eh,...probably screwed the car up, but had to do something.

The back trunk had too much alphabet soup going on with all the badges. So I took all of them off.

Then I cut the emblems (also took of front) to resemble a stylized "M" and reattached.

60/40 split about "would I do this again". Overall I am satisfied. Sorry no pictures but I am sure you have all seen the cut emblem before on other Mazda cars.

Its a black car so it looks ok. Messed up the paint a little getting the front emblem off. Plus there are some outlines of the previouis emblems still visible but since I am having part of the fender repainted to fix scratches that came with the car I can get this fixed as well.

WD40 worked better than Goo Gone with removing sticker residue. Took my time and gently scraped with my finger nails. Still left a few scratches but see paragraph above.

Anyone else do something similiar, and if so any pictures. Looks a little cleaner in the rear now.

If it is really that bad, just buy some new ones. They are only like $20.

My Winning Blue RX-8 is De-Badged. I like the look but I must have the OEM badge's. You never know. I might just want them on one day. But for now I get a lot of people pull up next to me at a light and look at the Car like; WTF is that?!!!
lol I love it :)
I'll post pics for you today. You can see where they came off there is not one scratch.

I thought about taking all the badges off but then It would look the blank , so I just took off the M on the back. The back seem very crowed so be taking the one in the center , its help alot . I need a little chrome on the car so I'll leave the other on . Maybe you should had a pro do it and it would have come out better. From reading your post you don't seem to happy . To bad you don't have pictures .

Good Luck.............

^ Reaper, what did you do with the 2 holes when you took off the M? I've been reading all the threads on debadging and admit, a BB looks a bit too shiney with all 3 badges on the rear.

Its not that I am unhappy, its the perfectionist coming out in me. Besides the person doing the paint is a friend who runs a body shop so I am confident about the quality of work

Probably leave all emblems off after the painting. I can always stick them on later. I am having all the holes welded/ground/filled/painted so it should look great.

But yea, a professional would have done a better job, fortunately I am getting it painted (fender) anyways. Also having some eyelids cut from a thin sheet of aluminium. Traced on paper to copy the ones that Kei Office did. Welding shop across from where I work has a water table. Going to put a small bevel on the leading edge; this with some minor touch up and they should look good. Getting these painted also. If I like the look I will stick these on. If not I will have some Kei Office replica eyelids for sale:)

My Winning Blue RX-8 is De-Badged. I like the look but I must have the OEM badge's. You never know. I might just want them on one day. But for now I get a lot of people pull up next to me at a light and look at the Car like; WTF is that?!!!
lol I love it :)
I'll post pics for you today. You can see where they came off there is not one scratch.

How much did de-badging run you?

I got tired of the chrome too. I didn't debadge the car I just painted all the emblems and cut the front so far. Rear is coming in the next few days.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/Easy_E1/RX-8/020108_mazdaemblem01.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/Easy_E1/Toyz%20for%20Totz%202007/mini-TOYZFORTOTZ2007020.jpg

I got tired of the chrome too. I didn't debadge the car I just painted all the emblems and cut the front so far. Rear is coming in the next few days.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/Easy_E1/RX-8/020108_mazdaemblem01.jpg

:Eyecrazy: That looks downright evil. I want one too. :lol:

The re-sale value of your car just dropped.

when you sell it you can just put new badges on it. no prob

I want to debadge, and if I can get the M in black chrome, or do it myself, I'll keep it. Should look good on silver.

Any way to get an M in black chrome?

The re-sale value of your car just dropped.

Its a car. It depreciates constantly anyways. May as well have a car that makes me happy. :)

I got tired of the chrome too. I didn't debadge the car I just painted all the emblems and cut the front so far. Rear is coming in the next few days.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/Easy_E1/Toyz%20for%20Totz%202007/mini-TOYZFORTOTZ2007020.jpg

that looks really cool. do they make a blue paint like that too?

Bester: this thread fails without pics

How much did de-badging run you?

Got the car like that. But you can see the holes but not in pic's :)

^^ get 'em filled. Don't think it would cost too much

Yeah thing is man you can still see the sun burn. Odd. Do cars get sun burn? :lol:

Pic of my car debadged :)
http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=2272895&postcount=24

you need some Zaino.... it's got an SPF rating. :D:

:lol: wait till I post the front bumper :(

Its a car. It depreciates constantly anyways. May as well have a car that makes me happy. :)

I agree!

^^ yet you hardly drive your car. tsk tsk

The hell with that. I get my money worth. I'm in for the long hall. One wreck and we jump right back in a nother 8. Cant stop us 8 lovers :)

^^ yup!
There's times where I let mine sit for a few days or a week in the garage but even so, I've got 40,000 on my late '05 already. It's a driver's car, I wish more people would realize that

:lol: wait till I post the front bumper :(

I double dog dare ya

I'll post them when its light out

I think I have already seen it in another thread.

Bester: this thread fails without pics


Yea, I know. I'd rather show some pics when the painting is done, which will be next weekend. Maybe I'll get some this Monday to show all the work in progress. Plus I am still waiting for the eyelids to be cut. Should be Monday as well.

I got tired of the chrome too. I didn't debadge the car I just painted all the emblems and cut the front so far. Rear is coming in the next few days.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/Easy_E1/RX-8/020108_mazdaemblem01.jpg


Thats hot. Kinda looks like a superhero symbol. Mazdaman to the rescue!!!! :batman:

The re-sale value of your car just dropped.


And your point is?

i want to do that too, what did you use to cut with?

i want to do that too, what did you use to cut with?


I used the 'ol Dremel Power tool. Just cut a bit back from the final edge and file it by hand to size. This gives you a little cushion room in case your cut is not PERFECT.

Easy_E1, got your PM. walmart didn't have that paint, but i'll look for it at an auto parts store tomorrow. gonna see how anodized blue looks on WB.

Easy_E1, got your PM. walmart didn't have that paint, but i'll look for it at an auto parts store tomorrow. gonna see how anodized blue looks on WB.

found it.

Well, fwiw, I debadged and had it repainted. The emblem holes where filled/welded over. Looks great. I think I will just leave the badges off. This is a base (sport) black car with no sunroof, foglights, or body kit. So it looks great with a heavy tint job. Lean and mean. The back looks a little empty but the front looks very nice without any emblem.

And if people cant tell what kind of car this is, then shame on them :)

lets see some pics :)

how do you think blue emblems would look on a BB?