Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
The odd job that should have been so easy has turned into a nightmare!
The good first!
Firstly new center cap badges, Peter my parts man at renault told me that you can't buy the diamonds on their own, so luckily for me I paid for one cap and blagged the other 3 for free
wheels are complete now very happy with them.
Popped on the new bullets - all was going well..
Postman delivered these too so on they went
Need a clean but I've always had them on any car I buy, for some reason they're addictive!
Quick hoover and restick the thumb grips
I was happy and flying.
Then I wasn't - ripped off the old rear bumper trim to find to my horror that new ones don't fit, they're too short! all the Streamline Carbon trims being short came flooding back - so its gonna have to stay as it is till I can find a replacement
Then the s**t really hit the fan! Fooking badges!
Front one was a right tw*t, I bought the black surround with it as well so had to take the grille off to unscrew it from the back, not a huge issue because I was putting the brand new grille in anyway.
Clio badge - both pins snapped off on the old one so after ripping the boot to bits to push them out new one went on - happy days
When I first went to look at the car I could see the sport badge had been stuck down at the wrong side, thought nothing of it as I ways always going to buy new ones all round, well that and the Renault badge had been f**king super glued down, bonded, stuck - any f**king way you can stick something to something someone had done.
Without knowing this I pulled them off and looked in horror as super glue was all over the paintwork in some areas and the paint had come off with the badge in others!
After trying all the easy methods it was obvious it wasn't for shifting it was time for scary measure - I'll cut it short but after sanding some of it down with 2000 grit wet dry and polishing back up the renault badge went on fine, but where the sport badge was it was well and truely f**ked, Super glue remover is very effective at removing glue but its also great at removing the paint underneath it
So after hours of effort I've had to put the Sport badge back where it was to cover the absolute horror underneath.
So the question is people do you think it looks w**k how it is? the only option I have is to have the boot painted - I think personally thats a tad overkill for a badge that needs moving an inch.
What would you do?
Please note being a perfectionist I now shake my head at the car whenever I see it
The good first!
Firstly new center cap badges, Peter my parts man at renault told me that you can't buy the diamonds on their own, so luckily for me I paid for one cap and blagged the other 3 for free
wheels are complete now very happy with them.
Popped on the new bullets - all was going well..
Postman delivered these too so on they went
Need a clean but I've always had them on any car I buy, for some reason they're addictive!
Quick hoover and restick the thumb grips
I was happy and flying.
Then I wasn't - ripped off the old rear bumper trim to find to my horror that new ones don't fit, they're too short! all the Streamline Carbon trims being short came flooding back - so its gonna have to stay as it is till I can find a replacement
Then the s**t really hit the fan! Fooking badges!
Front one was a right tw*t, I bought the black surround with it as well so had to take the grille off to unscrew it from the back, not a huge issue because I was putting the brand new grille in anyway.
Clio badge - both pins snapped off on the old one so after ripping the boot to bits to push them out new one went on - happy days
When I first went to look at the car I could see the sport badge had been stuck down at the wrong side, thought nothing of it as I ways always going to buy new ones all round, well that and the Renault badge had been f**king super glued down, bonded, stuck - any f**king way you can stick something to something someone had done.
Without knowing this I pulled them off and looked in horror as super glue was all over the paintwork in some areas and the paint had come off with the badge in others!
After trying all the easy methods it was obvious it wasn't for shifting it was time for scary measure - I'll cut it short but after sanding some of it down with 2000 grit wet dry and polishing back up the renault badge went on fine, but where the sport badge was it was well and truely f**ked, Super glue remover is very effective at removing glue but its also great at removing the paint underneath it
So after hours of effort I've had to put the Sport badge back where it was to cover the absolute horror underneath.
So the question is people do you think it looks w**k how it is? the only option I have is to have the boot painted - I think personally thats a tad overkill for a badge that needs moving an inch.
What would you do?
Please note being a perfectionist I now shake my head at the car whenever I see it
