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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 10:50 AM
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Silly TLX badge question

I have the 23 Type-S. Mine has TLX badges on the driver and passenger doors. However, I notice in many pictures, others don't have these? Are dealers putting those on? Prefer not to have them and will the dealer take them off for me?
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 11:21 AM
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Are you referring to the Type S badges on the front fender? Or actual Acura badges on the doors?
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by fiatlux
Are you referring to the Type S badges on the front fender? Or actual Acura badges on the doors?
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by adamhodge
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What in the world…did you buy the car used? That’s definitely not factory

You should be able to heat it up with a hairdryer, and then take a piece of fishing line or floss and run it behind it to take it off. Then just use a bit of Goo-Gone to get rid of the rest of the adhesive
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by fiatlux
What in the world…did you buy the car used? That’s definitely not factory

You should be able to heat it up with a hairdryer, and then take a piece of fishing line or floss and run it behind it to take it off. Then just use a bit of Goo-Gone to get rid of the rest of the adhesive
Not used...I will look in to it. I had the dealer add the black logos for the others. I would prefer them off.
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 03:38 PM
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What dealer did you buy it from? That's awful!
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 04:16 PM
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Those are awful! Take them off asap!
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 04:45 PM
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I’d take those off it was some type of dealer installed accessory some Acura dealers were putting these on the 2015-2020 TLXs
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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 10:03 AM
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They are gone everyone! Deep breath...
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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 11:34 AM
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Nothing like gling “naked”…

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They are gone everyone! Deep breath...
My former Porsche was stripped of all its tags early on using the dental floss trick perviously mentioned. I sort of enjoyed it when people would ask me the make of car. Many Porsche owners referred to it as naked.
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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 01:50 PM
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I didn't totally de-badge but I did relocate
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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by GhostTL09

I didn't totally de-badge but I did relocate
Your car looks great! Ceramic coated, I'm guessing?
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Old Feb 20, 2024 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by adamhodge
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some Acura dealers were installing them as an "accessory" and upcharging the customer. The part itself costs the dealer $10, takes 10 seconds to prep, peel and stick, and they charge about $125 installed.
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Old Feb 20, 2024 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bilirubin
some Acura dealers were installing them as an "accessory" and upcharging the customer. The part itself costs the dealer $10, takes 10 seconds to prep, peel and stick, and they charge about $125 installed.
I know, I had the blacked-out ones put on the back, and the black type-s....I thought I was buying ALL of the TLX logos to be black. Then I went back into the configurator online and noticed they don't show the car with them. Sucks because I had to ask them to take of the horrible dealer stickers when I bought it and they didn't tell me those are added on.
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Old Feb 22, 2024 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by swttsx007
Your car looks great! Ceramic coated, I'm guessing?
Nope. But to be honest its getting paint corrected and ceramic in a few weeks. Waiting for weather to break here in Atlanta. Paint like a brillow pad.
I had just washed and hit it with Griots Speed Shine & Ceramic lol.
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