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Sprayed black badges today

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:46 pm
by adam_0612
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
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Front after:
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Back Before :
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After :
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:10 pm
by MaxDub
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..

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:11 pm
by adam_0612
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

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:14 pm
by MaxDub
Ah i see.
been thinking about spraying my badges black aswell, not sure if i really want them done though ha

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:57 pm
by adam_0612
i think on silver it would look good.

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

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:05 pm
by polo_dude
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!

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:35 pm
by adam_0612
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

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:30 am
by Kelk11
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?

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:17 pm
by Tim_GTi
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 8)

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:05 pm
by adam_0612
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

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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:10 pm
by Tim_GTi
What colour you spraying the background, blue?

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:21 pm
by adam_0612
im planning on just putting the actual VW part back onto the boot, so the background will just be the colour of the boot

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:56 am
by Tim_GTi
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

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:03 am
by adam_0612
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???

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:21 pm
by Kelk11
you can buy it from the dealer its about £12 for the colour and the laquer.