From the people who have removed the Acura and 3.2TL emblems from the truck lid, how hard was it? and did you need to repaint after they were removed? Are they glued on?

 

i used fishing line to get the emblem off... and then used alcohol, rubbing compound and a clay bar to get the residue glue off... i know some others used goo gone..

 

i simply pulled on them (with my fingers) they were glued on (very good tho) then used this adhesive stuff come to think of it i think it was goo gone....lil elbow grease and about 10min.. did tha job clean and lookin good ..so yea goo gone 'll do it

 

yea i took them off. but dont pull with ur fingers, those that got away wit that that (ie letha) were very lucky. cause mine were on there GOOD. i used a heat gun to soften the glue n then carefully use a blade and go along the edges of the emblem not the car. after that off youll have the glue left soften that with the gun too and get w.e u can off after that its goo gone and a quick wash. if you just pull straight off u can damage the paint and have "ghost" emblems. o and if u go the heat gun route dont forget to open ur trunk n then do it so u wont damage the tail lights. if you do it clean ull love how it looks i promise.

 

I used a heat gun and fishing line. Got them off, cleaned up some leftover glue (some was sticky, some was crumbly and dried up) with goof-off (?) and then clayed, polished, and waxed.

 

Sweet. Cannot wait, I am going to do this right away. I thought I wass going to have to wait untill it needed a new paint job.
Did anyone run into sun fade on the paint and not under the badges?

 

just a little fade... but if u clay and wax it.. not too noticable.. since then i have gotten rear ended so the whole rear got repainted.. so it looks perfect now..

 

I noticed a little bit of a difference in where they originally were, but it went away after the polishing, not the clay/wax.