Gone and done it!

[Brizza]

Well, it's happened. Though i'm not into modding cars, and although i said i wouldn't, i've gone and got the stubby. I'm sure i've just disappointed a lot of people by crossing over to the stubby side... soz. Only a very minor mod, but still a big thing i reckon. Pretty chuffed with it too

 

[k.leeming]

I sure do like the red and white badges. Was tempted by that myself.

 

[Brizza]

I kind of cheated a bit with the badges. I wasn't sure what a change of colour would look like, or if i would like it, so didn't want to spend a load of money getting a full set of badges. Instead i got one of those vinyl kits with the badge sizes already cut out, was something like £8, with all sorts of colours to choose from. One set does every badge on the car, with a few spare too.

 

[Rob s]

like the mod. just done the same myself. Havent had any reduction in radio reception like some have. Have you noticed any difference?

 

[paulgs1000]

Like the badges - I've kept my Whippy!
(Nice looking Zed)

 

[Brizza]

Regarding the radio reception, i don't really listen to it much. This was my main reason for changing to the stubby, aesthetics more than anything.

The badges - they've been on a couple of months now, and no sign of them peeling off. You actually have to look hard to tell that it's vinyl stuck over the original colour... unless you've got a wonky hand when putting them on. It's my daily drive, so we'll see how they fair over the winter months, especially on the wheels.

I wasn't too sure when i first ordered the badge vinyl, thought it could look amateurish, but for only a few quid i gave it a go. Got to say, it does do the job quite nicely if you fancy a non-permanent change.

 

[andysat]

Great mod!-you know it makes sense! -any closer pics of the wheel centres?

 

[srhutch]

Start of a slippery slope my friend :wink:

 

[Rusky]

Being a proud whip owner :roll: I have to say that I think the stubby looks right on the rag top think your badges are cool

 

[vanilla]

I recently went to the 'stubby' side too and did notice the radio is worse but I mostly use iTunes anyway.

Nice red/white badges!

 

[pharmed]

Best place to buy a stubby?

 

[Brizza]

Cheers for the good reviews on the badge stickers, i'll get a couple more pics of them later today.

Not sure where most of you guys got your stubbys from, mine was £8.95 inc postage from ebay. I can imagine it's one of the easiest and cheapest little mods to do. As for that slippery slope to more modding... we'll see

 

[indizee]

Ditched my stubby, poor reception. Now back to a whippy. Brilliant reception, I listen to the radio all the time so it is functionality over asthetics for me.

 

[Hadies]

I think the stubby looks great on a roadster. But I can't make my mind up when it's on the coupe. I think both the stubby and whippy look good but I can't decide which is better.

 

[Brizza]

Here are a couple of closer pics of the vinyl on the badges. Only the red is coloured vinyl, so you can go for just about any colour combo you want - including the carbon look. Just make sure you give the surface a proper clean before positioning the vinyl, if you don't like it, then you can simply peel them off.

 

[vanilla]

Cool, i want to try purple but it won't look good on black, I think it would look better on silver or grey.

 

[bdcarlton]

I've done the same mod to mine. My research found that this is the AM antenna. The FM antenna is someplace else in the car. I don't hardly listen to AM much at all. Just did a 180 mile road trip this last weekend and didn't notice any difference in FM reception.

 

[Brizza]

Tried the radio this morning for the first time since i put the stubby on last weekend - no problem with reception at all