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Our 2011 Honda Accord's trunk lid got dented. A Sony 500A reel-to-reel tape player fell on it(!) Took it in for two estimates today.

Both guys said the "Accord" and "V6" badges will break when removed and must be replaced. The Accord badge is $64 and the V6 badge is $48! The entire truck lid will have to be repainted, of course.
 

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I can remove them on a hot day with a dull putty knife W/O damage to them. So what is I scratch the paint a little, chances are about 75% I wouldn't scratch the paint. They are stuck on with double sided tape. Run from the dealership.
 
Have you tried the old toilet plunger/suction cup trick? I've popped out some fair sized dents after seeing it done in a body shop. Doesn't cost anything to try.
 
BTW Ebay has the Accord emblem for 15.99 and the H for 13.88

I didn't see the V6 but only took about a minute to look those up. There was more also.

I don't know if they were factory but I did see one advertised as factory at about 22 bucks.
 
The Honda emblems would have to be retaped and would be hard to trim with a razor blade and look the same as new ones. They wouldn’t stay on too long either. It’s easier to say they would break. The damage is close to the edge, grinding to repair and priming would take it over the edge to the top. The whole trunk would have to be painted. If they could stay on the back part and not have a continuous clear coat, the clear could peel with time.

Gonna guess the repair is 850.00. I retired from body work 2 years ago. Hated the job but now it’s all better. Just had my knees replaced 7 weeks ago from the work I did. Larry
 
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Take a piece of dental floss. Tie each end to,a stick. Warm the emblem with a heat gun are real good hair dryer. Use the floss to,cut the tape lose. Go see the painless dent repair guys. You will be surprised
 
FWIW I replaced a fender on a Dodge from a different year but compatible series in the right color and after that had two different trim level badges right beside each other and I didn't care and few if anybody even noticed.

Get the check from the insurance company for the estimate but keep the claim open and shop around for other estimates. I fixed my wife's Mustang so you couldn't tell it had been hurt for half the estimate and pocketed the difference

LKQ or somebody will have a matching color paint deck lid badged right for about half what a new one costs and you can likely put it on yourself.

Regards JD
 
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Jebus35745 said:
The Honda emblems would have to be retaped and would be hard to trim with a razor blade and look the same as new ones. They wouldn’t stay on too long either. It’s easier to say they would break. The damage is close to the edge, grinding to repair and priming would take it over the edge to the top. The whole trunk would have to be painted. If they could stay on the back part and not have a continuous clear coat, the clear could peel with time.

Gonna guess the repair is 850.00. I retired from body work 2 years ago. Hated the job but now it’s all better. Just had my knees replaced 7 weeks ago from the work I did. Larry
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Would I want to salvage the emblems? No! It's a '11 Honda.

If I did, You or I would have to look real hard to see my tape job. Most people wouldn't see it.

I've never had one fall off and I've salvaged plenty. Dollars in my pocket.
 
DeathGrip said:
I can remove them on a hot day with a dull putty knife W/O damage to them. So what is I scratch the paint a little, chances are about 75% I wouldn't scratch the paint. They are stuck on with double sided tape.
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Dental floss...heat em up with hair dryer or heatgun.

Put peanut butter on adhesive residue and it will wipe off.
 
Saving badges is not cost effective unless its a square or similar.
Dent is on the rt side so if it is a difficult color then a blend on the quarter and roof rail is possible.
Everything that touches whatever is being painted comes off.
I tell every one of my customers, nothing happens in a body shop cheap or quick.

Consider this, is the car in real nice shape for a 7 yr old car? Low miles, good interior? If so then it might be worth it. Otherwise you don't repair it and another ding and another. Pretty soon your ride is nothing but a beater.
Or is it high miles with faded paint? Not worth it then.

Choice is yours, the main thing is being able to trust your car day in day out.
 
A lot depends on where you live. My neighbor just ran off the road in his corvette. I looked like the front right corner was damaged and nothing else. The repair estimate was $17K. :eek:

So, I'm going to guess at least $2K on this one.
 
I'd get the check from the insurance company to repair it then take it to one of the paintless dent removal places. You'll come out way ahead and they can probably fix that to the point that even you won't be able to find the damaged spot.

I had two cars that got dinged all over in a hail storm. Th insurance company gave me a check for $4900, and the paintless dent removal place fixed them both for $1700.
 
Plus one for the paintless dent removal guys. Those are nice smooth dentsand those shops can work magic. Google them
 
Quote: "Consider this, is the car in real nice shape for a 7 yr old car? Low miles, good interior? If so then it might be worth it. Otherwise you don't repair it and another ding and another. Pretty soon your ride is nothing but a beater.
Or is it high miles with faded paint? Not worth it then."

The car has 47,000 miles and is in LN condition (except for the dent). Well-worth fixing the dent. The body shop estimates are $565 and $716. I'll look into the Paintless Dent Removal (PDR) method after I try my suction cups first.

The Sony 500A was totaled and parted out on eBay for about $150 after serving me faithfully since 1965. Next big decision: Do I get rid of my tapes or do I buy another reel-to-reel player?

The back-story: At the back wall of the garage is a 6' tall cabinet. The Sony 500A was on top. A certain person (not I) was backing the Accord into the garage when her foot slipped off the brake pedal onto the gas pedal. The car bumped the cabinet and the Sony fell onto the car. Lucky that the Sony didn't hit the top of the trunk lid. It weighs about 40 lbs.
 

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The suction cup idea may look somewhat better. The paintless dent guys won’t touch it cause the metal is stretched in multiple places. They do wonders with hail type dents working from the outer area of the dent to the center. The bottom edge of your deck lid is damaged and that is 3 pieces of metal. If tape is put on the hammer & dolly most likely the paint would split inside when done. Check on the reputation of the 2 shops and have it fixed with the better one.

Retaping emblems is easy if you have all the time in the world at home. Doing it at work, the body man could have 1/2 hour or more and when you are on flat rate you loose money. Some insurance companies don’t pay to retape them. Ins company’s are getting cheaper as time goes on and include things now for free. Sorry to say but it’s easier to break them and have the office buy new ones unless it’s an easy one to retape. Larry
 
Hubby hates all the badging on his vehicles, including decals and license plate frames from the dealership.

As long as I've known him, he's removed every bit of "signage" on his cars, and puts them in a folder in case subsequent owners want them. He grumbles something like "If these jokers want me to be a rolling billboard, they should pay me for advertising".
 
bigwheelzip said:
Hubby hates all the badging on his vehicles, including decals and license plate frames from the dealership.

As long as I've known him, he's removed every bit of "signage" on his cars, and puts them in a folder in case subsequent owners want them. He grumbles something like "If these jokers want me to be a rolling billboard, they should pay me for advertising".
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Barbara is that you ?????.........................wish you wouldn't quote me on the Forum!!!!!!!!!

:D


Just removed all the decals from my Nissan Frontier Pro-4X ...... now it's all black and silver....much cleaner ... and LOL "Tacticoooool" lookin!!!!!
 
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...when I first started driving...my parents owned a massive land yacht '67 Plymouth Fury...

...I was pulling into the small garage we had and got too close on the right...pushing a huge dent into the right side front door...

...my Mother looked at it...went in the house and came out with a wet toilet plunger...whacked it on there and pulled it out good as new...

...I was amazed...
 
Did the Sony have insurance? Obviously looks like a hit and run... not to mention pain and suffering.
 
To me, that dent is nothing to be concerned about. I might try the plunger or maybe even paintless repair but as for replacing emblems, re-painting, etc. I'd just live with it.
Amount saved could go towards purchasing a nice S&W. A nice Smith beats a nice Honda any day...
 
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