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I used dental floss. Worked like a charm. You might have some adhesive left on the paint but that will easily come off with a little bit of elbow grease. I debadged "civic" but left the Si.
Thanks everyone. I did debadge my Type R today with my son. Looks great. I was able to just wiggle the letters slowly and then get them off and then roll the residue out using finger nails gently and then rubbed it all off using a micro fibre cloth. Worked fine. Only mishap was when trying to wiggle out the V the sharp edge at the bottom cut a pen head kind of chip through the paint. Not visible after more than 4 feet unless one is looking for it closely. I really like the debadged look. I might get around to dealing with that cut when I can. Not sure if there are any simple suggestions for the same. Can the dealer do something when I take it for service or a detail shop to touch up the paint.
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Thanks everyone. I did debadge my Type R today with my son. Looks great. I was able to just wiggle the letters slowly and then get them off and then roll the residue out using finger nails gently and then rubbed it all off using a micro fibre cloth. Worked fine. Only mishap was when trying to wiggle out the V the sharp edge at the bottom cut a pen head kind of chip through the paint. Not visible after more than 4 feet unless one is looking for it closely. I really like the debadged look. I might get around to dealing with that cut when I can. Not sure if there are any simple suggestions for the same. Can the dealer do something when I take it for service or a detail shop to touch up the paint.
I got a similar problem when I removed plastidip spray i screwed up on my previous car.

I got a shop to spray a small area but when you look closely it is different and textured.
Supposedly they would have to respray the whole back area if you want it back 100%.

I want to debadge and put on a JDM type r emblem on my hatch when I pick it up this week, but i am scared that I am going to chip the paint with either floss or credit card.
 

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I got a similar problem when I removed plastidip spray i screwed up on my previous car.

I got a shop to spray a small area but when you look closely it is different and textured.
Supposedly they would have to respray the whole back area if you want it back 100%.

I want to debadge and put on a JDM type r emblem on my hatch when I pick it up this week, but i am scared that I am going to chip the paint with either floss or credit card.
Thanks. Actually it was very easy and simple to debadge the car. After I removed the C and I, I think I hastened the removal of V. But if one is careful, I feel like it is a straightforward task. I am not intending to do anything as it appears like a speck of dust and backside is dusty anyway for CTR due to no mud guards.
 

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Reviving an old thread. I just got my Civic HB Sport Touring and debating about debadging just the Civic part.

Anyone have any pics or think it would look good? I don't want to debadge the ST, but only the Civic part.
 
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Reviving an old thread. I just got my Civic HB Sport Touring and debating about debadging just the Civic part.

Anyone have any pics or think it would look good? I don't want to debadge the ST as I kind of like it.
Here's a pic of my 2019 sport with and without the badges
Honda Civic 10th gen Debadged. 20190607_084159

Honda Civic 10th gen Debadged. 20190607_084226
 


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Want to de-badge the "civic" and "sport" off my car, but leave the HFP badge...can't decide if I want to de-badge at all because not sure if the HFP badge would look out of place by itself.
 

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So I just de-badged the ā€œCivicā€ part off of my Type-R and it looks awesome, but I can still see the letters outlined in the paint at certain angles. Itā€™s not etching from scratches in removing them and the adhesive is all gone, but it almost looks like the area that had the sticky adhesive for each letter is a MM or two down into the paint and itā€™s pretty noticeable. Anyone have any ideas on how to minimize or get rid of that? Is this normal? Iā€™ll probably polish and wax the area again because the paint feels pretty nasty and dull from the Goo-Off, so Iā€™m hoping that helps. Car is only about 2 months old. Thanks.
 

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So I just de-badged the ā€œCivicā€ part off of my Type-R and it looks awesome, but I can still see the letters outlined in the paint at certain angles. Itā€™s not etching from scratches in removing them and the adhesive is all gone, but it almost looks like the area that had the sticky adhesive for each letter is a MM or two down into the paint and itā€™s pretty noticeable. Anyone have any ideas on how to minimize or get rid of that? Is this normal? Iā€™ll probably polish and wax the area again because the paint feels pretty nasty and dull from the Goo-Off, so Iā€™m hoping that helps. Car is only about 2 months old. Thanks.
Have you tried to clay bar it yet? That will also help get rid of all the traces of Goo Gone. :) Clay bar first, then wax. It's verrrrrrry satisfying.
 

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So I just de-badged the ā€œCivicā€ part off of my Type-R and it looks awesome, but I can still see the letters outlined in the paint at certain angles. Itā€™s not etching from scratches in removing them and the adhesive is all gone, but it almost looks like the area that had the sticky adhesive for each letter is a MM or two down into the paint and itā€™s pretty noticeable. Anyone have any ideas on how to minimize or get rid of that? Is this normal? Iā€™ll probably polish and wax the area again because the paint feels pretty nasty and dull from the Goo-Off, so Iā€™m hoping that helps. Car is only about 2 months old. Thanks.
I hope you used Goo-Gone and not Goof-Off.
The latter is not as safe for car paint.
 

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Honda Civic 10th gen Debadged. BA2C4218-12F4-4C0B-88A4-06B36920C3F8
I hope you used Goo-Gone and not Goof-Off.
The latter is not as safe for car paint.
Eee, yeah I used Goof Off..it did seem a little excessive based on the fumes but I had read it was safe to use and worked better than Goo-Gone and it also says safe for most paint and automotive surfaces on back. The surface is def. cloudy from where I used it but it probably just stripped all the wax. Iā€™m hoping either Scratch X 2.0 or clay bar and a good wax gets rid of it all.
 


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I used floss and goo-gone as soon as I picked up my car from the dealer.

my personal opinion if the car is couple months old and is left parked outside... I wouldn't remove it because of what I call emblem "burn"
 

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I used floss and goo-gone as soon as I picked up my car from the dealer.

my personal opinion if the car is couple months old and is left parked outside... I wouldn't remove it because of what I call emblem "burn"
Lunar silver sport here, and I debadged my car after owning it for more than a year while it sat outside in the sun the entire time and had no issues whatsoever.
 

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Anyone looking to remove the excess adhesive, with little to no elbow grease, try wd-40. Itā€™ll remove it easily, and is safe for paint.
Wish I would've seen this last week. I spent about 45 mins with goo gone and my fingernails. Came out looking great though. I like the thought of keeping the clueless drivers clueless, although if they don't know what a civic looks like by now you seriously have to question their intelligence.

Honda Civic 10th gen Debadged. IMG_1505.JPG
 

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how is the H emblem held on for the sedans ? I have an LED emblem i am going to put on but no idea yet how the rear H emblem is held on? 2016 Touring sedan
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