vinyl vw badge "it worked"

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:48 pm

I finally got round to trying this on my front VW badge as every time i painted it it got stone chipped to high heaven plus it was matt black so didn't match the front bumper! So here we go

cut out your vinyl and carefully place on your cleaned badge

now this is the hard bit using a standley knife slit in between the letters and carfully pull round them tight, the worse bit is round the circle edge of the badge you really have to stretch it to make sure no creases etc!!

Then refit to the badge base and pop into the grill

Looks ace, nice and shiny and looks "oem" perfect match to the black in the bumper and hopefully wont chip!

Harnz · Post by **Harnz** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:43 pm

very nice how much was the vinyl

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:35 pm

Good idea mate, looks good too

Rich_T · Post by **Rich_T** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:16 pm

top class work!! looks good!

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:03 pm

went to the local sign company and he just let me have a bit 4 free , got bout a4 size!!

might do the rear one but dont know how to get it off??

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:05 pm

Great idea mate, much better than matt paint chipped

MGrove03 · Post by **MGrove03** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:08 am

how did you secure the vinyl in place?
did you just use glue?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:16 am

MGrove03 wrote:how did you secure the vinyl in place?
did you just use glue?

It's sticky vinyl? Self adhesive

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:58 am

Back one just pops off, need to get sumthin in behind it tho to pry it out.

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:06 pm

what the silver bit of the badge cos the whole badge is stuck on isnt it?

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:21 pm

Thats to get the whole badge off. Yeah its just stuck on quite well.

IIRC the silver part is a bit of a nightmare to get off, Its doesnt just clip in and out like the front

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:17 pm

the back comeoff in one peice and you need to seperate it by breaking the moulded clips on the back and to glue it back together after.

insted of painting or doing it this way why you not just buy a black badge?

looks cool anyway, the lad with a green lupo and 'wood' down the side has made his badges 'wood' in this way, clever idead though

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:09 pm

show me where to buy the badge i looked everywhere they are different to mk 4 golfs and old polos, measured em!

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:39 pm

A havent seen them eithers. If u want i have a spare badge at home, i'll take a pic of the back of it and let ya see the clips, they do need to be broken off to get the silver part off, then its a glue job as said above.

whitegtipolo · Post by **whitegtipolo** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:58 pm

that would be great kenny cheers