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Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 3:04 pm
by jokke
Is it screwed on, or just glued ?

Thanks

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 3:33 pm
by fry_81
glued on, it has 2 plastic rods sticking out of the emblym that go into the hood, it will probably come off by sawing it off with dental floss.

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 4:07 pm
by storm99
I was thinking about removing the emblem off my hood and replacing it with the 'new' Mazda badge from the MX-5 (03/04 model year).
Jokke - I'd be interested to hear how hard it is to remove, and how much of a mess it makes.

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 5:01 pm
by psneddon
I replaced my badge with the MX-5 one you mention. I looks great. I just basically prized off the old badge then had to use some cleaner and rubbing to get the leftover glue off. I then had to break the pins of the MX-5 badge as they were i a different place and didnt line up. However it fits over the old holes perfectly.

Paul

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 5:09 pm
by jokke
So if i want 0 logo at all. I would have two holes in my hood ?

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 5:20 pm
by Tempus
untill you filled and painted them, yep..

So if planning to de-badge the car, it's recommended to do it before painting, so you're not driving around with a bunch of holes where badges used to be.

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 5:22 pm
by storm99
Paul - Thanks for the heads-up, now I know, I'll be doing this next week, cheers!

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 16th, 2004, 6:19 pm
by mx3man83
I pulled my emblem off before I got my car painted. To cover the two holes, I put two tiny pieces of fiberglass behind them, let it harden, then just bondo'd over the top.

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 17th, 2004, 1:31 am
by mitmaks
Id keep my old one, i take pride in my mx3 and whatever badges on it :D but ive got c/f hood hmm that just gave me an idea, ill prob stick it on carbon fiber hood

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: August 17th, 2004, 12:31 pm
by MX3-Freak
The hatch emblem on the P5 fits the hood of our cars the best just for a heads up.

Re: Removing the mazda logo on the hood ?

Posted: September 10th, 2004, 4:54 am
by storm99
Replaced the emblem last night. I used the one from a 2004 MX-5 (miata).
I had to remove the pins from the back, and I trimmed a sticky fixer to fit the back of the M part of the badge, so that it completely covered the holes left by the old badge.
I used acetone - my girlfriend's nail polish remover (shhh, don't tell her!) to clean off the mess left by the old emblem to give me a nice clean surface to stick to. The 2 emblems are almost exactly the same size, so it looks really good!

Posted: September 5th, 2006, 4:18 pm
by OutlaW
Can anyone please help this poor portuguese fool ? :lol:

I want to make a de-badge on the Mx-3... and to switch the Mazda Badge on the hood.
Does anyone know if the trunk badges, the Mazda , the Mx-3 and the V6 badge leave holes ? Or just glue ?
I really need a hand here :wink:

Posted: September 5th, 2006, 4:46 pm
by mr1in6billion
just glue

Posted: September 5th, 2006, 6:46 pm
by OutlaW
mr1in6billion wrote:just glue
thanks :D