A Collection Of Miscellaneous Thoughts

[sakon76]

Have Jazz-car back. The bumper looks better than when I bought the vehicle! Caliber Collision does good work. Next, Jazz-car gets to go in to my uncle/mechanic for an oil change on Monday. Next week's writing class has gotten switched to Monday again. Timing may be tight; dinner may not happen until after class.

Wonderful Husband mentioned he had seen a gray Pontiac Solstice with the "Solstice" decal removed and a "Jazz" decal in its place. (Win!) Thus, I am now pondering getting in touch with a Honda dealership in the UK and getting a "Jazz" decal from them and figuring out how to swap it out with the US-only "Fit" decal....

And, to end the TFs riff, happy birthday to Megan Fox! Love to Mikaela; BV Carly simply does not exist. (DotM, in its entirety, does not exist. Also, Michael Bay does not exist.)

Changing topic, I work in the funeral industry. I have a terrific sense of gallows humor. One has to, or at least one develops it. That said, there are two things I have trouble parsing. The decals in the back windows of vehicles, with "[name], [birthyear] - [deathyear]". Why do people get those? And, also, twice now I've passed carwashes being held "In Remembrance Of [deceased]". I'm assuming they're to defray funeral expenses, but, just... somehow it doesn't quite compute.

And I must be more careful about where I leave mostly-pinned petticoats. I may see the giant green amoeba on the floor; Wonderful Husband may not, and thus step on a pin.... :(

Comments

[dellessa.livejournal.com]

Oddly (or maybe not so oddly) you can get the Jazz logo's on ebay. =X

[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

YAY for Jazz-car!

Yeah, I'm not sure I get the memorial window decals either. I mean . . . you're eventually going to lose that car - to a trade-in, to an accident, to repairs that just aren't worth paying for, to /something/ - and THEN what? >,o But yeah, the car wash is probably either to help with actual funeral expense, or to help the family with other things, like bills that are piling up because suddenly, loss of part of a household's income. I know when my friend Bear died, there was a big charity drive to help his wife deal with a few things and get through some stuff.

Eeep! No pins in toes! D:

[cazcatharsis.livejournal.com]

echoing the Birthday wishes to Megan Fox! FUCK CARLY! At least Mikaela knew her shit!

Hee hee! Jazzcar kicks ass.

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

Hey, this seemed like the place to mention this: We bought Bumblebee!

...okay, not quite. It's a convertible. But it's a 1973 VW Beetle, bright yellow, runs like a dream. We got it for about half the normal asking price for a classic bug in its condition.

And yes, we got it the bee air freshener and disco-ball for the mirror.

[yuusada.livejournal.com]

Logo swap is relatively easy. They're backed with adhesive.

You grab the old logo and just pull it off the car. To aid in this, you can get a plastic razor blade to help force it up without damaging the paint. Just make sure to use a strip of painters tape to mark the position and level of the original logo.

Another trick is to use a compressed gas duster can and attempt to freeze the adhesive by holding the can upside down and spraying the logo. This, in conjunction with the plastic razor blade is how I remove adhesive mylar from pinball machine playfield surfaces, but considering they probably gave thought to people driving the car through sub-zero temperatures, this may not be that effective.

I also recall a friend of mine de-badged their car by pulling a piece of dental floss between the backside of the logo and the car. I'd recommend gloves with this technique.

[flybystardancer.livejournal.com]

What about the ride? Does it exist? lol Total agreement on BV Carly and DOTM. I still haven't bought the DVD...

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice! Congrats on the good buy! ^_^

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the excellent advice! I assume the adhesive on the back of the logo isn't tight-bonded enough to do paint damage, if you're careful when you remove it? And I'll definitely remember the painter's tape trick - I wouldn't've even thought about that.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Dunno about the ride. Maybe? I've stopped hearing ads for it on the radio, so I assume it's opened, but I'm not fool enough to go to any SoCal amusement park during tourist season, so I haven't gone on it yet.

I haven't bought DotM either. I'm not going to.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

*glee!* Thanks for the heads-up! That will be so much easier than dealing with a labyrinthine trans-Atlantic chain of acquisition.

[dellessa.livejournal.com]

=D You're welcome!

[flybystardancer.livejournal.com]

We're getting ads for it on TV here. And I'll be down there in a couple weeks, but Disneyland only. Aunt asked me if I was going to head over to ride it, but it's the only ride in the park I'd be interested in, the line will be insane, and I'm with a group that includes individuals to young/small to ride. Totally not worth the price to get into the park at the moment.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

...You know, I live three miles from Disneyland. Want to meet up for dinner at Downtown Disney or something? I could give you a mini rosemary plant since they seem to be taking.

[flybystardancer.livejournal.com]

I'd have to talk to the family, see if I can get away for a few hours by myself. I'll be there with my dad, my brother, my niece, brother's fiancee, and her two girls. We drive down Sunday the 3rd, drive back Wednesday the 6th.

I'd love to, just need to work on logistics on my end. LOL

[yuusada.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think so, but in reviewing the topic, I would recommend the floss method as it minimizes the forces you apply to the paint/body.

There are any number of YouTube videos that show you how to debadge a car, but the summary is heat the badge with a hair dryer until it's hot to the touch, then run floss or fishing line between the logo and the car until the badge is removed. You can remove the left-over adhesive residue left behind with heat and rolling it off with your fingers. Any small residue left after that can be taken care of with Goo Gone. If you're going to immediately apply the Jazz badge, you can probably skip that last step.

Perfect example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWBxWYsXgPU