Cleaned my 2.0 16v Badges

[Ibanezman]

Thanks for people helping me with how to remove these lol I am useless !

Ok, so i've cleaned them best as I could, btw these are plastic, I have heard some are metal ??

Anyway, cleaned the crap off with soap & water, then used AG Tar remover, first with a cloth, then a toothbrush to get in the gaps. Didn't seem perfect yet lol so got bored and tried other suggestions such as claying, and Scratch-x.... not much improvement really

Here are pics of what they look like now, much improved, but as you'll see, still black spots and a few marks etc, can these be removed, or shall I just stop being a fag and be happy with them ??

Cheers

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^^^ Thats exactly how mine went on my 172 , i cleaned em with autoglym metal polish . Now on my 182 i just wax em , hopefully they won't go the same with as the 172's .

 

[Thomss]

Good stuff.

 

[Serg]

i just resprayed them by hand. not as shiney but look alot better now.

 

[Lam7r]

Yep quick respray and bobs your sisters, dads, friends, brother

 

[caymanr26]

those black dots look like stone chips to me - they look good enough though - only way of getting them better is either to paint them or replace them. Middo on here will paint them for you any colour you like and does a top job

 

[Clio 1.216v Dynamique]

Looking good

 

[Norris_309]

mine have the blacks spots on too.... in need of a clean..
The wheels are another story!!! got loads of black spots.. tar?? or whatever it is, doesn't wanna move & gets worse & worse :-(

 

[peter182]

tar remover gets rid of most of mine

 

[MRBILLYUK]

those black dots look like stone chips to me - they look good enough though - only way of getting them better is either to paint them or replace them. Middo on here will paint them for you any colour you like and does a top job

The black dots i had on mine weren't stone chips ( looked like ibanzemans ) , it was more like the coating had bubbled .

 

[Darren S]

I'd really like to get the raised section of the 2.0 badges paint in black gold with the rest left in the silver plastic. I know I'm nowhere near good enough to do it myself, though!

D.

 

[GarethM]

i know they arent metal but i used autosol on mine and they came up a treat got rid of all the marks and spots off them

 

[Chris n nic]

My badges have small bubles and defo have bits of rust on them...look a right mess...have to get them sprayed at somepoint

chris

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I'd really like to get the raised section of the 2.0 badges paint in black gold with the rest left in the silver plastic. I know I'm nowhere near good enough to do it myself, though!

D.

What about painting the badges in black gold and leaving the raised bits silver ? It would probably easier to do as well .

 

[dick]

I'd really like to get the raised section of the 2.0 badges paint in black gold with the rest left in the silver plastic. I know I'm nowhere near good enough to do it myself, though!

D.

ive done it on my 1.2

sprayed um silver, waited a week for it to proppa dry, masked it all off, cut out the 16v bits, sprayed, il get pics in a bit

 

[dick]

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^^^ Badges look spot on mate . Bet it was a bit fiddly cutting out the 16v .

 

[dick]

ive know idea why they look that colour, ther nothing like that colour, ther actually rover gunmetal grey to match me anthacite wheels

:s wierd

 

[dick]

would be harder as well with the 2.0 16v as well, smaller innit,

could just get a little paint brush n brush it on?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

With the 172/182 i think i would spray them dark first , let them dry ,then spray the lighter colour of the top and just wipe the lighter colour off the raised bits .

 

[Middo]

those black dots look like stone chips to me - they look good enough though - only way of getting them better is either to paint them or replace them. Middo on here will paint them for you any colour you like and does a top job

cheers mate yeah if anyone wants em doing pm me!