Has this ever happened to any of you?

[sweagle02]

I think taking the emblems off is pointless....for any car. Is it really that bad to rock a an "H" in the back of your car?????? Flame suit is officially ON.

Dude I would NEVER take off the "H". I'm proud to drive my Honda. It's the "Accord" and the "LX" badges I took off. I wanted a cleaner look ya kno?

 

[Johnson]

Dude I would NEVER take off the "H". I'm proud to drive my Honda. It's the "Accord" and the "LX" badges I took off. I wanted a cleaner look ya feel me?

i feel:jarred:

 

[sweagle02]

i feel:jarred:

lmao dammit man now I had to go and change it.

 

[RedRyder]

I removed the stock "V6" badge and replaced it with a red one last year, all the rubbing dulled the paint around the emblem area. After polishing and a few waxes, it's hard to tell anymore. Whatever they use for adhesive really sticks.

 

[sweagle02]

I removed the stock "V6" badge and replaced it with a red one last year, all the rubbing dulled the paint around the emblem area. After polishing and a few waxes, it's hard to tell anymore. Whatever they use for adhesive really sticks.

Any certain wax or polish you recommend?

 

[Theory208]

Hey guys, I was debadging the "Accord" and "LX" from the car today and the "LX" came off fine and Goo-Gone took care of the residue, came out real clean.

The "Accord" however...not so much. The emblem came off real quick with the dental floss but that's because there was barely any tape or glue left on the actual badge, it was all left on the car. After intense use of elbow grease and Goo-Gone I was able to scrape all that crap off mainly using my thumb nail as a tool.

Well to get to the point, what I thought were minuscule strands of glue left turned out to be chipped paint as a result of the glue I'm guessing. Has this happened to anyone else or was the glue so corroded onto my car that I'm the first case lol. Here's some pics.

In the last pic you can see what's left after I worked everything else off. It's very faint in the picture but you can see the chipping.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w144/mpd0/debadge1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w144/mpd0/debadge2.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w144/mpd0/debadge3.jpg

You can get a rubber eraser from an autobody store that hooks up to a drill for removing the residue. Be careful with it though as it can take the CC right off.