Carbon badges on! I love modding!
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I like those, look really good 
Half Colin
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They look great, particularly on a black car. One of my first mods as well. Did you do the steering wheel?
Yes, there'a a guy out there - Ian Clifton - [email protected] . Reportedly much better than ebay quality.
corsaire77 said:
Mine from him were fitted at least 3 years ago and are all as good as new. Has to be a good recommendation.
Just emailed Ian to get a price for new wheel caps - mine are a bit mucky now, and a total PITA to switch to my summer wheels because of having to use silicone adhesive to keep them in place. Hopefully he has a set of new style OEM fitting ones for a decent price.
Okay, these are the exact badges that i got:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190583244988?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 x1
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190812663674?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 x3
The wheel badges were from another seller, not real carbon though:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300847261208?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
To remove the OEM badges, i used a Stanley blade, be very careful though, mask the are off if possible! Gently cut around half of the badge and prize them off. The front badge is secured down with 2 self tapping nuts easy to access if the grills are off.
All of the badges required modding. The front one is 73mm and OEM is 70mm so a bit of dremmeling around the bottom edges did the trick.
The indicators and rear badges have a 2 nipples on the body which were dremmeled down a little and the carbon badges also had plastic nipples on which required snapping off.
All three badges were secured down with adhesive mirror fixing pads, cut down to size and a blob of silicone sealant in the centre, all seem very secure now.
Hope this helps, pretty involving but great results once finished!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190583244988?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 x1
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190812663674?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 x3
The wheel badges were from another seller, not real carbon though:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300847261208?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
To remove the OEM badges, i used a Stanley blade, be very careful though, mask the are off if possible! Gently cut around half of the badge and prize them off. The front badge is secured down with 2 self tapping nuts easy to access if the grills are off.
All of the badges required modding. The front one is 73mm and OEM is 70mm so a bit of dremmeling around the bottom edges did the trick.
The indicators and rear badges have a 2 nipples on the body which were dremmeled down a little and the carbon badges also had plastic nipples on which required snapping off.
All three badges were secured down with adhesive mirror fixing pads, cut down to size and a blob of silicone sealant in the centre, all seem very secure now.
Hope this helps, pretty involving but great results once finished!