Taking apart the tailgate handle/badge

[techie]

A few people have asked me how I colour coded my tailgate handle/badge so i've knocked up a brief guide using my spare handle on how it all comes apart. It is pretty simple you just need to have gentle fingers and take your time. A new handle is about £50 iirc.

1. Your handle as is.

2. Take a decent size flat blade screwdriver and insert next to the hinge pin and twist

3. This will lever the side of the housing out and allow you to pivot the handle out.

One part is now two..

4. Now you can seperate the badge itsself from its backing. Along the top edge you can see two chrome tabs. Place the badge face down on something soft and insert a small flat blade screw driver next to the tabs and twist, then lever the badge off, it clips in the other end so once levered up pull downwards.

Two parts are now three

5. All thats left is the black plastic inlay trim. Flip he badge over to its back, then you see the two tabs in the centre at the inner edges of the 's'. Poke them out.

Now spread the side tabs and seperate

note I know badge is still on the backing on this picture, just figured out it was easier to remove afterwards.

Now three is four

Now you can do what you like with the parts. Refitting is reversal of removal, you just need to make sure the spring on the backing piece locates properly in the housing so the handle springs back into place.

Hope this helps.

 

[Dave 77]

Nice i was gunna ask how u did it now ive sorted out the led's this is my next thing to ass around with.

Need to work out how to get the badge off first i guess

 

[techie]

Two T20 screws and the interior trim pulls off then three 10mm nuts and the plug, simples.

 

[Dave 77]

Cool had a quick look but started fecking raining will have another look tomorro, sounds pretty easy famous last words lol

 

[Dave 77]

Any plans for your front badge techie?

 

[Dave 77]

Did mine 2day, heres a quick photo just finished doing it, had to break for the footy

Will clean and take a better photo 2morro

 

[Giz]

That looks awesome!
I'm going to get mine done next weekend I think
is it hard work to get it off the boot?

 

[Dave 77]

Not to bad, just follow techies guild and u will be fine

 

[Giz]

I'll have a good go at when I get a bit of time!
Gonna try something a little different, may not be to everyones taste, it'll be changable if it's a bit poor haha

 

[Dave 77]

Sounds gd to me, worth a try and as u say if it dont look to gd u can change it.

 

[jc_boc]

Did mine 2day, heres a quick photo just finished doing it, had to break for the footy

Will clean and take a better photo 2morro

WOW!!!! That actually looks the biz!!!! Me thinks that should be next thing on my list. What paint did you use mate?

 

[Dave 77]

Dad brought it home from his work, plastic adhesive then plastic primer then black/white. (spray cans ofc, could prob get them from halfords)

 

[wigz45]

Looks great! Techie sorry to bug but if you come to do your front badge any chance you could do the same with a little guide how to get it out of the bumper etc? im sure lots of us on here would appriciate it! thanks

 

[Spurt]

looks alot better good job.

 

[Giz]

Can you just spray over the chrome bits or does it need sanding down or something first?!?!?
I'm not clued up on painting me haha

 

[techie]

it needs keying up first, then use plastic primer

 

[Dave 77]

Wot techie said

 

[Dave 77]

A few photos of my badges, will do better ones tomorro when i have time

Now off to watch footy, Cum on Englang!!!!!

 

[techie]

Did you take the front badge out Dave?

Far as I can make out you have to remove the front grill and the badge is pushed in and plastic welded into it from the back.

 

[Dave 77]

Yea u have to take out the front grill, it is plastic welded in (poorly) but it also clips in and seams quite tightly clipped bk in tbh.