De-badging was one of my first mods. It makes it look cleaner and its a heck of a lot easier to wax and buff without having to go around a lot of letters.
I'm would like to learn how to remove them. What did you use. I think it looks nice without the side badges. Did you use any solvants or fluids, or were there any special tools?
Dental floss, fishing line, fingernails (if the emblem is in a warm/hot enough environment) will get the emblems/badges off. You can use bug and tar remover or something like GooGone to remove the remaining adhesive residue on the body. Wax the area afterwards.