Red GTI grille badge

rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:11 am

Hi, I've seen a few people have swapped their chrome badges for the red ones. Just wondering if anyone can tell me how the fit them.
I've found the oem badges for both the polo and the golf but the clips on the back look completely different;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-OEM-Genui ... 2625141066

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-PO ... 1798729901

MichelKasapovic · Post by **MichelKasapovic** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:08 am

Looks strange, dont know how they should click it to the grill? Maybe all the clips would fit when clicking on to the honeycomb

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SRGTD · Post by **SRGTD** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:20 am

May not be a new red GTI badge, but a red vinyl badge skin applied to the existing chrome badge.

http://www.badgeskins.com/polo.html

fivelittlefish · Post by **fivelittlefish** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:12 pm

I cut the clips off and used double sided foam numberplate tape to fix it.

rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:24 pm

fivelittlefish wrote:I cut the clips off and used double sided foam numberplate tape to fix it.

So the original badge will unclip from the grille and the red one can be stuck on in its place?

fivelittlefish · Post by **fivelittlefish** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:10 pm

rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:23 pm

fivelittlefish wrote:Yep

Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!

Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?

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fivelittlefish · Post by **fivelittlefish** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:16 pm

rab90 wrote:
fivelittlefish wrote:Yep
Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!

Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?

Hmmm - I was firm and not particularly gentle. With a dremel.
I couldn't get the grill off anyway.

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rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:43 pm

fivelittlefish wrote:
rab90 wrote:
fivelittlefish wrote:Yep
Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!

Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?

Hmmm - I was firm and not particularly gentle. With a dremel.
I couldn't get the grill off anyway.

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A dremel to get the original badge off?
Maybe I should just go for the those badgeskinz [emoji23]

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MichelKasapovic · Post by **MichelKasapovic** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:25 pm

Wrap it

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rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:29 pm

MichelKasapovic wrote:Wrap it

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I could but the its the performance pack style badges from the golf I'm looking at. Red with a chrome outline

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MichelKasapovic · Post by **MichelKasapovic** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:41 pm

Oh. Looks better

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fivelittlefish · Post by **fivelittlefish** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:47 pm

Another option:

Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:03 pm

fivelittlefish wrote:Another option:

Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.

I did it the exact same way with this result:

rab90 · Post by **rab90** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:22 pm

Olivier wrote:
fivelittlefish wrote:Another option:

Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.
I did it the exact same way with this result:

I did the same. Really easy to do and no need to take bits off the grill.

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