I'd read about front badges having to be replaced because they'd gone manky.
I've had a variation on that theme - anyone else come across this one?
The badge looked fine when we bought the car last summer. There wasn't a black border around the bow-tie, but to be honest I didn't think any more about it.
Then over winter it gradually lost its gold colour, the finish began to flake off, and a dint appeared in the top centre:
Looking closer, it turns out there wasn't a glued-on rigid badge - it was some kind of adhesive foil. When I gently pressed on the dint, my finger went straight through... (there's a hollow behind the badge in that spot - it also had water trapped in it)
Anyway - I sourced a correct badge. Peeled away the foil stuff, cleaned off the adhesive residue, fitted the new one. That's more like it:
I've had a variation on that theme - anyone else come across this one?
The badge looked fine when we bought the car last summer. There wasn't a black border around the bow-tie, but to be honest I didn't think any more about it.
Then over winter it gradually lost its gold colour, the finish began to flake off, and a dint appeared in the top centre:

Looking closer, it turns out there wasn't a glued-on rigid badge - it was some kind of adhesive foil. When I gently pressed on the dint, my finger went straight through... (there's a hollow behind the badge in that spot - it also had water trapped in it)
Anyway - I sourced a correct badge. Peeled away the foil stuff, cleaned off the adhesive residue, fitted the new one. That's more like it:

