Painted my Protege5 emblem

[Phoenix5]

Just something I thought of doin' real quick.

 

[mountjonas]

looks good! i've been thinking of doing the same.

 

[Auzzie_Mp3]

looks nice (thumb)

 

[MTK]

hey pheniox I am wanting to do this exact same color and everything. PLease tell me what paint you used and how you got the emblem off and how you painted it...thanks a ton. You can email me with details if you want to also.

 

[Phoenix5]

Thanx!!I like to think so for a 15,20 min. project.I want to do the "Mazda" one too.

For MTK,this is gonna sound really cheesy and homemade but I used RC car paint(hopefully the paint stays,if not, I'll get regular paint ),lol.As far as taking the emblem off,I just used an exacto knife(extremely carefully)to take off some of the double sided tape(just enough to get my fingers underneath the badge) and slowly lift the badge.To make it stick again,I didn't clean off the leftover tape,I just stuck the badge back where it was and with just enough pressure,I got it to stick as usual.

See I was just gonna take the badge off completely for a clean look but I discovered that the badge has two inserts that that go into drilled holes on the hatch.So instead of two holes showing,I decided to leave the badge but with a different look.

 

[Auzzie_Mp3]

actually painting the mazda on the back isnt that bad of an idea...i think i got a new project this weekend...thanks phoenix5 (thumb)

 

[Phoenix5]

s***!Gave away my idea,(lol2)!!!Hahaha!!Your welcome.Post pics when your done.