Ok, feel free to flame me for this.

Im having issues installing a rear OEM emblem I bought for my eg hatch. Part number is 75701-sr3-000 . I checked on Hondapartscheap.com and the part number matches.

When I try to put the emblem in, it appears that the pins on the back of the emblem look much bigger than the holes on my tailgate. I didn't want to force it in because the emblem looks fragile.

Please....help....I....have.....been.....defeated. ...by....an....emblem

 

snip off the nubs.
use double sided 3m adhesive strips..

or bore out the holes in the hatch with a drill bit to make them fit.
pics when done

 

So with the "tubular clips" on the nubs it doesn't fit?


Link for reference:

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...tcgry5=EMBLEMS

 

Yes, tubular clips. It doesn't fit

and NO I WILL NOT drill my hatch!

 

i wood just snip off the snubs i did that to the front emblem i had it didnt want to fit so i snipped it off(the snub) and boom perfect fit

 

golly dont drill into a 20 year old foriegn economy car :/

 

Get the properly sized emblems, if they still make them, or use double sided tape like rick said.

 

Sand the nubs until they they fit

 

ummm..the point is pride of ownership. I don't want to drill into my hatch for something so small like an emblem. I would like to keep my hatch unhacked as possible because my car is super clean and original.

This is the type of attitude that resonates throughout this Honda community that makes people think its ok to build ghetto hacked up ricer cars.

 

Pics and I can compare the size of the nubs (and emblem) to the one on mine.

 

 

does your tailgate still have the old white plastic pin housing?
you can try to install your bnew emblem by removing the white plastic on the picture

 

push the white plugs in first, then the emblem. The white plugs are barbed so they don't slide out

 

Yes, this is along the lines of what I was going to say. The white "tubular clips" are already on the emblem, it looks like. If you have these tubular clips already in the holes in the hatch lid, then you don't need new ones. Take off the white clips, revealing the little silver nubs underneath and press emblem into existing white clips already in the hatch lid.

At least ... that's one possibility.

 

Ok, I just removed the "tubular clips". It's pissing rain right now and I rather not go outside.

Do I still need to use double sided tape?

 

nevermind, i'm super retarded.

The OEM emblem has double sided tape on it already.

 

Unless on a hatch it`s different but, from the pic, the emblem looks like that`s the one for the hood.

 

Yea it looks like the hood emblem off my 00 conversion front clip

 

Only the CTR had a hood emblem in 00 the rest where in the grill

 

Yea meant grille area...

 

If the emblem has a slight curve to it, than it should be going on the hood. But like I said, I could be wrong since a hatch is different from a coupe.

 

^ 5G Hatch emblem also has a curve, but emblem is about 3/4 the size of the hood one.

 

The emblem fits.

 

yup, hatch emblem is smaller than the others. I would just plug the holes with something, but that's me.

I agree with rickrabies. What's the big deal, it's just reaming out a hole just a hair. Compared to what some of us have to do to make parts fit, it's not a big deal. I had to cut out all my front splash shield, part of the radiator support, a little of my floor, and cut into the factory harness to make my swap work. Not that big a deal.

 

I don't mean to make it a big deal. I'm not a big fan of hacking up the original parts. I'm just OCD like that.

For example, on my EVO. I ported and matched my intake manifold, exhaust manifold, turbo hotside, o2 housing, and throttle body. Instead of porting my original parts. I bought used parts from another EVO owner to port and I kept my original stuff unmodified. I like the flexibility to revert back to 100% original easily. I never tap into my stock harnesses and I plan carefully to not ever have to do so.