my driver side was exactly like yours when i bought the car. original owner said the front was backed into in a parking lot, so body shop did it

 

just debadge for cleaner look and youll have no worries.

 

^ Agreed. However that damn adhesive was such a PITA to remove.

 

Not necessarily. Debadging is very popular.

 

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Classic! I had the same thing happen to me.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=660483

 

 

Mine said 2000S for when i bought it, they're gone now.

 

agree, took me forever to get the POS off! got fed up and just sanded and buffed it off

 

^ if I had my buffer at that point I probably would have done the same thing. I used a crap ton of goo gone and rubbed the top layer of skin off my index finger but damn it looks good now

 

Haha well nice to know i'm not the only one, and thanks for the links guys I couldnt find much on it when I searched. Waiting on a pretty day when i've got a lil time to go ahead and debadge it since it looks a lot cleaner that way in my opinion but was curious so had to post up while I had it on my mind.

And from the sounds of it i'm going to have my work cut out for me getting the adhesive off . What'd you guys use to get behind the emblem to pluck it off, dental floss or something?