx/evob.jpg

Decided to post a pseudo "how to" after I finished the install. Â*This will hopefully help some of the SoCalEvo members that will be getting their badges from Coolguy.

Average time to complete - 5 minutes if you rush.... 10 if you had a meal and a beer.

This is what I did for my install.... It is not the end all be all process but was simple, with precision and took minimal effort.

Materials I used:
Painters Tape (blue for contrast) or any tape to create a visible level line across the trunk. Â*NO duct tape for obvious reasons.
Piece of string or dental floss and a quarter to visually see center for the badge.
Crayon or grease pencil to mark the vertical center line.
LEVEL - important to see if your tape line is straight. Â*If you trust your eyeball and think you're level...go for it.

(In the pictures below... you will see the badge already installed..just pretend its not there.. or consider it a before and after simultaneously.)

1. Â*Prep the area for the badge. Â*Basically free from debris and dust.
2. Â*Using the painter's tape, tape along the seam (buldge) on the center portion of the trunk. Â*This will be used to line up your badge horizontally. Â*Use a level to check if you have drawn a straight line. Â*PLEASE NOTE - the seam along the back of the trunk DOES curve so this is the importance of the level.
http://members.cox.net/raysurx/tape.jpg

3. Â*Use a string with a quarter hanging on it to find a vertical center line for the badge. Â*Based on research on evom and measurements taken, the center of the badge is down the letter "T".
Now, MOVE the quarter higher up out of the way or mark a line for center using your crayon or grease pencil. Â*
http://members.cox.net/raysurx/center.jpg

4. Â*Your badge comes with two plastic strips attached, white (back) and clear (front). Â*Do a dry test fit. Â*

When ready, you will peel (SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY) the white strip away, this will expose the back of the badge with the lettering adhesive now exposed. Do not drop it, swing it or dance with it. Â*The front of your letters are held in place with the clear tape. Â* You are now holding the badge with the clear tape with your left and right hand looking at it as if you were reading it. Â*WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BADGE LETTERS TO THE TRUNK yet, kneel down and line up (with the top angled away so the letters don't touch the trunk) the bottom of the clear tape TO the TOP of your masking tape line AND center your "T" on the centerline you marked. Â*

REMEMBER... YOU ARE NOT ALIGNING THE LETTERS TO THE TAPE LINE... YOU ARE ALIGNING THE BOTTOM OF THE CLEAR TAPE TO YOUR TAPE LINE. Â*THIS METHOD WILL ONLY WORK IF YOUR LETTERS WERE ORIGINALLY ALIGNED CORRECTLY ON YOUR CLEAR TAPE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. Â*IF YOUR LETTERS APPEAR SKEWED... THEN MOVE YOUR TAPE LINE UP APPROX HALF INCH AND ALIGN USING THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTERS INSTEAD.

Once you are lined up horizontally and vertically... slowly rotate your wrists toward the trunk and set your lettering in place.

Before removing the clear tape... PRESS down on each letter to make sure they are set in place. Â*I gently/firmly traced over each letter with a flat finger tip (NOT FINGERNAIL) as if I were drawing the letters by hand to ensure every part of the letter is in place.

Then slowly remove the clear tape and....... admire your handy work? or call Coolguy for another one and grumble all day for wasting $80.00. Â*

http://members.cox.net/raysurx/final.jpg

Again...sorry for the before and after at once.... I wasn't intending to do this but thought it might help some.

Muramasa
02-10-2004, 05:22 PM
*drool*.. I was wondering, would it be better to space out the letters a little bit instead of bunch it all together? Would that be better?

ReHeat
02-10-2004, 05:34 PM
The letters are pre-spaced like that from the factory, if you mess with the spacing, you might not get the desired result. I have the Evo 7 badge on my car, and it's more spaced out from the factory, I'll take some pics when I get a chance.

leaveit2bevo
02-12-2004, 12:27 AM
LOL it looks good but you didnt line up the T correctly.

RaysurX
02-12-2004, 08:40 PM
LOL it looks good but you didnt line up the T correctly.


huh??

leaveit2bevo
02-12-2004, 11:36 PM
you mesured the big evo T in the middle its suppost to be on the left side where it lines up with the middle of the star

GokuSSJ4
03-01-2004, 10:38 AM
can you post a pic then Bevo to explain a bit more ...

leaveit2bevo
03-01-2004, 07:49 PM
I have no pic but we live close to each other so you can check mine out, that string he has going from the starfish to the middle of the T should be to the side of the T. really hard to explain just look at his it looks like its to far to the left side.

GokuSSJ4
03-01-2004, 10:29 PM
where do you get the blue tape from ???
where can i purchase it ...................

alfredob1
03-01-2004, 10:46 PM
^^ Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

RaysurX
03-13-2004, 10:53 PM
you mesured the big evo T in the middle its suppost to be on the left side where it lines up with the middle of the star

According to this thread..with pics.. http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?s=968889968ae21b7b47cff059920623be&threadid=70090

The "T" is correctly positioned.....

GokuSSJ4
07-10-2006, 11:13 AM
LOL... theres an article done by joe250.com (i believe) in order to install an VIII badge, besides if you try those specs with an VIII badge, it would be off.... since due to the extra letter your center part would be completly different.

oct7th1987
07-18-2006, 12:41 AM
i believe it is off also.

i did mine mathematically.

that line in on the middle of the trunk.. measure that. then measure the entire badge. subtract the badge length from the trunk length.. and then divide that number by 2. that should be the exact distance you go from the ends of the trunk.

put the badge on with soapy water.. so you can move it around for any corrections O0

trustevo
07-24-2006, 09:54 AM
I like the UK Badge ! any for EVO 9 yet ??

ItsMrGqToYou
03-06-2007, 12:12 AM
Ok this is the Install for the UK Evolution IX Badge. Since I haven't seen any up I thought I help out all of you first off this isn't something that's going to take you 10 minutes to do if you want to do it right and the first time. This install took me about 45 minutes ok so here's what you need

1. Soap & Water with a Rage (Clean area off before install)

2. Blue Painters Tape (So you can set a guide line)

3. Tape measure

4. A free weekend

so first of start by cleaning the area with the soap and water so the badge will stick good and for you low IQ people out there make sure its dry before putting on the Badge

now put some blue painter tape down below the line going cross the middle of your trunk make sure its right on the line when you do this if measured from the bottom of the trunk to the middle like or the tape it should be 5 1/2" all the way across like this

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0625.jpg

Pictures of me measuring
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0627.jpg

some more pictures of measuring
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0628.jpg

and some more measuring
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0630.jpg

now after you got the blue tape down line up the bottom of the clear plastic from the badge to the top line of the blue tape like in the pictures above

now try to center the badge as best as possible and use the blue tape to tape it down in the 2 upper corners so that you can move it easy if needed now measure from the end of the trunk to the side of the clear plastic 9 1/4" in the pictures it says 10 1/4 because if you didn't see I started from the 1" point so basically do it like this

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0635.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0634.jpg

if needed move the badge till it lines up right now after you got it just right put down blue tape as you see in the picture to make like a box around the clear plastic of the badge

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0638.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0625.jpg

do one last measure all the way around so that every thing is line up just right then the next step is to peal of the white tape from the badge so that it only leaves the letter on the clear plastic and very slowly start lining up all of the sides in the box and pressing down hard so the letters stick

so it looks like this
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0639.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0640.jpg

then just peel away the clear plastic and there you go press down on the letters one more time just to make sure after all is down this is what your left with

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0643.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/itsmrgqtoyou/IMG_0644.jpg

well there you go let me know what all of you think tell me if you feel I did a good job or not and I hope this helps all of you that are trying to do a UK Evolution IX Badge

flipbboy03
03-06-2007, 12:13 AM
nice. this sure helps bro. :coolsmiley:

ItsMrGqToYou
03-06-2007, 12:21 AM
nice. this sure helps bro. :coolsmiley:


ya man just trying to help every one with a IX out i search and search for install on the IX badge and come up with nothing just the VIII so i had to help out

dabie
03-06-2007, 12:51 AM
looks good, thanks for the detailed instructions.. might have to pick one up

SoCal
03-06-2007, 12:57 AM
Nice job looks good!! O0

ItsMrGqToYou
03-06-2007, 01:47 AM
Thanks guys let me know how yours turn out

ItsMrGqToYou
03-13-2007, 06:22 PM
bump

Fallen86
03-13-2007, 09:08 PM
wow thats being very careful. gj

EviLutionIX
03-13-2007, 09:18 PM
"Ok this is the Install for the UK Evolution IX Badge. Since I haven't seen any up I thought I help out all of you first off this isn't something that's going to take you 10 minutes to do if you want to do it right and the first time. This install took me about 45 minutes ok so here's what you need

1. Soap & Water with a Rage (Clean area off before install)

2. Blue Painters Tape (So you can set a guide line)

3. Tape measure

4. A free weekend "

Need a new measuring tape??? :2funny:j/k. Great write up.... O0 O0 This will be lots of help for everyone that's going to do the UK badge.

nlakind
03-13-2007, 09:22 PM
Personally not a fan of the UK badge...I like to be completely badgeless but this is a good post. It will help a lot of people!
I wish I had that much patience...

masasevo
03-13-2007, 09:32 PM
It looks Sweeet. O0

wsEVO562
03-13-2007, 09:48 PM
heres some of mine

Terenus
03-13-2007, 10:36 PM
Personally not a fan of the UK badge...I like to be completely badgeless but this is a good post. It will help a lot of people!
I wish I had that much patience...


Yea, especially with the nasty chrome lancer evolution on bottom left. I got rid of that and it was a whole new look, a lot cleaner.

ItsMrGqToYou
03-14-2007, 10:09 AM
ya i know what you mean with the shitty stock badge when i took that one off it really makes the car looks different

RPD_FKTARD
03-14-2007, 10:17 AM
nice tattoo you got there... love it

ItsMrGqToYou
03-14-2007, 10:42 AM
nice tattoo you got there... love it



hahahaha thats funny i didnt even know you could see it thanks

g1ovan13
03-14-2007, 10:16 PM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx

wj4
03-14-2007, 10:17 PM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx

Just get the replica one from eBay for a fraction of the cost. You can't tell the difference anyways since they fixed the error that was on the older version.

g1ovan13
03-14-2007, 10:19 PM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx

Just get the replica one from eBay for a fraction of the cost. You can't tell the difference anyways since they fixed the error that was on the older version.
u sure know a lot wizzz.tnx hows ur new car?

ItsMrGqToYou
03-14-2007, 11:54 PM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx


90 bucks shipped from lancershop.com

wj4
03-14-2007, 11:59 PM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx

Just get the replica one from eBay for a fraction of the cost. You can't tell the difference anyways since they fixed the error that was on the older version.
u sure know a lot wizzz.tnx hows ur new car?

It's good. 35% tint. iForged wheels. KW V2 coilover. Not bad for 2.5 weeks right? lol.

g1ovan13
03-15-2007, 08:32 AM
How much did you pay for ur badge and where did u get it?tnx

Just get the replica one from eBay for a fraction of the cost. You can't tell the difference anyways since they fixed the error that was on the older version.
u sure know a lot wizzz.tnx hows ur new car?

It's good. 35% tint. iForged wheels. KW V2 coilover. Not bad for 2.5 weeks rightr post? lol.
great! bump for u man.maybe u could show us ur new car,pictures i mean.