painting badges?

[rashcupra]

if i lived near i would be more than happy!! how much are skoda charging you then to get it done ???

 

[davels]

can't get the frigging plastic thingy of to get the rear badge off! how how how how how how??
pls help

 

[Ad Lav]

Sorry mate, promised pictures, try and get them up asap!!

Have you undone all the screws??

It will be quite stiff so pull hard until it pops off.

 

[davels]

yeah thinks so, removed 1 under each bulb flap and two under the locking mechanism flap but i can't get any purchase on is cos every time i pull it the boot hits me on the head lol

 

[BJM]

Think theres one inside the pull down handle too.

 

[davels]

oh.. i take it the handle just pops out does it?

ps.. i hate magic trees, i always end up taking the wrapper off too soon and end up getting the worlds worst headache lol

 

[BJM]

oh.. i take it the handle just pops out does it?

ps.. i hate magic trees, i always end up taking the wrapper off too soon and end up getting the worlds worst headache lol

You don't need to take the handle out, you can see it if you pull the boot lid down a bit.

I know what you mean about the magic tree's - there's an art too them

I'll need to change my sig though as I've ditched the trusty old vanillaroma tree in favour of the AutoGlym Autofresh that I picked up at Halfords today - nice and fresh!

 

[rashcupra]

you might need to leaver the boot trim off with a trim tool or if you dont have one of them a blunt knife or flat head screwdriver then it will pop off!

smelly foot car freshener all the way magic trees make me

 

[davels]

cheers amt i'll give that a go tommorow
this is the colour i've gone for

one more coat of laquer and the front one is done

 

[tommmineh]

ello ed, just ask for BMW A08, graphite colour then?

Thats just the colour Ad Lav has painted his wheels I think, not really a need for you to do the same!

Thanku very much! All i recommend is about 10 coats of paint and about 15 coats of laquer to stop chipping.... And you think im kidding dont you! Sand it down a little for the laquer to bed into, then prime, paint and laquer. You can get tha paint from any old motorfactors/halfrauds etc.

Heres a pic...

Lovin that pic Looks hard as.
Got any spacers on it? rear ones might do the trick

I'd recommend not putting that much paint on! I put a fair few coats on mine and after primer and laquer etc they were that thick I can't get the badge to sit back in the grill properly as it's almost too big! As you say though Ed you need a fair bit on to stop it chipping.

 

[davels]

Bl**dy ell i not going to copy exactly, just wondered if it was a special paint or normal panel paint, anyway when for mettalic ford graphite so compleatly differant