I would like to shave the Honda emblems on the nose and tail of my car. I read the FAQ on S2ki about removing the S2000 emblem. Is the Honda emblem glued on as well? Or are there rivets holding them in place? If it is glue, can I use W/D 40 to remove the residue without the spot being noticable?

 

The emblems have 2 little posts for alignment. That is,there are 2 holes under the front and rear emblems. The original chrome emblems have keepers on the posts. The later smoked chrome just have posts. They use two sided stickum and you can remove them with dental floss. Just slide it under and lift. The side emblems are just stuck on with two sided stickum. Get prepared to answer questions about what the car is.

 

Easy and harmless removal method:

Get wax covered, extra thin dental floss from the local Walgreens or Jewel/Osco Drug stores. I don't care which ones, since they both are Chicago based and support the Chicago area economy. . .you know the trouble Chicago area businesses are having right now (ie. Brach's Candies, Wards, Motorola, Lucent, Anderson Consulting, March First, etc.)

Now take about 3" of dental floss, wrap around your two index fingers. Work the dental floss inbetween the emblem and the car. Slowly but firmly work the floss as far downward as it'll let you go (until you hit the prongs). Do this from every direction. Go back with the dental floss and try pulling the emblem towards you. Do this in every direction and the emblem should work its way out.

Some people cut the prongs off of the back of the emblem and re-insert them into the holes left in the body. Then using touch-up paint, they paint over the top of the inserted prongs. Unless under close scrutiny, lot of people cannot see the touch-up paint.

 

I'm a little disappointed that there are alignment prongs on the back. I was hoping for a glue only application. I hate to bust into a fresh paint job to add a little mystery to the car. What diameter are the prongs?

 

The prongs are about 1/8th diameter, but the holes are bigger because they have a plastic clip that grips the prongs. If you don't want the emblems on I wouldn't do anything to destroy the original paint. One suggestion would be to go to a local bodyshop and see if they would sell you (ask them to let you dig through their junk drawer) a couple of small push in clips that would finish off the hole. You might find a clip that would be used somewhere in the interior that could be used, and then touch it up w/ body color first and then install when dry. You would still be able to see it but it would look similar to the caps that Honda uses on the front bumper cover if you don't have a front license plate. Make sure you remove the plastic clip that holds the prongs first.

 

Plastic clip? On my Prelude, I just swiped behind the badge with a piece of dental floss and pulled towards me. The badge popped right off with a bit of force. No damage to paint or anything.

I then took a dremel and cut the "prong extensions" off of the badge. Then I painted those little prong pieces with touch up paint, let dry and inserted them into the holes. Those prongs fit tight enough that they stayed without any other adhesive or anything. Just make sure you push the prongs down to the surface level, not any less, not any more.

 

I may have another solution. I have a machine shop at work. I may be able to machine a couple of custom fit plugs and paint them with touch up paint.

 

Couple as in eight?

 

do i smell group buy? if so i'm in.

 

I'd be interested as well. Anyone have a pic of an S2000 in black that has the front H logo removed?