I took off my hood emblem
Posted: July 26th, 2006, 1:52 am
in preparation for a paintjob that may be one year away, and the annoyance of the obsolete mazda symbol, i peeled it off with a non-philips screwdriver (sorry, i forget what to call them flatties)
what remained was the grey remnants of some sort of glue that was easily scraped and cleaned off, but what most importantly remains are two holes in my hood where the emblem's prongs were once inserted. one of the plastic "grommets" remains in one of the holes while the other came off with the emblem. those who have done this or plan to do this will realize that on the other side of the hood from where the emblem sat, there is a hollow space (that is barely accessible for a wandering human finger), which makes me wonder how i should approach re-filling these holes when time comes to give my car a blo-- i mean, paintjob.
should i be concerned about rust developing inside my hood if rain is able to run into those two holes?
what remained was the grey remnants of some sort of glue that was easily scraped and cleaned off, but what most importantly remains are two holes in my hood where the emblem's prongs were once inserted. one of the plastic "grommets" remains in one of the holes while the other came off with the emblem. those who have done this or plan to do this will realize that on the other side of the hood from where the emblem sat, there is a hollow space (that is barely accessible for a wandering human finger), which makes me wonder how i should approach re-filling these holes when time comes to give my car a blo-- i mean, paintjob.
should i be concerned about rust developing inside my hood if rain is able to run into those two holes?