Black Badges....

[Ruddmeister]

Ooooooooooooooo.. that looks good! I'll try most stuff.. by DIY spraying is not one of them!!! I think I'll be down the local spray shop come payday! (he's not seen me since I got the LCR!!!) any more news on the rear badge??

Very easy, one trip to Halfrauds

One can of spray primer for plastic (grey)
One can of Plasti-Kote Black satin spray for plastic trim
One pack on wet and dry paper and about 2hrs over 2 nights work

 

[xJib]

Good work Steve. Should look better than a debadged centre grill. Never been a fan of debadgeing Leon grills.

For the rear it might be worth getting a bodyshop to spray the part so it matches the paint work exactly.

 

[Brighton Femme]

Very easy, one trip to Halfrauds

One can of spray primer for plastic (grey)
One can of Plasti-Kote Black satin spray for plastic trim
One pack on wet and dry paper and about 2hrs over 2 nights work

haha..... I don't have the patience! and if I get it wrong.. then I'll get very stressed.. and that's not good!

 

[Ruddmeister]

haha..... I don't have the patience! and if I get it wrong.. then I'll get very stressed.. and that's not good!

That's what boyfriends are for.....DIY

 

[Ruddmeister]

Now got to work out how to get the rear badge off

 

[Ruddmeister]

For the rear it might be worth getting a bodyshop to spray the part so it matches the paint work exactly.

I may leave the back.....but that could look odd......would look better on a debadged rear

 

[Brighton Femme]

That's what boyfriends are for.....DIY

that's the funniest thing I've herd all ... YEAR!!! I love him to bits.. but DIY is not he's thing.. watching him use some tools is painful! And snapping the bolt head stud on my 206 when I was 45miles from home and selling it the next day was the final straw, lucky I made it home with still oil in the engine!

He's not allowed near my car with any tools anymore.. he once used a bit of wood as a engine mount!!!

 

[Brighton Femme]

That's what boyfriends are for.....DIY

As an after thought.. you don't wanna be my DIY boyfriend do you???

 

[xJib]

Depending on how much work you want, you could have the tail gate smoothed, and have a solenoid installed to open it.

Or you could order a new handle for the rear, have it painted then fit it over a weekend. It can’t be that hard to strip down.

 

[DPJ]

Yes, that looks good. Steve.

 

[Ruddmeister]

Yes, that looks good. Steve.

Cheers wanna get it on the car now rain rain go away

 

[Ruddmeister]

As an after thought.. you don't wanna be my DIY boyfriend do you???

DIY...Boyfriend

I'll ask my wife if I'm allowed.......let me think what the response would be ......on second thoughts I'm to chicken to ask her

 

[dalepearson]

As an after thought.. you don't wanna be my DIY boyfriend do you???

I am restraining myself.

 

[Brighton Femme]

I am restraining myself.

Why you wanna then!

Ruddmeister.. too scared... that's how it should be!!!!

 

[DPJ]

I am restraining myself.

I'm not

So a DIY boyfriend is one who does it to himself rather than the girl?

 

[Brighton Femme]

So a DIY boyfriend is one who does it to himself rather than the girl?

.. your'll make a gal blush!

 

[Ruddmeister]

Ruddmeister.. too scared... that's how it should be!!!!

She's not in the country this week so i'm ok

 

[Scotty_b]

Right ive ordered one of those leon manuals from ebay, so im hoping that will say how to take the rear badge off (or at least show you how it goes together) As soon as its here i will let you all know

 

[DPJ]

.. your'll make a gal blush!

Sorry - is a DIY boyfriend one whose performance makes you wish you had done it yourself?

 

[Ruddmeister]

I was happy with the finish yesterday, so I fitted them...

All photo's here
http://www.pixum.co.uk/viewalbum/?id=1910037


But on putting the badge back in two things I'm not happy with first of all the centre S is very loose, now I recall someone washing there car on here ages ago and the S falling out. Infact there was a hillarious retrieval method involving coat hangers and kitchen appliances . This will be solved with a couple of small dots of superglue though.

The second thing I'm not happy with is that the reason I know the S is loose is cos I gave the centre grill a good shove to get it back in, which worked a treat but the S bit fell out ............oh how I laughed.....particualrly when I notice a chip off the corner where it fell into the void between radiator and bumper.

One good thing is that I now know this finish too soft (for stone chips etc), if I was doing it again I may try and give the original badge a really rough surface to key to.

So i'll fill the corner, probably just primer, couple of coats of black and then I think a couple of coats of Lacquer and refit.......thing is I didn't really want a lacquer finish I was happy with satin but I can;t see an alternative.....

Regards



DIY Boyfriend