S8 PF Genuine Sterring Wheel Badge - Brand New

[freakszajba]

Just swapped the FL one, another thing done on my "to do list "

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Originally Posted by HPsauce

I need mine fixing too, but 30€ buys a lot of Humbrol enamel.
Goes off to check SWMBO's nail varnish collection.......................

Its a S8 , it deserves a genuine part

[Dezzy]

Originally Posted by David's8

I had to laugh at that as I was just rooting through a box of Humbrol paints left over from somewhere in the 20th Century to see if I had a matching red pot and, guess what! Humbrol "Bright Red 19" looks just the job!! and its still liquid!

I have used Black gloss for touching up my wheels though and have to say worked very well, have also used it on the badges on behind he front wheel and then varnished after with yacht varnish Ah the joys of having a rough 8

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by freakszajba

Just swapped the FL one

How do you do that, is it clipped, glued or what? I'm thinking of taking mine off to repaint it VERY carefully.

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

How do you do that, is it clipped, glued or what?

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.