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Originally Posted by HPsauce
How do you do that, is it clipped, glued or what?
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And the answer is it's a push fit with lugs at each end that vaguely clip in. Levers out very easily with a small sharpish tool.
I ordered a replacement for mine from Germany, which arrived today. In order to protect it I thought about a topcoat of lacquer, from my "touch-up" kit.
But being a cautious soul, and the tiny little badge not being cheap, I thought I'd look carefully at the old one and try it out first, Good job I did! 
It's a plastic moulding coated with "chrome". There are then two additional painted areas, red on the left side and "aluminium" on the right.
The red paint had worn badly, the aluminium just a little and was not really noticeable as it's over "chrome".
The red paint and shiny chrome seem to accept normal lacquer OK, though it doesn't adhere very well.
The dull "aluminium" paint however reacts with the lacquer and looks rather uneven and granular as a result.
So I've VERY CAREFULLY applied lacquer to JUST the red area of the new badge and will put it back on when I'm sure it's dried hard.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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