wats up fellas..... lookin to take the Acura and RL of the trunk was wondering what was the best way to go about getting them off nice and clean??

 

fishing lines and goo gone..... these badges are held in by strong puddy like glue..... why would u want to de-badge?

 

Fishing line! Better than gore tex dental floss! More strength! I broke a couple of pieces trying to get a badge off. Good idea!

 

It's the hip thing to do, well amongst the younger crowd

 

take a hair dryer, warm up the badge, take a piece of string and gently pull off.

 

well i dont' know if the advices the people gave you work.. but i just took mine off...

i used a rubber spatchula (miss spelled sorry) and a little thinner... i sprayed the thinner on the acura let it sit for a 2 sec and used my rubber spatchula and took the acura off. then used compound and towel to clean the acura stain... all gone no stain on the paint.

done deal..

 

well, that's another way to go.... but the "-" b/w SH-AWD is pretty flimzzy and prying it off might snap it..... I guess if you decide to debadge you won't care how they come off..... but I'm sure you can sell the badges to someone or make a key chain out of it:P..... sigh.... young crowd.... just to think not long ago we are all part of that crowd

 

The only reason I would debadge the "RL" is to put on the "Legend" badge.

 

Debadging started in Europe with cars that looked similar but the cars were different in many ways, especially price. E.G. The BMW 318, 325, 328 etc looked very similar but the power was significantly different so If you bought a 318 then you debadged it so that people thought that you bought a real BMW. If you bought a 330 then you would debadge it because if people did not know what you had under the hood therefore they were sceptical about "taking you on". In Europe the company cars was the status of where you were in the company so a debadge eliminated the snobbery.
This applied to many brands, not just BMW and as to what there is to hide on an RL is a bit beyond me because there is only one RL and they are all the same. I assume that most RL owners are proud of their choice and dont mind the badge but maybe if you debadge it some folks will think that it is a TL?

 

Agree.... personally i prefer it on.... heck, i even have the A-Spec badge on too .... to some people, i guess they want less corners to clean when they wipe the trunk lid:P

 

I'm gonna take mine off so everyone thinks I'm driving a TSX...

 

i just feel like its a cleaner look and after i'm completely done with it i want people to look at it and wonder wat the hell it is because it looks so nice

 

Have you looked at the front of your car? People already think it's a TSX!

 

Without the badges my friend thought it was a Koenigsegg so I put the badges back on!

 

I think this is where you send your friend to cars.com for re-education.

 

I'm keeping the sh-awd badge. Let's see how many people can keep up with this tsx...

by the way, TSX is a very popular car...which means the front isn't as bad as everyone says.