De-Badge, or Warranty?

De-Badge, or no.


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JHolding

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I have a 2023 GT2, so the new style brushed aluminum 'STINGER' script on the back. I noticed yesterday that the tape is starting to release on it, so it's obviously not bonded to the paint that well.

I do like the new emblem, but I've also been known to de-badge previous cars as it does make cleaning a bit easier.
 
I’d take it off.
 
Did they keep the large Stinger script on the top center? Or did they go back to the smaller script off to the side?
 
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Did they keep the large Stinger script on the top center? Or did they go back to the smaller script off to the side?
It is the larger centered script. The material matches the KN badge on the nose of the car. So no thick chromed script. It's a fairly flat brushed aluminum looking script.

Not my actual car:
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Lame that they switched it up a bit. I swapped mine for a gloss black script in the same position, debadged everything else. Looks good on the Aurora Black Pearl. I did put some red scorpion decals above the vents by the front doors, someone else had done it previously and thought it looked pretty good.
 
From interior to exterior to high performance - everything you need for your Stinger awaits you...
Found an ebay seller that shows both badges together:

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Found an ebay seller that shows both badges together:

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That is incorrect, the 2022 had the raised ABS Emblem, which was identical to the 2021 as well, I believe. Prior to the 2021 they used the small Stinger script off to the side, I reckon. Either way, the thicker one in the larger script is superior, in my opinion. They took some steps backwards on a few items on the '23.
 
Personally when it warms up I'm debadging the whole rear end. Looks cleaner to me imo. Maybe take the hood one off too.
 
Personally when it warms up I'm debadging the whole rear end. Looks cleaner to me imo. Maybe take the hood one off too.
What are you going to do about the holes behind the badges?
 
From interior to exterior to high performance - everything you need for your Stinger awaits you...
That is incorrect, the 2022 had the raised ABS Emblem, which was identical to the 2021 as well, I believe. Prior to the 2021 they used the small Stinger script off to the side, I reckon. Either way, the thicker one in the larger script is superior, in my opinion. They took some steps backwards on a few items on the '23.

Technically that ebay seller is sorta correct. 2017-21 Stingers OUTSIDE of the North American market had the large centered ABS emblem.
 
Lame that they switched it up a bit. I swapped mine for a gloss black script in the same position, debadged everything else. Looks good on the Aurora Black Pearl. I did put some red scorpion decals above the vents by the front doors, someone else had done it previously and thought it looked pretty good.
Do you have a picture of the scorpion decals? I have a 22 black scorpion and looking for something similar. I'd really like a red scorpion grille badge but can't seem to find one. Thanks!
 
That is incorrect, the 2022 had the raised ABS Emblem, which was identical to the 2021 as well, I believe. Prior to the 2021 they used the small Stinger script off to the side, I reckon. Either way, the thicker one in the larger script is superior, in my opinion. They took some steps backwards on a few items on the '23.
Mine is a 2020. Not sure if it's different for different regions but here (US) they started using this on the 2019+.
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Mine is a 2020. Not sure if it's different for different regions but here (US) they started using this on the 2019+.
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Interesting. I may have been wrong on the year, but I'm quite confident that the smaller script was used through at least the 2019, I reckon there was a transitional period for sure.
 
From interior to exterior to high performance - everything you need for your Stinger awaits you...
Do you have a picture of the scorpion decals? I have a 22 black scorpion and looking for something similar. I'd really like a red scorpion grille badge but can't seem to find one. Thanks!
Apologies for my lack of response. It says the picture I took was too big .
I'll have to try to mess with it tomorrow to get a smaller file.
 
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