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Offline Gtiain

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Re: Black badge
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2010, 01:47:47 pm »
To the guys who ordered from dubstopimports- how long did they take to come and also did the delivery driver require a signature as I don't know what courier they're using! Thanks!
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2010, 04:06:50 pm »
That black badge looks good! Might (WILL) have to order one.
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2010, 12:56:26 am »
Mine took about 7-10 days to arrive, it just came with the normal royal mail postman if i remember correctly :happy2:
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2010, 04:06:21 am »
+1. I don't recall having to pick it up from the depot. It fitted through the letterbox.
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2010, 08:40:58 am »
That's good as the girlfriend and I are at work during the day so didnt want it going back to Germany!
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2010, 03:06:17 pm »
Where are the four screws to rake the grill off? The badge won't budge so I'll have to take the grill off.
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2010, 08:15:19 pm »
I just sprayed mine with a few coats of plasti dip. It gives it a nice Matt black finish and if you change your mind just peel the rubber coating off. Simples :)
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2010, 08:22:53 pm »
Quote from: Gtiain on December 04, 2010, 03:06:17 pm
Where are the four screws to rake the grill off? The badge won't budge so I'll have to take the grill off.
two at the lower part of the grill ( under the number plate ) and the other two under the bonnet to the inside of the headlights, then just undo the clips next to the top 2 screws and lift the grill off
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2010, 10:04:20 pm »
Cheers for your replies guys. In the end I just undid the torx screws and pulled the grill out a little so I could get my hand down the back. A little unorthodox but I managed it pleased with the result! Looks great.
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2010, 11:58:38 am »
Quote from: Gtiain on December 04, 2010, 10:04:20 pm
Cheers for your replies guys. In the end I just undid the torx screws and pulled the grill out a little so I could get my hand down the back. A little unorthodox but I managed it pleased with the result! Looks great.

Can we have some nice pics?  :party:
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2010, 05:11:38 pm »
Yeah I'll put some up when it's light again. Thing is now I want a shiny new grill beacause the badge is a little bit darker than the grill at the mo as I'm guessing it's faded little. Any ideas for brightening it up a tad?
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2010, 10:07:45 pm »
Quote from: Gtiain on December 05, 2010, 05:11:38 pm
Yeah I'll put some up when it's light again. Thing is now I want a shiny new grill beacause the badge is a little bit darker than the grill at the mo as I'm guessing it's faded little. Any ideas for brightening it up a tad?

May be wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere WD40 was good for this
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2010, 10:11:51 pm »
Quote from: Weston on December 05, 2010, 10:07:45 pm
Quote from: Gtiain on December 05, 2010, 05:11:38 pm
Yeah I'll put some up when it's light again. Thing is now I want a shiny new grill beacause the badge is a little bit darker than the grill at the mo as I'm guessing it's faded little. Any ideas for brightening it up a tad?

May be wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere WD40 was good for this

You sure??
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2010, 07:23:10 am »
WD40 can blacken plastics - I used to use it a lot. However, it apparently can weaken plastics (apparently) though not sure how it does so.
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Re: Black badge
« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2010, 04:37:24 pm »
WD40 will blacken and shine, as will silicone based sprays like motul shine and go,
other things you can use: -
-dashboard cleaner
-Back to black

and im sure tyre dressing would also bring it up like new aswell.

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