Well i wrapped my rear seat boot handle this afternoon..
i ended up stripping the badge off completely, as per the instruction remove the two VERY VERY tight screws pull hard, gulp it feels like its going to break, undo the 6 nuts + 2 plugs and out pops the boot handle...
i then knocked out the pin, mine was very rusty and got ( finally just the S badge in my hand )
Its quite hard to wrap as you have to be careful how much wrap you use as to much around the sides of the S and you'll find the S snags as you fit it back together and does open up properly..
i dont think my will last all winter, i mite have to strip it back out and do it again....joy!!!!!
Did you clean the pin up? Mine started to have issues where it wouldnt go back on its own. Ended up taking the pin out and getting all the rust off and giving it a bit of 'wd40.