Sprayed black badges today

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:46 pm

Been thinking of doing it for a while now and eventually got round to it

Sprayed front and back badges black (pics below)

also think i am going to do the tweeter covers inside black aswell, sometime this week hopefully.

Front Before : only picture i could find

Front after:

Back Before :

After :

MaxDub · Post by **MaxDub** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:10 pm

Howcome you've mounted your front plate down there mate?
Looks abit odd with the indents were the plate should be in the bump strip above..

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:11 pm

well i want to get it all smoothed out in the summer but cant afford it yet

also my grill where the muber plate is, is snapped in half so cable ties are holding it together and the number plate is covering that up

MaxDub · Post by **MaxDub** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:14 pm

Ah i see.
been thinking about spraying my badges black aswell, not sure if i really want them done though ha

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:57 pm

i think on silver it would look good.

also i need my rear lights smoking more, look really pale compared to badges now!

polo_dude · Post by **polo_dude** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:05 pm

Or how about maybe colour coding the background of the VW badge, So there is more of an emphasis on the actual Black VW?, I think I've seen it done before!

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:35 pm

yeh thats what i orignally wanted to do. however first i thought there would be a way to get the 'background' of it off, so you could see the original colour from the boot but that cant be done i dont think.

i do have some touch up paint, but dont know if that would work, or come out well

Kelk11 · Post by **Kelk11** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:30 am

it can be done i did it with mine u used a stanley knife to cut off the blobs of plastic which holds the vw badge to the backing on the back and it just pops off. glued it back in place when it was done. make any sense?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:17 pm

I like the front, but not the back.

Yeh you can split it Adam, I've done it on mine also. Just do exactly what Kelk11 said.

Would look really smart with a silver logo, colour coded blue behind

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:05 pm

well looking at my car today i decided i did not like the back at all, so doing what i originally wanted to do and have cut off the 'background' of the VW badge

Spraying the VW black, will see what that looks like

also took the front off again to add more coats

poor quality image, but to show you roughly what im doing

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:10 pm

What colour you spraying the background, blue?

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:21 pm

im planning on just putting the actual VW part back onto the boot, so the background will just be the colour of the boot

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:56 am

Why don't you just colour code the background? It'll look smarter and more flush. A backgroundless badge will look a bit bodgy imo

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:03 am

but how would i colour code it?

would i have to take it to a body shop, or can the colour of my car paint be bought at halfords for cheap?

i have touch up paint, but can't see that coming out very well???

Kelk11 · Post by **Kelk11** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:21 pm

you can buy it from the dealer its about Â£12 for the colour and the laquer.