Front badge - split and carbon wrapped.

[tony_danza]

Cheers,

Nah - the pressed plates just try pulling straight all the time on the sticky fixings, so look a bit off. I'll sort it when I can lay my hands on some really strong stuff.

[true-blue]

Simple, but very effective, I like that a lot 

[Phil Mcavity]

Tony, after seeing and not realising that the chrome badge seperates, i removed my 1st effort of wrap, and redone it the same way as you, and it looks FAR better. 

[vwrascal]

looks great that   

[tony_danza]

Tony, after seeing and not realising that the chrome badge seperates, i removed my 1st effort of wrap, and redone it the same way as you, and it looks FAR better. 

Not sure I'd have been happy myself doing it any other way.

It's a doddle once you've got past the screwing up your face "Ooooo" stage of forcing the first tab, begging it not to snap the badge!! I reckon I could turn one around inside an hour from grille off to back on now.

Massive thanks to RedRobin for sending me an offcut to play with 

I've had a look on ebay and there's some squares of it on there for a couple of quid, you want something about 200mmx200mm, as you'll need some excess to help you manipulate the material.

Here's how I did it, no doubt someone else can add to it and refine.

• Remove the vinyl backing and lay down sticky side up.
• Lay the badge gently onto the vinyl and let the centre catch.
• Pick it up with the badge and working from the centre, smooth the vinyl onto the 'VW'.
• Once the face is done, you need to manipulate the edging.
• Using a pulling and stretching motion with the excess, work around the badge doing a little at a time. Stretch the material and work it with your thumb to ensure it doesn't crease.
• Wrap this around the back of the badge and then trim off any excess - you're then at the stage to cut.
• Using a very sharp craft knife, cut the line that runs at the bottom of the V and the top/middle of the W. Go straight down the middle, as you'll need this small amount to wrap back onto itself to cover the chrome.
• With the rest of the cutouts, do an X staying about 1mm away from the corners. Pull the triangles back around the sections and smooth into the corners with the back of your knife to get a good edge/seal all round. You may need to carefully trim the centre cut you made between the V&W to ensure any overlap doesn't look scruffy.

[VC]

so when are you posting me mine? 

[JPC]

thats a great job mike, and thanks for the how to up there! might try this myself! :)

[T88OMM]

That looks brilliant matey, shame I dont have a MKV to try it on 

[tony_danza]

VC/JPC - just do it, it's a couple of quid in vinyl and a couple of hours of your time - you can always take it off and try again if it's not right first time.

[jt1]

Excellent job matey, gonna order some vinyl of ebay and have a go at this

Nice one

[Caz]

so when are you posting me mine? 

2nd did.. 

[Ifti]

I may take a go at this - any links to the vinyl on eBay?
Also - does it come off cleanly if you mess it up??
How strong is it - I mean will it wear with weather etc?

[tony_danza]

I dunno, RR sent me a sample from his - so I guess he'd be the best person to ask for the actual make/type.

Any external vinyl should be good for 5 years, apparently. Just ensure you get the good, thick stuff with a textured weave - not something with a print of it.

My experience of removing vinyl stickers, they come off very easily and at most just need a wipe with something to cut through any small residue, like glass cleaner.

[CocoPops]

Interesting....

Just spoke to the supplier of the Vinyl...

£305+VAT buys you a 10m roll of 150cm wide CF vinyl.

Just think how many badges you could do with that!!

They do sell a 75cm wide roll in lengths of 5,10,25,50m

[VC]

so what your saying is someone needs to buy a roll and then sell it off to members in sections? 

(...and no i'm not putting myself forward either  )