|UPDATE| Painted 'S' badge today :)

[Badishi]

hi all, happy holidays and such!

since i'm in holiday leave, decided to do some work on the car.
thought to myself what's next on the list after the plastic cover.

so went to the car, unbolted the 'S' badge fron the boot lid,
and set about to paint.

first needed to remove the chrome coating, fairly easy job, took 10 mins.
then sended it down, using water paper, started 180 grit all the way up to 2500 grit.
washed it, let it dry then primer.

two layers of primer, 15 mins between coats, ended up with this:

then i set about giving it two layers of paint, decided i'm gonna use matt black for this job.
again 3 layer of coating, 15 mins between each one.

end result as you see below:

sorry for the bad pics quality, took them at night.

let it dry over night, then decided something missing.

so did the same thing to the 'S' housing,
sand it down, primed then decided i wanna break the black,

3 layer of FIRE RED with 2 layer of lacquer 20 mins between each coat.

But still something didn't work for me.

So took the old masking tape and masked the 's':

First layer of red:

so now just letting it dry for about 2 hours, and after that, pics from installing it on car

thanks for reading!!

 

[benj1989]

Thus is very interesting mats have wanted to do this but was scared of messing it up. This was very informative can't wait to see what it looks like on

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[Badishi]

thanks my friend,
i noticed most of the poeple just wrap it up in vinyl, so decided to do something else insted.

 

[speedfreak123]

Hurry up and take some pics of the finished article

 

[benj1989]

thanks my friend,
i noticed most of the poeple just wrap it up in vinyl, so decided to do something else insted.

This reminds me of the golf gti with the red big plus.
I'm not gonna lie I'm probly gonna do this to mine today depending on weather and time. Look forward to your pics

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[Badishi]

So, let it dry and removed the masking, which was hard doing because it tried to pull to layers of paint.

any way this is the end result little bit dirty needs a wash to remove exess glue and stuff

will be puting ot all together little later :

 

[Bondiblu]

 

[liamcupra]

How much above?

 

[speedfreak123]

Love it! Bondiblu did u do that one yourself?

 

[Bondiblu]

Love it! Bondiblu did u do that one yourself?

Yes, my boot handle was sticking, so found a new one on eBay and set to work. I went a step further and separated the 'S' surround from the 'S' therefore I didn't need mask up. I'd also suggest taking into account the thickness of the paint, as you don't want it catching when reassembled.

 

[Bondiblu]

thanks my friend,
i noticed most of the poeple just wrap it up in vinyl, so decided to do something else insted.

What colour car is it going on? I like the idea of mat black.

 

[Badishi]

yep never thought about removing the se completly... never mind i still love how it turned out!!

But a big fail instaling it back... my dog ran towards me and pulled it of the car somehow so it fell and got hit... i'll let the pics talk..

and a better pic of the engine cover:

andthe MK5 gear knob with leather gaiter red stichings:

thanks for reading!

 

[Badishi]

What colour car is it going on? I like the idea of mat black.

silver mate, not to fancy but look great with matt black,
take a lood in the pictures

 

[Bondiblu]

silver mate, not to fancy but look great with matt black,
take a lood in the pictures

Yeah, It looks good and a little diffirent to the rest of the sheep lol..., and a little brush will touch up the imperfections.

 

[moggytom]

Is the gear knob a stright fit ? And were did you get the gaitor ?

 

[twentyspence]

looking very well, need to do this myself!!!

 

[Lambro6]

That looks awesome! Shame there's some marks on it, and that there's residue left from your debadging! But it looks good!

 

[Badishi]

Is the gear knob a stright fit ? And were did you get the gaitor ?

mk5 gear knob straight fit, just widen the colar on the original, pull it up, get the new one,
put it in close the colar, and there you go..

got the the gaitor fron an ebay seller, was a PITA installing since it came with rubber band,
so u can't just play dress up on the gaitor housing, I needed to remodel it..

 

[Badishi]

That looks awesome! Shame there's some marks on it, and that there's residue left from your debadging! But it looks good!

don't worry will be fixing it up later this week, have me some two more days off, cortusey of my work place

 

[Adamroberts]

Well done for thinking outside the box!

I think you should have left the black for longer before masking for the red!

It's a shame about the marks on it though!