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22 Jan 2020 17:37 #217550 by Lambert
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Whatcha. Has anyone successfully managed to separate the chrome S from its mount on the bonnet badge? I'm wanting to wrap mine in the same yellow as my mirrors. Is it just little tabs or is it a little bit more complicated than that?

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22 Jan 2020 18:18 #217558 by Keithy
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Yup warm it and remove it.
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22 Jan 2020 18:26 - 22 Jan 2020 18:27 #217559 by Max Headroom
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Yes I've done it!

Depending on which badge you have on yours, the S sits in a small recess of raised plastic, on the plastic grille panel.

I'm about to step out to work (nights :( ) but I will send some photos of it later - but from memory I think there are some small location pins on the back of the S, and it was glued on - just took a lot of careful prising off.with the tip of an old small electrical screwdriver that had the tip of its blade bent over at 45 degrees to assist in getting it off.

It will need bonding back on and I would suggest scratching the surface up nice and coarsely and using ideally, some polyerethane adhesive such as this one but you might get away with silicone sealant, bond it back on


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22 Jan 2020 18:46 #217561 by Lambert
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Excellent thanks. So a bit of temperature sensitive adhesive, would a bath in hot water be enough or would it need more heat than that?

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22 Jan 2020 20:02 #217562 by Daniel30
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you pimping your badge Lambert?? :whistle:

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22 Jan 2020 22:55 #217567 by Max Headroom
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Hi Lambert. I'm (very surprisingly) just back in from work and it's not even 23:00 - thought I wouldnt be back here until 08:00 tomorrow, but going out to the workshop now will wake every man and his dog up so I will get more info tomorrow.

I didn't put mine in hot water when I removed the 'S', I just did it as it was at room temp, but that's not a bad idea and certainly worth trying.
Bear in mind the chrome 'S' is fairly thin and has the potential to break if you overdo it levering it off.

An alternative glue when re-attaching it could be one of those hot-glue guns - but I dont know how well that would stand up to extreme cold and heat temperatures.
The polyurethane adhesive I mentioned earlier is used to bond things together that you don't want to ever come apart - friends of mine with kit-cars swear by it, and I've used it for various jobs on my vintage car where rivets welding, or soldering has not been a practical option.


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