95vtecgook

I want to get rid of the honda symbol in the front of my car, there are two holes where the emblem goes int...how do you guys fill them in and clean it up wihtout it looking nasty??? certain gunk from home depo or something??

LostLude

You going to fill in the holes with gunk, sand it down and repaint it...Thats if you want it to look nice. But I'm sure you can find the gunk at Homedepot

LudeyKrus

Fill w/ bondo, sand down, repaint w/ touch-up spray. For any holes bigger than a badge, though, I would recommend welding it up.

LostLude

Can't you just pop off the Prelude lettering on the back of the 5th gen? Its just adhessive on the back I assume

One Slow Lude

yes you can pop them off, but make sure your girlfriend isnt there distracting you while you accidentaly grab rubbing alcohol to get the sticky stuff off..... it fades the paint pretty bad anyone know a goo dpaint shop?!?

LudeyKrus

LOL ! Do you think a really good buffing could help it out instead of repainting?

714

The alcohol probably hazed the clearcoat, Id compound that **** out. Try that before you take it to a body shop.

95vtecgook

where is the best place to get milano red touch out spray paint???? i mean my paint is kind of faded due to time..but if i use gocra-p i mean it won't go on nicely??? can somebody get a zooooooooooooooomed in picture of a debadged 4th gen or 5th gen prelude??? i wanna see your finished products before i go in this strenous journy

shorti

instead of rubbing alcohol use something called GooGone
it's made for getting glue off of things without messing up finishes

rjr162

when i did mine it was as if the clearcoat was put over the edges of the letters or something really odd, because when i got the letters off there were raised edges around where the letters were and you could still see the prelude. I tried some goo-gone to wipe it down but it took a few small peices of paint off under where the P was (not the goo-gones fault, but the fact the raised edge came off and took some paint with it)

LudeyKrus

That was probably the glue; if some kind of paint-safe solvent won't work, looks like you can try sanding it w/ fine sandpaper.

One Slow Lude

Buffing it did help for the most part, I was only kidding about repainting, but it did suck when it happened. Plus the honda shop i take my car to decided to buff my whole car and they actually ate through the paint on the roof and trunk, i guess from keeping the buffer on one spot too long, so i think i do have to repaint it now, it kinda looks like poo

Sticky Tires

i had goo-be-gone and didn't even use it to debadge mines. i just rubbed all the adhesive off with my finger. it took longer but it came out clean. oh yeah try using dental floss or some fishing line to help pull off the p-r-e-l-u-d-e sticker on the bumper.

laughinxxx

peanut butter also takes off adhesive.

rokestah

My car has this beautiful swirl all over because my buffer ate thru the paint. And I have been buffing for a couple of years! I should have never bought a black car...
By the way, did you guys ever think of heating up the glue to remove it...?

Sticky Tires

never ever use a buffing machine to wax your car. i suggest doing it manually by hand. my pops ruined his car by using a buffing machine. just like washing my car, i would never ever take it through a drive through wash. so why would you use a machine to buff? it's all logic ya heard! do it by hand.

Saltine Box Racer

I'm sorry, but I just cringe when I hear about people using touch-up paint. Maybe I don't know about post finishing stuff, but I would really recomend that those kind of things are done by a body shop when you get other work done. I'd rather have a badge there then a bunch of orange peel.

LudeyKrus

True, but most people aren't looking to pay for labor plus repainting a trunk lid or front bumper to JUST have the badge removed. For a simple mod like this, just fillin the hole and touching up the small area is generally ok. But if i had the money, i would also get it done professionally.