Hiya,

A common problem with almost all fiats; that i have noticed, is the badges fading; mine have started to do it now!
I would like to de-badge my Punto Mk1, and fill in the gastly holes that are left behind, but i dont know how well i could do this; i have filled and repaired where someone put a scredriver through my door, and you cant even tell its been done now!
The other option i could see, would be to goto fiat and get either some mk1 or mk2 badges, however i think i would replace the front badge with a Mk2 one; would this work?

Am i right in thinking that the Mk1 badges are screwed on, and the Mk2 badges are stuck on; since each part of the rear badge is seperate on teh Mk2's? How do i properly remove my MK1 badges, and what would you recommend i did? Has anyone successfully debadged their punto Mk1, and do you have any pics?

Thanking you in advance,

Ben

Right... on a Mk1 the "Fiat" and "Punto" badges on the back are held on by a combination of plastic clips and sticky stuff. They're a bit of a **** to remove, the trick is to warm them up with a hairdryer to soften the adhesive and gently ease them off using an old credit card. The clips are awkward though, you have to take the inner boot panel off and then get at the clips with needle-nose pliers and try to release them. I ended up breaking them
The front bonnet badge is held on by a couple of bolts inside the bonnet, just unscrew them and take it off.
The wing badges (the "55" or "60") are just held on with adhesive, so use a hairdryer and credit card again.

I actually resprayed the front and rear badges black, then refitted them (using clear silicon to stick the rear ones on), as I couldn't be bothered filling in holes.

the mk2 front bonnet badge fits mk1, the mk2 rear badges will cover rear holes they just stick on, or you can get a smooth boot pannel for £45 from https://www.fiatforum.com/member.php?u=3835

Its not Mk1 related but its along the same lines but for the Mk2 Is it possible to get a smoothed panel for the Mk2? As I want to delock the boot but I don't want to goto the trouble of having to fill it.

for the mk1, if you want to. debadge it like it says above but instead of replacing them you could do a bit of custom body filling as i have done.

all you need to do is remove the boot panel from the inside to get at the back of the nasty holes. then just araldite some pennys to the inside of the holes. then mask off the holes on the ouside and use a sharp blade to slice out the holes so you can get at them. then get some body filler and dont be shy with it cus you can clean it up afterwards. when that has dried(takes about 30 mins if mixed properly) just get a stanley knife blade and cut the excess bodyfiller off making sure you dont cut through the masking tape!!

then sand down to the level of the masking tape and touch it up with a dab of paint. now take off the masking tape and T-cut it to blend in with the paint work. mines a red car but it would probably work better on a darker colour car.

Marshall