Black front VW badge

[Giallorosso]

How do you remove the rear badge?

[noone]

I used Blitzen's method: Floss.

The badge is held on using tough double sided tape. As the badge itself if flimsy, you would not want to pull it off directly. Once its off, there are 3 rivet style connections where the chrome logo is attached to the circular backing: These can be drilled out easily, but DONT USE ANY FORCE as the drill tears through the plastic in a few revolutions.



I kept snapping the Floss, i'm sure a fishing line would have worked better.

Bunnings (am I the new troll?) has good weatherproof double sided tape for reattaching. I used it to hold up lights in my bathroom of the place we were renting, so holding on the badge will be no problem.

[Catfish]

How do you remove the rear badge?

Before using the dental floss/fishing line, heat the badge up with a hair dryer (hot setting) to soften the backing tape. I've debadged a lot of cars and never had a problem with paint damage using a dryer.

[Giallorosso]

Cool thanks. I've got a black front badge already, but keen on painting the back one too.

[pog]

Can someone please confirm if either of these two will fit an 08 Polo GTI?

VW POLO MK5 (9N) 02-05 --"VW"-- FRONT GRILL BADGE NEW on eBay (end time 02-Jun-10 19:31:26 BST)

VW GOLF MK5 --"VW"-- FRONT GRILL BADGE CHROME on eBay (end time 26-Jun-10 11:55:16 BST)

One is for the 9N series, and the other, for a MK5 Golf GTI.

Cheers

[Tim]

MK5 GTI and Polo use the same badge