Gasp! So are there not any holes there for it either? I wonder if the holes are added when the badge is applied or if this specific model does not have pinholes for the badges like the cx30?
I'm pretty confident that all the rear gate badges (Mazda emblem, CX-50/AWD, and the skyactive-g/turbo) are all glued on with no holes. The area where it is supposed to be is 100% perfectly painted, with no holes or any sign that it was ever there. I'll tell my dealer, and if they say "oh yeah we can get one and put that on for you", then I'll let them. If not, then I'll wait until aftermarket black emblems for the CX-50 get made and rebadge the entire rear gate in all black.
Most OEMs don't drill holes for badges. That leads to a lot of water retention and rust issues.
awesome sauce unfortunately they didn't go that route with the cx-30 which I agree with the above is rather peculiar and makes the badging or replacing the badges rather annoying.
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This provides a good picture of the silly way they did the CX-30 badge with the holes😟😔Badging removal
The AWD and TURBO badging was easy to remove. Having some problems with the sky active badge. Any one know if there are locator pins on this badge and then holes in the lift gate? If so, guess this isn’t coming off. CX30 will be next. Looks a lot cleaner without the plastic letters all...
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Most of the topics on that form since I'm a member there as well I see it quite frequently they are plasti dipping the badges. However I agree with your idea and I was thinking to do the same that it would be easier more convenient and longer lasting to just buy already blacked out badges. And I do think you should at least get the turbo badge to put on the right side to help balance it out and I think it saying it's a turbos kind of cool too lol so you might as well buy a blacked out one for that as well.
Dipped the rear emblem and badges
I forgot how much I dislike dipping, LOL. The Mazda emblem, CX30 and SkyActive Badge came out great. It was the AWD and TURBO badge that gave me problems. They are so dang small. The A and D sill have dip in them and the TURBO I had to peel..........so I purchased a new Turbo and AWD badge...
I wonder if the owner dipped the bigger AWD and Turbo emblems they ordered off of Amazon or left them as is. Since I am missing the Skyactive and Turbo badge already, I may just order the larger AWD badge to replace the smaller factory one and leave the right side clean. I ordered a Hyperdip emblem kit (shadow black) and plan on doing both front and back Mazda emblems (the front emblem housing is not the radar on the CX-50), the CX-50 emblem, and if needed the AWD badge I order off of Amazon. I could try to dip the small AWD from the factory, but as the CX-30 owner had issues getting the A and D cleaned out, I think just replacing it with a bigger one is easier. I'm debating if leaving the right side clean is going to look weird and leave the rear gate looking unbalanced visually. Thoughts?
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