Can anyone tell me if there are holes under the "Acura" and "3.0" logos? Like others, I would like to remove mine, but if there are holes, then I will wait and have a body shop do it.

This question has surely come up before, it would be great to have a "How to" area, for the 1st gens.

BTW I'm new here, got my CL three weeks ago!

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'97 CL 3.0 Premium (Stock..........for now)

 

To my knoledge, there are no holes under Acura nor 3.0CL.
But there are holes under Acura SIGN (/\).

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Black '97 Acura 3.0CL Premium (Leather,WoodTrim,SunRoof Visor,Spoiler,Gold,Fogs,Air Intake,Clear Bumper Lights,Gold/Wood Pedals)

GF: Silver '01 Honda Civic EX Coupe (Stock)

 

take a blow drier and a razor. the blow drier melts all the glue. as a matter of fact, i'm about to do it pretty soon. as soon as i get my chrome badging my ride is gonna look pimp.

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97 Black on Black 2.2CL
limo tint all around
1 alpine 12 in the trunk powered by an mtx amp

pics soon to come.

 

There are no holes under any of the trunk labels. I bought a certified pre-owned 3.0 CL in Jan. 2001 and it has no trunk labels whatsoever. The dealer put new ones on for me. They are affixed with 3M type padded double-sided tape.

I am not sure how you would go about removing them. My sense would be to use a blow dryer and heat them up and then gradually pry them loose from the trunk.

Whatever residual tape and residue is remaining can be removed with a wax solvent like Nu-Finish or Liquid Lustre.

JCG

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1997 Primrose Mist 3.0 CL (No leather!)- PIAA Superwhites, Clear Bumper Lenses

 

All I did was pull the emblems off with my fingers and then pick off all the adhesive. It's easy once you get it started.

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97 2.2 Cl
H&R sport springs
Clear signals
Pioneer P8000 cd player 4 12" Kicker Comps
Old school punch 100
Orion XTR400
Focal Polyglass 165V

 

I just heated up my emblems and then gently pryed them off. You can use fishing string to help get them off and then get rid of the ahesive with some rubbing alcohol. Everyone above is right, no holes except under the A

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No more scratches thanks to the dumbass who walked on my car and had to pay to have it repainted.

 

heat them u with a blow dryer or let it sit in the sune. pull them off then use rubbing alcohol and get the rest of the glue residue. even with all that under the word acura emblem it is still visible that it used to be there on my black paint. so on dark paint u might have a prob. i tried everything so far and if u look closely u can tell that it used to be there.

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1997 Black Acura 2.2 CL
Currently-
PIAAs Everywhere, PIAA 1700X, Custom Grill, Clear Corners, OE Spoiler,
5% Tints (Limo), HKS Super Dragger Exhaust, AEM CAI w/Breather,
Venom 400
Comming Soon-
Headers or Ignition, Front Lip
http://members.home.net/vx16

 

Thanks for the input!
Just pulled them off.
What an inprovement!!

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'97 CL 3.0 Premium (Stock..........for now)

 

hey thanks guys, just reading the title of this thread made me grab some alcohol and a CD (yes, a CD to scrape the glue off, works great and dosent scratch the paint). Also, I used a little rubbing compound, but dont get too carried away with it, it can remove a clear coat faster than you can imagine.

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1997 ACURA 3.0 CL PREMIUM

Apex-i cat-back Exhaust, AEM Intake, Clear Bumper Lenses, 18" ADR Cyrax rims, Ground Control Coilovers, Wings West Chin Spoiler, Acura Rear spoiler, Piaa Fog Lights, Tinted Windows, Boston Acoustics tweets, mids and subs.

 

I just did it to my CL and it looks great. Gives a nice clean look. I bought my CL with the gold emblems but I hated it. I removed all the badges and replaced the front and rear "A" badges only. You can use WD-40 to remove the glue. Work great.

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99 Acura 3.0 CL