I pried the gold bow tie off of the front bumper, no problem. The silver backing stayed in place, which in my humble opinion is a nice touch with the black bowtie outlined in silver. It goes good with the dual grills. I tried the same with the rear, but the gold bowtie broke in several pieces as I was gently trying to get it off the hatch. So I just painted the backing black.
Next step is the headlights. I can't decide if I want to add an Audi type led strip on the inside of each headlight and paint them all black, or just paint them all black. I also want to do something with those hideous fake port vents or whatever they're called in the fenders. I can't stand those. I opened the driver door and pulled on the side of the fender vent thing, but it's attached with tons of adhesive or something. I don't want to damage them if I do take them out because I don't just want a fender with an indentation in it with nothing there.