ideas please

Micky · 08-05-09, 08:14 AM

How to reattach the badges on the boot after spraying I have looked on flee bay and nothing for the car. as usual parts N L A . No SURPRISE there then .also I can’t make up my mind to mask off the rubbing strips or take them off for better spray Finnish .any ideas please

Coxy · 08-05-09, 08:16 AM

3m tape.
Also, I have a few NOS badges at work. I'll have a look late and see what I have.

Emjay · 08-05-09, 08:23 AM

personally Micky I would take the strips off to be sure of a good neat finish. Bit of a ball ache I know but it's one of those jobs where you really get one shot and the finish is always relative to the amount of prep that goes in.

Interested to know about the badges as I have 2 to go on my bootlid

Coxy · 08-05-09, 08:24 AM

I'd have a word with Kully. He works in a body shop and does this stuff day in day out, and I'm sure he'd be able to help/assist in some way shape or form.

Micky · 08-05-09, 08:34 AM

just some idea with the rubbing strips

and without

but once taken off its hard to put back on

Coxy · 08-05-09, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micky

but once taken off its hard to put back on

I'd say keep them on. If it saves getting a few dinks then it's worth it, apart from that they are original to the car. I'm sure if they got stuck on 27 years ago, they can be re stuck on some 27 years later. Kully mentioned something he uses can't remember what it was called though. Tiger something????????? But that would sort it out.

Micky · 08-05-09, 08:45 AM

its not that i don't want them on its just that i want a good spray job and masking them it leaves a line where the paint butts up on the strip.but i don't want to bend them or damage them takeing them off.

Isimmo · 08-05-09, 08:54 AM

I know this isn't helpful... But I agree with Coxy, please keep the strips on her, it looks somehow bland without them.

john johnson · 08-05-09, 09:00 AM

heat em up with a hot air gun then slowly pass a cheese wire down the back or even very strong fishing line

stuartmmcfc · 08-05-09, 12:24 PM

things have a habit of appearing on ebay just after you give up!
if you're not in a hurry, take your time and the badges will come!

08-05-09, 08:54 AM	#8
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	I know this isn't helpful... But I agree with Coxy, please keep the strips on her, it looks somehow bland without them. __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.

08-05-09, 09:00 AM	#9
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	heat em up with a hot air gun then slowly pass a cheese wire down the back or even very strong fishing line __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

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08-05-09, 08:16 AM	#2
Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	3m tape. Also, I have a few NOS badges at work. I'll have a look late and see what I have.

08-05-09, 08:23 AM	#3
Emjay Man Fettler Extraodinaire Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up my own arse blowing smoke Posts: 7,417	personally Micky I would take the strips off to be sure of a good neat finish. Bit of a ball ache I know but it's one of those jobs where you really get one shot and the finish is always relative to the amount of prep that goes in. Interested to know about the badges as I have 2 to go on my bootlid

08-05-09, 08:24 AM	#4
Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	I'd have a word with Kully. He works in a body shop and does this stuff day in day out, and I'm sure he'd be able to help/assist in some way shape or form.

08-05-09, 08:34 AM	#5
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	just some idea with the rubbing strips and without but once taken off its hard to put back on

08-05-09, 08:45 AM	#7
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	its not that i don't want them on its just that i want a good spray job and masking them it leaves a line where the paint butts up on the strip.but i don't want to bend them or damage them takeing them off.

08-05-09, 12:24 PM	#10
stuartmmcfc 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,243	things have a habit of appearing on ebay just after you give up! if you're not in a hurry, take your time and the badges will come!