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Right thinking about doing this tomorrow just wondering whether any one could give me a step by step on how to do this and exactly what ill need.

Thanks

Wet & Dry Paper
Plastic Primer
Matt or Gloss Black Paint
Lacquer (your choice)

Rub the badge down, the chrome finish is quite strange really so stick with the roughest grade of wet & dry, then a coat of plastic primer, leave it until it's touch dry then give it another coat.

Best to leave it overnight to dry thoroughly

Once it's fully dry, give it a coat of black, leave until it's touch dry and give another coat (repeat until you're happy)

Leave overnight to dry again and that's you done.

is laquer a must? is it suggested that i use it?

Thanks for the guide by the way.

It will give you a better shine and probably even a bit more protection.

can they be bought black?

You might find some on E-Bay, apparently they've been discontinued now.

ModifiedMadness wrote:You might find some on E-Bay, apparently they've been discontinued now.

arrr!

just im sure i read somewhere that VW still stocked them! or could get hold of them!

suppose they would want a fortune though! so spraying would be a better option!

hoe do you get the badge off?

Lift the bonnet then you need to take out the grille, there's 4 clips along the top, 2 either side of the badge.

Then once you've got the grille out, look at the back and you'll see how to take the badge out

recently sprayed my badge gloss black. looked terrible, had roughly 4-5 coats of black and 3 of primer. and it chipped easily. even after letting it dry for a week!

resprayed it now with plastikote (can be tricky to sand off if you make a mistake!) stove paint! gave it 3 coats, applies nice and evenly, very hard wearing AND its good for 400c so my vw badge will be the last thing to melt if my car sets on fire!

there are loads of black VW badges for sale on eBay- if you're willing to pay about 10 quid (including postage).

gsf sells em :)