I need help with removing my badges. How is this done and is it going to leave any holes in the trunk? I want to remove the "Acura" and "TL" lettering. And while I'm asking, how do you remove the side mirror lights?

 

I believe the only emblem that will leave holes is the "A" caliper emblem in the middle. The "ACURA" and TL just come off. You can use an adhesive remover/cleaner to get the remaining glue residue that is left over from the emblems when you remove them.

 

Yeah I figured that would be the only one to leave holes but how do you remove the others? Dental floss and a heat gun? I don't want to mess up the paint but I don't plan on putting the badges back.

 

heat gun and floss will work just fine, why do you want to remove the mirror lights?

 

Watch the heat gun .. you can blister the paint.

Use dental floss or fishing line to saw off the letters then the residual left over roll it off with your thumb/fingers. Then use a little Goo Gone or rubbing alcohol to get it off .. Then wax the area.

 

I want to remove them because I'm going to tint them black. I'm also going to be removing my front and rear fender lights and tint them as well. You know your avatar TL-S looks crazy sic!! That the actual color I wanted. The wheels you have are the stock ones but they look so big on your avatar....why is that? Are you using a different tire size than the 235/45/17?

 

This works everytime....

 

Cool. I'm going to do this some time this week so I'll post some pics later.

Does anyone have a DIY for the side mirror light removal?

 

Floss/ Fishing wire and clay bar the residue. Most effective and safest way.

 

Yeah I'm sure I'll have to clay bar it. It's got tons of junk around the letter as it is now. Like someone never washed the car really good. It's got like a fog all around the letters that even taking a q-tip to it didn't really get it out. After I get them off it will look cleaner.

 

I pour warm water over the letters, use Crest Glide floss <-- this is important, don't get the Safeway brand, it just snaps.

Anyway, after that, i just used some acetone, and slowly scrape using credit card. Be patient.

Then wash that area, clay bar, rewax, and you're good.

 

hahahaha safeway brand so random

 

wow didnt kno it was so easy.. i might do this too haha the adhesive on the emblems on my sister's 1g got so worn out it fell off on its on.. and took some paint with it =(

 

x2 on the warm water....and floss.

Dont tint the sidemarkers!!!!!!!!!!!!! buy the type-s sidemarkers!!

 

^^ I have a type S. I wanted to black them out because the car is black. Otherwise it looks like it has these 2 grey bars on the side. Don't you think it would look cleaner blacked out?

 

Acetone is not at all cleat coat friendly .... and will degrade the clear .. possibly causing clear failure in that area down the road.

Using any sort of scraper gives a good chance of marring the paint to the point where it will need to be polished out.

 

Well I'm going to have to clay block it for sure! The junk that's one it + the glue that's left is going to be nasty and will require a small amount of acetone to remove. After looking at the car I think all I want to remove is the "Acura" badge and leave the "TL".

What do you guys think about the eBay blacked out "Type S" badge? I seen it the other day and thought that was nifty. Does anyone have one?

 

I'll repeat .. Acetone isn't something you want used on your clear coat . Its not that clear friendly. You might not have an issue the day you use it but you might months down the road.

 

I have thought about removing my Acura and TL emblems but I can't decide!

Post pictures...

 

I will.

 

Here ya go

 

See that's black on white is a perfect combo! I really like the blacked out badges too.

 

Jesstzn, how did you black out the center part of your trunk where the reverse lights are? I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

 

Thats stock and I have a tinted plate cover with a black frame

 

 

That looks good! (You also have the white/black car look going.) I have a Abyss Blue Pearl 05 TL...It makes things a little trickier to mod IMO...

 

What do you guys think about the eBay blacked out "Type S" badge? I seen it the other day and thought that was nifty. Does anyone have one?

 

paint it dude.

 

i suggest you rummage through some of the old threads we have on this forum. everything that you are thinking of has been done already.

 

its a black and white photo but this guy has one