Badge Colouring - my 2nd minor mod!!

[Lee]

Hi all.

Finally got round to my second minor mod the past couple of days.

Spraying the front fiat badge black so it blends with the grill!! Lovely!!

It cost me £6 - 1 can of grey primer, 1 can of black satin.

Here is my little lady before hand

Nice but typical.

So heres how I did it:
1. Opened the Bonnet and used an 8m long reach socket to undo the front facia plate.

2. Popped out the badge (easy, just held in with 2 pegs.

3. Gave the badge a good clean and dry so the primer sticks well.

4. Gave it two coats of primer about 20 mins apart, then left for about 12 hours (can said 24 buts i figuired its only a little thing)

5. Repeated with black paint, then left for 12 hours again. Popped her back in and put a little glue on the inside of the pegs.

6. Bolted the facia back on! Jobs a good'en

And how she loves it!! Just look at her smiling!!

 

[Insomnia]

Nice and subtle

Wasn't tempted to keep the chrome and paint the blue bits red?

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Stilo (3dr): Mar 06 1.4 16V Active Sport / 28,500 miles
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[kirk]

looks nice m8. wish i cud do it to mine but mind is the mk1 and different grill to mk2.. damn.

whats next then??

 

[Lee]

Funny you should say that Insomnia.
My dad said the very same thing only after I'd just sprayed it all.
And yes i believe it would have looked nicer.
But theres always a next time.
Think the next job is smoked repeaters.

 

[james]

haha i did the exact same thing to mine yesterday!!!

 

[Will]

I like insy's idea, i call first dibs on that mod!

 

[Kris]

the hammer looks out of place on the table, like your ready to smash it up,

looking good mate!

Kris

 

[ACID]

lol i did that on the weekend

is it badge colouring season or something lol

have a black bravo so painted badge black with chrome streaks!

 

[Adrian Bravo]

Nice I like the look.

I did mine in jan left the chrome.

On a Mk2 grill id paint just behind the badge like this photoshop. So the horizontal lines still flow right.

 

[Insomnia]

Been there, done that. Didn't last for long

Ended up like this for a number of months on the grille...

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Stilo (3dr): Mar 06 1.4 16V Active Sport / 28,500 miles
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[Will]

The 2nd one actually looks good insy, first one is horrific though! Wonder what itd look like on a marea grill ...

 

[Adrian-Bravo]

Red does look nice on that badge.