So last night I wanted to take of the mazda badge on my car and only leave the mazda logo, and as i was taking off the badge i noticed that the mazda badge is clipped on to the trunk, so if i take it off I would have 2 holes in my trunk. I've seen lots of mazdas without it, so I guess I'll just wait it out...

is this rx8club.blog.com or rx8club.com

pay no attention to anthony.

Yup, many people here do it but you have to get the trunk holes filled and painted.

don't click this link. it won't help.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=17135&highlight=debadge

:uhh: ..................... :lol:

Yeahhhhh, wait it out for what? BTW, last guy that did this spent about $500 on it.

My bodyshop guy said $200 to fill, paint, and clearcoat all the holes.

I was thinking about doing the front and the everything off the rear, but after seeing pictures of others it looks off. I might leave the M and get it painted gunmetal gray or something.

i dont even think 200$ is even worth debadging....its so expensive for something so small and insignificant, or im just cheap and frugal... :S

but i cant believe that it costed that Ti.Gray $500 to debadge and paint..... geeez~ but i must say it looks clean!

Not worth it unless you have mad skillz or make bank...

The debadged look is crazy clean, but you can do so much more with that kind of buck. That's crazy expensive. You can look into just colormatching the existing emblems if you don't want them on there. I may consider at least trying that before dropping that kind of coin. It does look really sick, though.

Yea well i was gonna wait it out to go to a shop to get the holes filled in but, yea its probably not worth it.

I took my badge, the center one on the back and put some black pegs.That I got for about 50 cents for like 8 of them at a hardware store qand it looks great.

i just took mine off and painted them black i like how it contrasts between the color of the car

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq228/allen_araujo/blackemblems.jpg

That's a neat idea. I wonder about black on WB? Or perhaps white or gold? distasteful to some but it could look great...

Gold is SOOOOOO played out on blues - no one does that anymore.

Gold is SOOOOOO played out on blues - no one does that anymore.

only little asian guys do that with all their V-Tech stickers. :lol:

ouch....

only little asian guys do that with all their V-Tech stickers. :lol:

...parallels of the culture....:lol: http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Asian/Secret_Asian_Man/SAM_Images/SAMHollywoodThanks2.jpg

yeah i would save the 200 dollars and get some kind of performance mod...personallly

For 200 bucks, my next mod would be a short shifter instead of debadging.






BTW, I did the same thing as the OP before I was even a member here. I went out and started with the RX8 logo, got it off, then was like WTF with the other 2. So now my car has RX8 debadged and everything else is still there :lol:

I'm going to debadge mine when I have the wing removed. But there are a few things I'm doing first.
I personally think the trunk lids are too small to have all those badges.

i just took mine off and painted them black i like how it contrasts between the color of the car

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq228/allen_araujo/blackemblems.jpg


that looks pretty damn clean. My car is red and i bought it with black badges but i personally didn't like how it looked with black so bought the regular chrome ones.

does anybody have a white rx8 with white badges??? i would like to see some pics or anycolor badges matching the car

Now that looks great!! what kind of paint did you use to stick to the Chrome ones that the car comes with? or discribe your paint process ok,when I get My R3 I am going to mod the heck out of it.

i used this DIY

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=135531


he says to use krylon but use specifically krylon fusion because its made to bond better with plastic

I just did mine over the weekend. I used dental floss to get them off (which sucked), sanded them down, used primer, gave 3 coats of black, 2 coats of clear, then waxed them to a nice shine. Turned out good. :)

throw some pics up

throw some pics up

Ill try tonight, there was one casualty though, the rear flying M was broken on accident during removal, so I have a new one on order Im waiting for, then I have to paint that one.

aww that sucks
yea i almost broke mine too when i was taking it off

Thanks . If I get the Black R3 I am going to do them In RED Or Just Remove ALL the Emblems completely from the car But the front hood presents a problem ,The front emblem on the hood has a Indent shape for the Emblem .It might look crappy then ,Ideas?

Thanks . If I get the Black R3 I am going to do them In RED Or Just Remove ALL the Emblems completely from the car But the front hood presents a problem ,The front emblem on the hood has a Indent shape for the Emblem .It might look crappy then ,Ideas?

dont debadge it, I think red may be tacky on the R3.