Nautsiju

So i checked the vehicle code and didnt see anything there saying its illegal in california, but have any of you gottin shit from cops from being debaged?

shnee

no, but people will often ask you what the hell your car is, or they will think it's something else.
your registration has the make and model on it, so it's not like a cop won't be able to figure it out if he pulls you over

ZeroCL

I'm sure you can get harassed for it by a cop, but than again you can get harassed for anything. Even a stupid air freshener hanging on your rear view mirror.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Nope, been debadged for 2.5 years, never had a problem *knocks on wood* a cop here in PA told me debadging is not illegal because as soon as they run your plate it has the make and model of your car on your registration anyway

Nautsiju

ya i figured it wasnt illegal, but some cops are :theghey:

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

depends on cops. but usuall they dont care

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

They could use it as an excuse to pull you over, but here they can't ticket you for it

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

yeah i never heard of getting a ticket of that. just tell the cop someone stole it?

slowCL

when i got pulled over the cop asked me what my car was an i told him n he said "Oh, i thought it was an alero"

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I would have backhanded the cop and went to jail

ZeroCL

klepto

if it were illegal to debadge your car, then it would also be illegal to badge it as something its not. Thousands of Type-R wannabe ricers would be crying in jail.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

So true, and all the GT-R mustangs and fake cobra mustangs that have ponies on the front

E-man

so going back to the de-badging, how can i achieve this diy with a professional look?

CLpwner

hair dryer, dental floss, goo gone... BAM!!!

E-man

^ probably the most ghetto way i've ever heard of doing something

but it sounds like it'l work lol thanks

CLpwner

Hahaha^^ yea i suppose you could see it as ghetto...

shnee

you're right. i'll sell you my professional de-badging machine. it has 6 moving parts and is made of stainless steel.
just get the suckers off lol

E-man

well u kno its not everyday i pull a macgyver like that on my car lol

only thing im worried about is left over residue being visible...

CLpwner

thats what the goo gone is for

E-man

*only thing i was...*

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I did it professionaly,

Heat gun, fishing line, credit card, goo gone, wash with simple green and buff and wax, this is a pic of right after i did it after the wax

ClaraTypeS

Oooh very nice. WAYYYY CLEANER.

ClaraTypeS

You know what you should do. Take off that Acura badge and paint it back. My girlfriend has a 1st gen. It looks clean with the black badge.

ZeroCL

I was thinking of doing that actually since my A fell off recently. Hmm...ill PS it to see what it looks like. And I debadged with Bug and Tar remover, since my Acura and 3.0CL badge were heated from the sun i just pulled the one off and the other fell off. haha, but either way to get the rest of the shit off i used a CD, yes a cd and it didnt scratch the paint at all. You could still see the shadow and since I dont have a buffer or anything and I didnt want to screw it up myself I took it to a detail shop and for $10 they buffed/wet sanded it and came out with barely seeing that it was ever there.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Shoulda had them buff all those swirls off your paint

No black A for me, already have other stuff goin on

ZeroCL

I havent had the whole car buffed yet, just those two spots.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

ZeroCL

Than you buff it. I aient paying 100 bucks for them to buff my car. haha.

Just add it onto the mods and things you've done to my car.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm I'll buff it for $85

ZeroCL

Pfft.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Time is money man, you got enough free labor out of me

And I beat my competitors price too

ClaraTypeS

What happend to your wing? Didnt have one or you get rid of it? Yeah paint your "A" black. It will look so much better.

ZeroCL

My wing? I never had one.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I still have mine

ClaraTypeS

I think they look better with the spoiler on it.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I wanna my CL every day when I come home and open up the garage door and see that sexy ass

commodoregloom

Agreed.

vandebe

i really want to debadge our CL, but I sure wont let my wife do it.

she did it to her tiburon, and SCREWED it up. everytime i was driving behind her at night i could clearly see where she screwed up the clear. she tried to compound it, but made it worse.

oh well, that car is smashie smashie now.

$peed])emon

paint is so hard to be "perfect". every car i see has atleast 2 imperfections at work, unless its a show room car.