Hey guys. Just one question. Is there any other way to debadge the car without using any chemicals or things like that? Other than prying it off with a screwdriver or something?

 

Do a search there's one that tells you how to do it with a heat gun and dental floss

 

Heat gun or a hair dryer and fishing line. Dental floss is good but it breaks too easily, fishing line does a nice cut across the glue. Then some Goo Gone and a little muscle to clean off the glue.

 

the way i did it is...waitd for a really hot day...the badge gets easier to move...use a blow dryer then take dental floss and take it off...usse goo gone/finger nail lol...


its too easy

 

Like stated....some dental floss or fishing line and a hair dryer is all I needed. After some minor clean up after...some wax and it was all good.

 

Why would you want to 'debadge' your car? Is it the "cool" thing to do? It only lowers the value of the car and severly limits who would want to buy your car in the future! Don't do it! You'll only drop the value of your car by $500 or more.

You might as well crash the front end into a pole, paint the car hot pink and wear a pair of Speedo cut shorts to a biker bar! :gheywave: That's my 2 cents on it.

 

we are talking about the 3.2TL badge in most cases, and some like to remove the acura letters. That gives a nice clean look to the trunk- no key hole, no lettering- we dont need no stinkn badjezzzzzs!!!

The big round emblem is mounted thru the trunk with 2 bolts- you can turn it over and it fits that way too.

Debadge is cool because it gives you stealth- what kind of car was that???
If you think having 30 bucks of decoration on the back changes the resale value.... some years from now- (for the few willing to EVER part with their TL), its simple to buy and install brand new shiny letters for the car.

Its about personalizing the car-
maybe you want a free mod that makes yours easier to find in the parking lot without drawing attention to itself~

 

Not to mention, you can put 'em back on later if you want to.

There is actually some history to debadging (or purported history).

IIRC, it started in Europe when people driving high end Bimmers and Benz's took off their badges to attract less attention and/or "disguise" their model designations. Later, lower end Bimmer and Benz owners started doing it to infer their cars were of a higher status.

The rest, as they say, is history.

 

It's definitely cool LOL! 2g TL aren't well known cars so it is kinda stealthy too hahah....When I got mine it was already debadged....the guy just left the "Type-S" on which looked kinda funny....but luckily for me someone came along and debadged that for me LOL. Now it's clean.

 

When I went to Europe, I was surprised to see that every car is debadged there. My cousin drives a 5 series BMW and I asked which one, there's no badge he was like, they never come with badges. He has a Fiat as well and that also didn't have a badge either.
I personally think it looks nicer and cleaner...and like everyone said, you can still put it back on.

 

be careful though when I did mine some of the paint came off..

 

what type of goo gone did u use

im sure it was a chemical that did it

 

It does recieve attention. people around here thinks my car is an Accord, TSX, TL Type S because of the tailights, sidemarkers. Actually i went to a car meet in Kansas City a while back and the acura guys out there was like, "man maybe we should debadge all the TL's"
Anyways though, looks clean without them, then if you change your mind you can always buy them and reattach them.

 

it's the automotive one, and it's a spray bottle. May be I left the goo gone there for too long...

 

yeah most likely

ur susposed to wipe it off asap

 

so you're saying you would pay 500 dollars more for a car if it had badging on it?

have you SEEN a debadged TL?

 

But i couldnt get rid of the sticky stuff fast enough...

 

I used a heat gun and Meguiar's PlastX.... gave the car a wash after and it was CLEAAAAN.....