Styling Abarth Rear Badge Dirt/Corrosion.

[AbarthChar]

Hey,
I apologise in advance for not knowing any technical terms or if this comes across a bit vague, however, I just wanted some advice. I picked up an Abarth last week but the rear badge has some kind of dirt or corrosion around it (see pictures for reference) it’s not a simple case of cleaning it off, it seems to be under a top layer.

I’m going to be changing the badges anyway and have ordered some gel overlays, until they arrive I’m not sure the rear one is going to cover the dirt.

Has anyone seen/had this before? If so, how did you remove it?
Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[A3jeroen]

Mine was looking tatty as well (left upper corner missing on al the black) Handpainted it (darkblue actually by mistake) and it still looks good.
A complete new one is better than an inlay.

gr J

 

[RedAbarthMTA]

Almost certainly water has got under the layers of the badge and discoloured / corroded it. Only solution is replacement I'm afraid.

 

[mj2k]

Plenty of spares around on Ebay with a little searching, though I'm not sure how tricky it'd be to replace?