De-badging Your Car

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richrat

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"04" Mazda 3 Hatchback

• Jul 1, 2004

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De-badging You Car

Hello all,
This is my first post and I thought I might try to save someone else from having to buy any badges from the dealer.......DON'T TRY TO DE-BADGE YOUR CAR

I have always debadged my cars and have NEVER had any problems......

I started with the rear Mazda badge in the middle of the hatch.........IT HAS 2 HOLES IN THE MIDDLE FOR NO REASON....When I went to the dealer they told me the only badge you can remove is the 3 on the rear hatch after the Mazda.......

The Mazda badge on the left side has 3 holes in it.... (chair)

Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And did these cars pass U.S. Ecco?

This is where the test cars in a chamber for rust/corrosion

If anyone knows please respond......THANKS!

I do LOVE my car......I now have 537 miles on it....2 weeks old.

 

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dosle

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2k3.5 p5 ftw!

• Jul 1, 2004

• #2

the 3 has holes then too huh? ah well, that sucks, debadge it and bring it into a piant shop to get filled/shaved and repainted (while its still new paint). thats what i'm doing to my p5.

 

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Fobby_Monkey

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Mazda 3

• Jul 1, 2004

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debadging it would look weird since the truck is so huge.

You should have done some research before debadging.

 

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jersey_emt

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04 MSM #1089

• Jul 1, 2004

• #4

Proteges have the same 'problem'

 

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TampaBlackMSP

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'03 Blk Mica MSP

• Jul 1, 2004

• #5

Yep, it sucks, but true - due to not wanting to spend $$ on filling/painting, I painted my rear Protege emblem black - not too bad, but not badgeless unfortunately. Drillin' holes in the car for badges doesn't make sense to me either.

 

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goldwing2000

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2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles

• Jul 1, 2004

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richrat said:

The Mazda badge on the left side has 3 holes in it.... (chair)

Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And did these cars pass U.S. Ecco?

This is where the test cars in a chamber for rust/corrosion

If anyone knows please respond......THANKS!

I do LOVE my car......I now have 537 miles on it....2 weeks old.

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The holes are common on a lot of vehicles and are used for both locating the badges to ease installation and to keep the badges from sliding if the adhesive gets too hot.

I'm sure a secondary reason is to discourage people from removing the name on the car.

As far as corrosion testing, since the car has a 5-yr/Unlimited-mi Corrosion warranty, then I would assume that they have done any necessary testing.

 

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TampaBlackMSP

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'03 Blk Mica MSP

• Jul 1, 2004

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Common? Hmm, I dunno about that one - most cars I've seen (including high end stuff...Benz, BMW, etc.) don't have holes underneath. Ah well, whatever....

 

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goldwing2000

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2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles

• Jul 1, 2004

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TampaBlackMSP said:

Common? Hmm, I dunno about that one - most cars I've seen (including high end stuff...Benz, BMW, etc.) don't have holes underneath. Ah well, whatever....

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I'm not in the habit of de-badging cars but a good number of the ones I've messed with had holes and pins (Benz, Cadillac, Mustang, Honda...).

 

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TampaBlackMSP

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'03 Blk Mica MSP

• Jul 1, 2004

• #9

Well, all I know is we can't debadge our cars easily - which is doodoo imo.

 

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alexlitov

• Jul 1, 2004

• #10

Toyota also has holes....

European cars usually don't have holes

 

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TampaBlackMSP

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'03 Blk Mica MSP

• Jul 1, 2004

• #11

I think that's what I'm thinking - my older VW's had them (2 Rabbit GTI's, '90 Jetta GLI), whereas my newer VW's didn't ('95 and '00 GTI)...

 

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goldwing2000

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2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles

• Jul 1, 2004

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alexlitov said:

Toyota also has holes....

European cars usually don't have holes

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Toyota... that's the one I couldn't rememember.

My Benz was an '89. Maybe they did it differently back then. (dunno)

If you really wanted to get creative, you could devise a new badge to put in its place. Like "PIMPIN" or "NO FAT CHICKS" or something. (evil)

 

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TampaBlackMSP

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'03 Blk Mica MSP

• Jul 1, 2004

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How about "Need Money" - now that would make a good badge...or at least an appropriate one! (bang)

 

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Da 6

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2013 BGM Chevy Cruze ECO, 2005 SWP Subaru Legacy GT

• Jul 1, 2004

• #14

www.youremblem.com is a place dannyboy pointed out...you can make oem like badges...

 

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blizz81

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• Jul 2, 2004

• #15

D'oh, so much for my hopes of the mazda emblem alone in the center.

 

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Da 6

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2013 BGM Chevy Cruze ECO, 2005 SWP Subaru Legacy GT

• Jul 2, 2004

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that sux cause the 2.3 badges came with a guide to make the instal as accurate as humanly posible for dealers.

 

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torque222

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2003.5 mazdaspeed

• Jul 2, 2004

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the msp is not that bad to debadge.. the mazdaspeed badge peels right off, then i removed the badge from the center of the grill and the center of the trunk and painted them the same color as my 2003.5 blazin yellow..came out nice.