Badge and Emblem replacement (Guide)

[SkodaNZ]

Wanted to add my building/retrofit/cool-stuff experiences. Always hard to find detail and pictures in the wild so hoping this helps others.

 

Badge and Emblem Replacement

 

- Major Reason - I think the Black looks much better on the Steel Grey body paint than the factory chrome.

 

Tips/Tricks/How-To

 

1) Give yourself plenty of time and make sure its not going to rain......the warmer the better as it makes removal easier.

 

2) Hair dryer on a low-setting will help to "loosen" the glue. Well its not glue its more like double-sided sticky-pad material. My car is only a month old so it may be harder on older cars as the adhesive will have set and the padding may come off in little pieces instead.

 

3) I used dental floss to "saw" through the glue holding the badges and emblems in place. You can use minty-fresh or plain dental floss :-) The front and rear badge have A LOT of the sticky-padding so keep working away at it. I found using an old ATM Card allows you to pry it off and doesn't scratch the paint. There are also 3 protruding plastic notches on the rear of the badge so it won't come off as easy as the emblems. Be warned it is near impossible to get the badges off without snapping them. The joy of the black protruding notches is that it will only line up and fit one way......and that's perfectly straight.

 

4) I used blue masking tape (painters-tape) to line up the original emblems as once you remove the sticky-pad and the residual adhesive you WON'T see the outline of the old emblems. After the work and cost you don't want to screw it up and have the emblem not straight........it'll **** you off every time you admire your work!!

 

5) Cleaning off the residual adhesive I used rubbing-alcohol and a CLEAN buffing cloth. Its easier if you can grab a little piece of the pad and SLOWLY pull it off as it comes off in one nice movement without the need to scrape off the adhesive with a fingernail.

 

6) Shine a light and look for any imperfections, you want the surface to be spotless, clean and dry before fitting the replacements. The joy of rubbing-alcohol is that it dries quick and leaves no residue. They're pretty much the factory-part so remove the rear protective strip and then line it up and press hard on the individual letters. I also used a paint-roller to roll over the emblem before removing the protective clear plastic just to be sure it was stuck on nice and flat.

 

7) Link for the badges and emblems. You can buy individual or a "pack". I opted for the body-paint coloured front and rear badges and the 3-pack for the emblems.

 

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-III/Octavia-III-original-Skoda-emblem-INT-version

 

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-III/Octavia-III-original-Skoda-MONTE-CARLO-black-emblem-set-´SKODA´--´OCTAVIA´--´RS-245´

 

 

 

 

Edited 14 January, 2019 by SkodaNZ
Correct spelling

[Rok91]

Thanks for this! really helps!

Btw,..looks great with all black emblems.

[Kovacsc]

I like the black emblems

[RDM]

Love this! It is exactly the same as my plans for my recently purchased VRS. Good work and thanks for sharing with the detailed pics.

[golf2]

Great job!

 

I've just purchased a MK3 Octavia Estate and the previous owner had removed the rear "SKODA" and "OCTAVIA" badges on the boot lid.

 

Unfotunately as they aren't already there I don't the exact placement for the new badges.

 

I don't suppose anyone could measure the distance from the left-hand edge of the bootlid to the letter "S" and also the gap underneath the "SKODA" badge. I can then use these measurments to position my new badges.

 

Thanks in advance if anyone is willing to help!!

 

[TMac88]

This might be a stupid question to be reviving this thread for, but are the front and rear badges the same?

 

Also, thanks so much for taking the time to make such a detailed explanation. So grateful for that. 

[studmuffin]

Im going to change my Skoda lettering on my vrs...

 

Could i use t-cut to remove the old residue as i haven't got any alcohol

 

I don't want to get the old letters off and find that t-cut wont remove the old glue

 

Thanks !

[Towelie]

Just got two emblems from Superskoda, the three guide pins are very long, so the badge doesn’t even touch the paint work, did anyone else just simply trim these pins down to suit? 

Edited 22 April, 2021 by Towelie

[Towelie]

2 hours ago, Towelie said:

Just got two emblems from Superskoda, the three guide pins are very long, so the badge doesn’t even touch the paint work, did anyone else just simply trim these pins down to suit? 

Ignore this post sorted it 👍

[langers2k]

5 minutes ago, Towelie said:

Ignore this post sorted it 👍

 

Can you share some detail, just on the off-chance someone else has the same issue

[Towelie]

7 minutes ago, langers2k said:

 

Can you share some detail, just on the off-chance someone else has the same issue

yeah can do. 
 

Basically I  didn’t have to trim the little tabs, just heat everything up so it’s nice and warm, peal back the tape and push into place and the location tabs will click into place. Sounds like they lock into the locating points by the noise it makes. 😊

[Krissw92]

I’ve just recently bought a MK3 Octavia VRS , I’m looking to change all badges to black however it is proving very hard to locate any that aren’t absolutely ridiculous in price , does anyone know the best place to get the words SKODA & OCTAVIA in black from?

also does anyone know if the front and rear Skoda Badge has the same amount of Pins as I have seen some but don’t want to end up removing the badges to find out that the new ones don’t fit 

[Mh96]

Also looking to pull this off, but can only find body color-matched emblems for the front (2-pin) and not rear. Any ideas?

 

Anyone bought from Kopacek (SuperSkoda) since Brexit? Read some grim reviews online so hesitant to buy all the badging I’ll need

[Mh96]

On 25/04/2021 at 22:04, Krissw92 said:

I’ve just recently bought a MK3 Octavia VRS , I’m looking to change all badges to black however it is proving very hard to locate any that aren’t absolutely ridiculous in price , does anyone know the best place to get the words SKODA & OCTAVIA in black from?

also does anyone know if the front and rear Skoda Badge has the same amount of Pins as I have seen some but don’t want to end up removing the badges to find out that the new ones don’t fit 

I’m picking up chrome badging from my local dealer this week, bleaching off the chrome and spraying my own. Will drop a line once done.

 

Also yeah, front and back badges both three pin (which is why I won’t buy those cheaper eBay color-matched badges).

[Fozzy1]

Any luck on the black only 2 part badge/emblem. Some nob nicked my centre piece yesterday now looking for a replacement. I’m left only with the black ring.

[Mh96]

36 minutes ago, Fozzy1 said:

Any luck on the black only 2 part badge/emblem. Some nob nicked my centre piece yesterday now looking for a replacement. I’m left only with the black ring.

Some sad ******s out there, didn’t even realise people were out to nick Skoda badges.
 

The only 3-pinned black badges I found outside of SuperSkoda are here fella.
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-FIT-FOR-Skoda-Set-90-90mm-Front-Rear-Hood-Trunk-Emblem-Badge-Gloss-Black-/313108443964?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

 

Shipped from China and can’t testify to their quality like, but significantly cheaper than €45 a pop

[Fozzy1]

I know Skoda badges who’d have thought...🤦🏼‍♂️ But for £40 a pop maybe it is worth it.

 

Mine is this and all that’s left is the black ring. Does that mean OEM are 2 separate parts? Can’t work it out. As surely can’t be the colour matched version available on Superskoda can it?? Thanks
 

[Mh96]

1 minute ago, Fozzy1 said:

I know Skoda badges who’d have thought...🤦🏼‍♂️ But for £40 a pop maybe it is worth it.

 

Mine is this and all that’s left is the black ring. Does that mean OEM are 2 separate parts? Can’t work it out. As surely can’t be the colour matched version available on Superskoda can it?? Thanks
 

I’ve got two OEM badges on order from local dealership and race blue/black magic paint, primer and lacquer to pick up Friday. Gonna make my own that will hopefully look exactly like yours.

 

So from my research it seems you can split them into three (backplate, centre and ring), do what you’re doing and then and glue them back together. This is apparently what the sellers on SuperSkoda do.
 

Gonna be soaking all the badges/lettering for a week in bleach to strip the chrome before I start, but I’ll post pics once I make progress.

[Fozzy1]

This is what’s left. I’m confused?

you reckon just get rid of the remaining ring and replace with what you mention Mh96? Cheers in advance 

 

 

[Mh96]

2 minutes ago, Fozzy1 said:

This is what’s left. I’m confused?

you reckon just get rid of the remaining ring and replace with what you mention Mh96? Cheers in advance 

 

 

How weird - so there was no backing-piece?? Suppose that removes the need to paint match it haha. 
 

I reckon you get rid of the ring and replace it with a full badge aye. If my little experiment goes well I’ll shout you like
 

Halfway down the first page of this thread you can see the three individual pieces I was on about: 

 

[Mh96]

Wait I’m being thick - your back piece and ring are still attached you can see by the square holes. Long day haha

[Fozzy1]

Oh ok, so you reckon this is just one of these kinda things. Middle emblem Prised off like the 3 part in the thread you mention?

[Mh96]

Am still so blagged they’ve prised it off, absolute madness.

 

It’s worth a gamble for how cheap they are on eBay, but my fear is that the non-OEM could well just be one single moulded piece of plastic - bit of a lottery really unless someone on here has bought one

[Fozzy1]

Totally see what you say. I might just replace for the full black ones as you mention already and save some hassle. Thanks for the advice. Let me know how you get on. In time I might spray up. Especially as at the moment I’d only need to do the centre black logo part 😂. 

[Towelie]

On 27/04/2021 at 22:25, Fozzy1 said:

Oh ok, so you reckon this is just one of these kinda things. Middle emblem Prised off like the 3 part in the thread you mention?

I ordered these a couple of months ago and the colour match was shocking. It’s not Race Blue. Shame as the price was spot on.