Gel Bonnet, Boot and Wheel Centre badges.

Thanks to Maggie Birks for demonstrating how these badges look on her lovely TF (Pics below, at the bottom of this page).

They looked so nice I thought I'd grab a couple from the same place - Capricorn1 (click here). One for the bonnet and one for the boot.

The badges I got were good quality domed gel badges, 70mm in size and seemed to fit pretty well, with a tiny overlap (approx 2mm). Judge for yourself how they look on the car. They cost £10.50 for two including postage, and took only a couple of days to arrive.

So, let's get them on the car. Instructions are included.



Here's what I used for the job -



My original badges were tatty, appeared painted on with a plastic cover over the top of them. The covering had perished and was flaking off causing the painted badge to flake too. So, I cleaned up the surfaces ready for sticking the new badges on. I didn't go too mad, just merely removed the loose plastic covering where it was flakey.





Peeling the backing paper off revealed a sticky reverse side on each badge. But, for extra security I used a drop of superglue which I applied to the old badges on the boot and bonnet.



Then I simply positioned them over the old badge and pressed down gently to secure them.











My 9 month old Grandson 'CJ' (No relation to 'CJJ') certainly liked them. :broon:



Here's Maggies' gorgeous car showing how nice they are in a different tone.

pendle lass wrote: I've had a shiny cigarette lighter in but I've been blowing the fuse so I put the tatty standard one back in but a bit of thinking during the week and we have gone from this

to this

thanks to Daz at locking vinyl.... a little gel badge.... its all in the detail

[email protected] - Daz, Locking Vinyl.

Softly~Softly 'Jans' car showing how the badges look on her tasty flaps.






Three Pics showing the slight overlap (approx 2mm). Unnoticeable unless you zoom in.







All in all the job's a good un!