After removing my "Hybrid" badges from the front quarter panels, I thought that the lines of the car looked much cleaner. However, I later began to have emblem withdrawals since practically no one could identify my car as a hybrid unless they were already “in the know”. I decided to find a happy medium by grafting one of the removed badges to a location on the rear of the car. I removed the old grey sticky stuff as best I could from the badge and reapplied some 3M molding tape to the emblem. I was very careful to cut out small pieces of tape and stick them to the base of the badge so that no material would be visible once the badge was re-adhered to body surface. I bought this stuff at the local auto-parts store and it is pretty much the same structure, color and consistency as the original adhesive. It resembles very thick rubber cement but in a peel and stick form with removable tape backing like other sticky tape types. I have no doubt that this stuff will be as easy to remove as the original adhesive by the dental floss or fishing line saw technique described by Steven, Eski or myself. So if I did not like the result, I would be able to remove the badge without any irreversible consequences.

I placed the old hybrid emblem on the rear of the vehicle above the right tail light on the trunk at the exact opposite location that the “Camry” emblem was placed above the left tail light on the trunk. So far, I think that it looks pretty good and is a good compromise. I now have a hybrid emblem without the disrupting the sleek lines of the vehicles flanks. I would love to hear your input both negative and positive and will not take anything personally. I value your opinions and hope this helps anyone having the “badge decision”. Pictures below…