Boot badges following respray

[Messa]

Hi again, sorry to keep posting with questions and no help for others, but.....

My '99 C250TD is going in tomorrow for the boot, 2 doors and 2 wheel arches to be resprayed (yikes) and I have just removed the boot badges myself (to save money) and now realise they are just glued (double sided tape?) on.
Has anyone successfully re-stuck their old badges as mine are ok, or do I need to buy new ones?

If they can be re-applied then what do I use, if not, anyone tell me where I can buy them on the 'net please as I live quite a way from the dealers?

Thanks again,

Neil

 

[Spinal]

eBay has some boot badge now and then fairly cheap, but then again many times they aren't original. Dealers have them, but as you said you live far. Re-sticking them youself is hard for the simple reason that you would need to cut double sided foam tape to the right shape...

 

[Flash]

Badges from Stealers come with a template when u buy them so that they are postioned correctly. Why not just go for the debaged clean look...?

 

[fuzzer]

turbodiesel is gonna be a bugger to stick back on.

When i was doing it , i measured out and used masking tape to get start and base line to work on etc.

 

[andy_k]

you can buy double sided tape for a few quid a roll - avoid the foam types and go for the stronger (and much thinner) type used by carpet fitters.

Cutting around the badges would require a very sharp scalpel/modelling knife.

If you've got time to spare it will save you a couple of pounds but personally I'd go for new.

HTH

Andy

 

[Tan]

Personally I would go with the debadged look, because most of the time when I have seen these badges replaced its never looks perfect and will make it obvious that work has been done, which most will suspect due to an accident.

 

[Howard]

The best ones are where the badges have been put back on the wrong side as well as being too high or low

 

[Tan]

The best ones are where the badges have been put back on the wrong side as well as being too high or low

I must be a right sad git but i always notice these

 

[BTB 500]

Tan, I'm ever sadder - it really annoys me how many numberplates aren't put on level!

 

[Messa]

Ok fellas thanks for the many replies.

Luckily I took pictures with a ruler in them before taking off the old letters to help in repositioning new ones.

I have priced up new ones and they want just under £40 for the set. A bit steep I think.

So..... I am going to go unbadged until it annoys me or I sell the car, then badge it up.

TBH I like my badges cos the car is sh*t off a stick off the mark, and many people see the 'diesel' bit and pull along side at lights etc thinking I will be chugging away on green.



So on the whole, you think debadged has more 'kudos' than badged?

Cheers,

Neil

 

[BTB 500]

So on the whole, you think debadged has more 'kudos' than badged?

IMO, no. 99% of the time unbadged means "base model" ...

I was following a de-badged Porsche Boxster the other night. I suppose the owner wanted people to think it was a 911 cabrio?

 

[High-Lo]

IMO, no. 99% of the time unbadged means "base model" ...

I was following a de-badged Porsche Boxster the other night. I suppose the owner wanted people to think it was a 911 cabrio?

Probably a Boxster 2.5 trying hard to be a Boxster S

 

[BTB 500]

Probably a Boxster 2.5 trying hard to be a Boxster S

Maybe, it certainly wasn't an "S" (wrong exhaust). Like I said ... base model!

Most common round here are debadged BMW 3 and 5 series repmobiles that look pretty mean (big alloys etc.) ... till you spot the puny exhaust

 

[Howard]

I have a 230 CE and i de-badged it, not so people would think it was a 320 but because i think the lines look cleaner without badges on .....

I have use of a CLK 430 when i want to play ......

 

[uumode]

Tan, I'm ever sadder - it really annoys me how many numberplates aren't put on level!

I'm sadder than that, I notice that some the letters on the plate itself are on skewed, have wrinkled edges, are stuck down a bit distorted or have incorrect letter spacing

 

[BTB 500]

Have you noticed how many numberplates de-laminate nowadays? I've had to replace the rear one on my VW already (at under 3 years old) and the rear one on my wife's 2 year old Honda is going too!