I did try to get them off. there's a plastic clip on each side. I tried a few different ways to get them to release but I wasn't successful. I have heard of people just breaking the Clips off painting the emblems and then gluing the emblems back on. I didn't want to do that. After messing around for a couple days trying to figure out different ways to do it I decided this was relatively easy and inexpensive. It was pretty critical of my little imperfections but they actually turned out pretty good and looked great.
Nice those look awesome and way to make it work! I was initially shoping around for just the A's but coudn't find any and I was sure the center caps were right.I did this but with paint (duplicolor shadow chrome) and a spare set of Ali Express center caps. If you go this route, make sure you buy the correct ones. I bought the ones for the MDX which is the same outside diameter but the mounting diameter was way too big to fit into the center cap holes. I ended up just swapping the "A"s.
I painted the Ali Express "A"s, mangled the factory chrome A's to remove them off of the factory center tap, then used epoxy to hold the painted ones in place with the clips in the rear. If you're cautious and patient I'm sure you could salvage the factory pieces but I didn't have either of those on hand, I did have a pair of sturdy pliers and epoxy.
