Searched the forum and there's no official thread or explanations on how to debadge the rear.

Do you guys just pull the badging off or do you have to use a heatgun? I've never did anything like this before and I don't wanna ruin my car.

 

I used a hair dryer and heated them up a bit, then peeled them off slowly.

 

Don't use a heat gun, use a blow dryer and go letter by letter until you touch them and they're hot. Then used dental floss or fishing line behind each letter til they come off. Heat them enough and you wont have to take off as much glue.

 

Can't debadge the A logo though, not that way, it's screwed, not glued.

 

Yeah, wouldn't wanna debadge that anyway, gotta represent

 

Didn't know, some people go for the Neon look. so you're taking off everything else?

 

I'm not sure yet, I gotta take a close look what would look the best. I know I'm taking of the cl type s badge

 

Then how do you get the rest of the glue off? I'm guessing acetone won't be anywhere near my car.

 

When I debadged my car I did the following (Keep in mind I only removed the 3.2 TL & Type-S emblems, but the same process would apply everything else except the A):

Used a blowdrier to heat up the emblem (1-3 minutes)
Used dental floss strung from one hand to the other, and ran it behind the emblem
After emblem was removed, used Goo-Gone to get rid of the excess adhesive
After excess was removed, claybarred and waxed the area

Took about 5 min. total for both emblems.

 

FYI Terpentine can be used instead of Goo-Gone, just don't leave it on the car for more then a few seconds. We did this at my buddy's house and had no problems. We still claybarred and waxed afterwards, looked perfect

 

I wouldn't reccomend it if your car is over 2 years old though. The sun will have slightly faded the paint and when you expose the paint behind the badge will be a different color than the rest of the car.

 

Even if the owner before me has lived in michigan, where sun is rare

 

Even more so then... harsh winters could have the same effect, road salt/sand, etc.

 

on a hot day w/ the back of teh car in the direct sunlight, you don't even need a hair dryer.

 

My CL-S is more than three years old, has seen a few winters and is black, you still couldn't see any difference in paint. I think you should be ok, remove one letter, clean up the paint, and take a look before you take them all off.
Good luck!

 

Yeah, and if it doesn't look good, I'll just drive around with "CURA", which means girlfriend in my language.

 

blow dryer won't mess up the paint???

 

I remember awhile back, when I first got the car (sr. year of HS)... someone tried to steal my 3.2CL Type-S badge. All they could do was crack the bottom off the 3. ... :ghey: