Trunk Debadge / Emblem Removal??
 

Hey guys,

Ive searched for over an hour on here and cant find a definitive answer so I am posting to ask if the rear trunk emblems are double side taped on, or if there are holes under the emblems? Before I start flossing them off and prying away, I would HATE to find holes under the emblems. (Mines an 09 but im sure its the same as earlier years.)

Thanks in advance! :)

the "mazda" badge has three holes, the flying "M" has two holes, and the "rx8" is held on with double sided tape. so only the rx8 will come off without holes behind it

Blackmobile: your car is hot!

wow I know that I covered this in at least three threads I got tired of posting pics of my trunk ,,, but true Snipaz is correct

PHEW! Glad I waited and asked... I was going for the "MAZDA" one first... Thanks guys. RotR8 did you fill the holes im guessing? Feel free to post how it looks here. It would be appreciated! I wonder if anyones pulled the badges ooff and painted them the color of the car, Id consider blacking my badges out and putting them back on, should look hot on black. Im wondering if the emblems clip into the holes or what? Id like to take them off without breaking them. Any tips?

my 8 is in the body shop getting de-badged right now! I was gonna try the blow dryer and floss myself but finding out they had holes would have potentially been catastrophic lol. GL with that!

yeah no prob, but other peeps might be sick of seeing it,:lol: :lol: :lol:
and if your looking for color match, its your luck that Street Unit happens to seel blacked mazda badges just make sure to get the RX8s and not the 6 or 3s I almost ordered the wrong one... I did however keep the fyling M but like said before it has two post
http://www.streetunit.com/Emblems_s/1447.htm

very nice find. I might look into those in the future!

Rotr8..... SWEET RIDE! Cool photography too. Which rims are those?

Anyone know how theyre clipped on or whatever? I want to remove them without snapping any clips...

I still have my logos that were removed. I will take pictures of the backs and post them here for you when I get home in about 5 hours...

why are those so expensive? it shouldnt cost so much just for painting them. you could buy a couple of oem ones and mess up painting them and it would still be cheaper.
http://www.rx8strakes.com/index.asp?...ROD&ProdID=339

old but lots of info..

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...hlight=debadge

beers :beer:

the only reason I can think of why tehy are so expensive is that they look like black chrome, Ive seen several people here paint them and it looks pretty cheap, mainly because they didnt prep the surface and used really thick enamel sprays but regardless it looked bad....

:SHOCKED: Great thanks, I appreciate it! How did you remove yours?

Thanks!

I'm interested in this as well, there are just too many emblems on the car's rear for my liking.

^ +1

Whenever someone can post a pic of the back side of the removed emblems it will be greatly appreciated. Too much goin on in the back and I need to clean it up some. Im going to smoke them with Night Shades spray for that "black chrome" look. I just need to preserve the clips on the emblems so I can fasten them back on properly. :Kill1:

tell me about this night shades spray you speak of,,,,,:yesnod: :yesnod:

Hey

Its the tail light spray (transparent smoked). No sanding/scuffing required before spraying the plastic (just wipe the surface with alcohol). It works great on emblems from what I have seen friends do to theirs.

Link to product:
http://www.autotoys.com/x/catalog/VH...99_p_1990.html

Isn't is possible to just, well for my case i have the genuine color brilliant black in like a nail polish case bottle i ordered. Cant i just paint it on to the emblems and leave it inside the garage for a night?

Im not sure if youre kidding or not, but incase youre not..... DO NOT paint them with touch up paint. You will ruin them and they will look horrible. You cant get a nice even coat. It will turn out all bumpy and nasty looking trust me.

hmmm yea I never thought to 'tint' them with that stuff,,, thanks for the heads up....

5 hours is up! :lol2: NEED PICS PLEASE :eyetwitch

Thanks!

Yeah I'm pasting this from my other post just a sec ago. Sorry I was caught up in all this chaos with Big O Tires....

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"My tire blew yesterday so I take it up to Big O Tires (Never Again). Today was a complete and EPIC FAIL. So I have to get the 8 towed up to the shop and it gets there at 1pm. I get up there and tell them I want the new Falken piex tires or whatever. So they're like cool, we'll have the alignment done and it'll be ready at 6. I come back at 6pm and pay for the work. When they pull the car around... I have yet another flat tire. This time, its the new tire and not only this, but I am also at this time informed that they accidentally destroyed my tire pressure sensor. I also noticed that there are dents and scratches now on my otherwise spotless rims. If this wasn't enough, they get some retard mexican that doesn't even speak english to come move my car back (I have nothing against foreigners - I am on myself - Half). While he's trying to put my car in reverse, he kills my car 3 times by putting it in 6th. I basically open the door and tell him to GTFO. So tomorrow I am going to go up there and speak with the owner. I'm demanding that he replace the rims, give me the tires free of charge and replace the tire pressure sensor. Tallying up what the total will be tonight so I can go in there guns blazing tomorrow morning. Anywho... Stay clear of Big O Tires on the corner of Outer Loop and New Cut Rd. Bad Shit."

Anywho... That's why the pics aren't here yet. I'll make it a point to take pictures of the logos when I go to talk to the owner about what he's gonna do for me. In the meantime... Here are some pics of the back with my logos removed:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../de-badge1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../de-badge2.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../de-badge3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...9/DSC00794.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...9/DSC00782.jpg

here are two pics of mine from awhile ago. not the best but whatever.

Looks awesome! Im actually looking for pictures of the emblems themselves (the backside of them) so I can see what type of clips are on them so I can remove them without breaking them. Can someone please post a pic of the BACK of the emblems?

Here are the requested pictures... Just went to the shop today. They're buying me new rims so I guess thats good news. Sorry it took so long... Just been tied up in all this BS:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...9052008170.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...9052008171.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...9052008172.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...9052008173.jpg

These were the OEM Badges that I had removed. The RX-8 Logo was just a sticky with no holes. Three on the "Mazda" badge and another two on the "M" logo. Hope this helps. Good luck with the de-badging! It really adds a nice touch to the car :P

Thanks for the pics kainis2k. Theyre not even clips which is good, I dont have to worry about breaking them. I will post pics after I take them off and smoke the emblems.

yo thanks for the pics Kain. and for helpin out ur fellow 8 owners. Plannin on debadgin this weekend and i got all my research from one spot. got to love that.

How are you going to handle the 5 holes in the trunk lid? Fill em and paint the whole trunk?

no problem... I find it hard to find good information in posts anymore... I wish there was more discussion about changing out headlight bulbs that would have just told me to remove the front bumper and remove the housing rather than reaching in through the wheel well and breaking a platic bracket (i fixed it tho). In general, those are my pet pieves... I try to be helpful as much I can to make it easier on the next guy... Good luck with the de-badging!

Hey Kainis,

Any tips on removing the emblems? The plastic pins dont want to come out of the holes? :Eyecrazy:

Thanks!

dental floss.

beers :beer:

Thats what I used to get through the 3M double sided tape but now the plastic pins are what wont budge. Are there clips on them or what? :banghead:

Don't be scared to yank on it a little bit, the clips won't break. They aren't that fragile, just take your time with it and in no time you'll have them off!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey guys good thing someone posted this up. If i went to a body shop and asked them for a debadge how much would they pull out you think? Im talking about the MAZDA RX-8, the emblems front and back

Rates vary from shop to shop. Since the holes need to be filled and the trunk lid repainted, probably 200-300$

you have the mazda rx-8 badge up front?

debadging the front costs about the same as a repaint for the front.

Would refilling be really hard? considering i have the original paint itself up in my closet.

So the guy i asked quoted me "300" for front and back is that a good deal?

it depends on how good their work is and how theyre going to fill it. Ideally the holes should be welded shut to avoid cracking in the future like body filler can do.

If you know how to weld you could fill in those holes yourself (trunk) and save some money.

Yeah i asked and it took him some time to say what he was going to do with the car. I think hes not that great but still knows a little about it.

^^^ Also the front will be filled most likely with filler compound, and may look nice when you first get it but as time goes by the compound may sag...

Sorry for the overdue reply... My grandfather passed and I was out of the country... I wish I could tell ya, I have them taken out by a professional. I'll text him and see what he has to say about it though and get back to you this weekend if not by mid next week. :P

i Need to know... i've been itching to go pry those things out RIGHT NOW!!!...

but i want to make sure paint doesnt come off when i rippem off -_-.

want to do this.

what to fill holes with?

no shop for me.

i'd look for some little plug and paint it with touchup paint.

thread resurrection i'm going with a gray and black theme right now

black oem rims
tint
no one steal this: black lights for interior, footwells too
maybe black under glow
smoked tails n clear corners and i don't know for head lights n fogs yet

but for that set up, what do you guys think would look better? debadge, or painted badges black? (front and back)