I'm thinking of debadging but I don't want to do it if I'm going to have to paint the trunk. Is color fading a normalcy? Are there any holes where the badge is attached? Can I do this...or does it need to be professionally done?

 

Your car will have faded some but it shouldnt be too noticable. The only badge that has holes behind it is the "A" The rest are just held on with double sided tape. To get them off i heated them up with a hair dryer and slowly pried them off. Then i cleaned up the residue with some rubbing alcohol. Some people like to use fishing string to remove them but the hair dryer worked best for me. After i removed them from my black car there was slight outline but then someone walked on my car and i ended up getting the trunk repainted so its perfect now. :P

Oh try the search function for more info because there are a lot of threads on this

 

Piece of fish string, and goo gone thats all you need then wash wax and byebye badges...

 

Actually the "A" emblem on the trunk does not have any holes, its just held up by glue. The "A" emblem on the hood does have two holes and is held by two screws.

 

Actually the "A" emblem on the trunk does have two holes....might want to check a little bit harder.....unless 97 are different than 98 and 99, but i doubt it.....

 

The A on the trunk definatly has 2 holes. If you are really concerned, have the car buffed after removing the badges. Fading really depends on how old the car is, and especially how much sunlight it has incountered. ie. garaged or not. I had my pin stripes and emblems taken off while my car was in after a minor accident. They repainted it for me and its perfect, but others have just buffed it out, and it looks the same as mine.

 

The '97 had at least one hole as I remember!

 

.

Make that two, one on either side of the "A"

 

My Si is badgeless all around. Just as the CL, the rear H or A has two small holes. The body shop filed them when i had my tail light conversion done, u cannot do it yourself(removing holes). As for the other emblems, dental floss and then use a cleaner wax to remove the goo, then use a sealer wax and done. Makes the car look so much cleaner. I should put up some pics of my car on here. This weekend I will try. Jeff

 

You guys are right I stand corrected the trunk emblem does have two holes but no screws holding it up. I totally forgot when I put a blue A emblem on the trunk. MY BAD

 

think it would look cool/clean if Ijust took off the "ACURA" and "3.0" and left the "A" there since there are two holes behind it?

 

I agree! That would look great! I also thought about doing it that way, but decided to switch to 24 kt gold badges! Go for it!

 

It's alright man, no one is trying to rip each others heads off in here.....dont have to apologize....heh pEace