Now turn off the two swirl layers, so you're just left with the text. Select the text and Right-Click > Ungroup, then once more, Right-click > Ungroup. Now select the front surface of our text, and turn off this layer. You should now be left with the darker 3d elements.
Click and drag to select all of these remaining elements then click the Unite Button in the Pathfinder Palette and name this group "3d 1". If you don't see the Pathfinder Palette, go to Window > Pathfinder. Uniting these objects joins them all as one Compound Path; it should also get rid of those little white lines. Repeat this process for the two elements that make up the swirl, naming then "3d 2" and "3d 3".