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Hey everyone, I conducted a search and I didn't find what I needed to know. I am planning to debadage the back of my trunk. Does anyone have any advice to doing so? Does anyone know if the "H" sign is screwed on or not? TIA!

~ Les

 
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heat gun, aka blow dryer and floss, and floss behind the letters and then use goo gone or something to get the crap underneath the actual emblem off. typically the "H" has 2 screws and the holes are in the trunk, might be difficult to cover up?

 
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^^^ Yup.

 
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Thanks again. . .

 
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the H has to stay unless you get a body shop to weld them shut and repaint trunk. prolly not worth it. the civic and si should come out, its just glued on. dont forget to rewax once you use cleaners to get the goo out.

 
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if there's a meet sometime soon for norcal, i can get it done for you...i've done it multiple times for the dealership i work at (mazda/subaru) (im down in monterey)

 
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i think you wanna do more than remove the emblems

 
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hammer and flathead screwdriver

wedge the screwdrived between the emblem and the trunk and hit the end of it with a hammer till it comes off.

 
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^ahaha just use floss...and goo gone to clean up... nothing serious i can do it with my eyes closed and dont u have a husband with a sti lol Im sure he already knew how to do it? I could be wrong???

 
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i used a screwdriver first time and chipped the paint haha.

 
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I don't understand why people take the H off the trunk, because to me it's pretty much saying your not proud of what you drive. I think it's cool to take off the front though specialy the 8th gen because they are huge.

 
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im proud of what i drive, and it should be obvious what kind of car it is to most people. but shaved trunk is just so clean. no need to have all sorts of emblem everywhere to advertise.

 
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x2...michael jackson is a whole different deal

 
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i'm just the kind of person that don't get the point to it and when you take the H off it seems like it's missing something. I'm not saying no body is not proud of what they drive but some times it seems that way because everyone does it these days.

 
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well they could look inside on my dash or the steering wheel and see a big H lol

 
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or because people like clean lines

 
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Really? That would be so cool if you could!!! But I don't think we have meets up here.... I could be wrong.

 
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Um... yeah I'm pretty proud of what I drive but I ain't gotta flaunt it to everybody... it's not like they didn't know it was a honda when they see it. But it looks way cleaner without anything on it. But I wouldn't be on this site if I was ashamed to drive a Honda Civic Si.

 
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True.... just signed our lives away yesterday... but he dunno how to debadge my car either!!! And his STi sucks. He's planning on getting a 350z soon... thank you lord.

 
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Dude, I just moved from Monterey... beautiful little spot. I do love being back in the southeast though....

As for the debadging, if the floss isn't doing what you want, and you can't make it to someone who can help you, you can take a putty knife and wrap a piece of duct tape on the edge (make sure it's tight and not all wrinkled). Once you have your heat gun on the badge you want off you can slowly work the putty knife underneath and lift the badge up. Still use goo gone to get the excess glue off, and then a good wash and wax. Heads up though, if you try this without the tape on the end of the putty knife, you will jack up your paint job. Otherwise it's cake, so good luck.

 
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WHT EVER YOU DO DO NOT USE GOO BEGONE THAT **** TAKES OFF CLEAR COAT DONT DO IT. insted just use rubbing achole it does the trick and is less harsh. i under stand the hole h thing i kept my ha but just painted it flat black it looks rilly good on my white car with limo tint kinda ying yang thing gooing on.

 
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eh, ive used tons of googone and never had a problem on paint. just get the residue off with water and wax it when youre done

 
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Fishing line works better than floss, I kept breaking the floss when doing it. This has been answered many times though, just search.

 
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If a person is seriously looking at your car more than likely they are going to know what the car is. The people who dont know what the diff kinds of cars look like, probably wont even notice/care that you dont have an H on your car.

 
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the cop that stopped me said mine was a nissan on the paper lol

 
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thats funny, i did say more than likely they would know though

 
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I just removed my civic and EX badges from the back of my car, but you can still see the outline of the 'civic' and the paint looks slighly faded. Will putting a coat of wax on clean this up?

Heres a pic of what it looks like:


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no it wont. wax usually does not alter the paint in any way, only protects it. get a bottle of meguiars ultimate compound and rub some on til it takes away the residues. then follow up with a good wax to protect the paint.

 
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If u remove the H it will leave 2 holes so u can either get them fixed at an autobody shop or on pro civic.com they sell JDM Honda emblems there red with a chrome H in the middle but its all like smooth. those would look pretty clean on a black civic inmy oppinion. Im still debating if i should put one on mine cuz its green i think it will look dumb.