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Removing the Wee Nuisance
Robbie Stewart (Woodcote Green 1626) explains how he replaced
the MG badges on his RV8. (Oct 07)
Unless the chrome
badge backing and surround is knackered, the best way to remove
the MG badge is to slip a wee flat-bladed screwdriver between the
edge of the MG badge and the surrounding raised chrome ridge; bending
the tip of the screwdriver makes this much easier but I did not
bother for the first one. A little WD40 eases the adhesive and is
well known to be the best gear for removing tape and label adhesives
without knackering the surrounding materials and finish. Pull and
prise the edge of the badge, bending it away from the chome backing
and it will gradually peel away as you give it the odd squirt of
WD40.
Replacement badges, including the adhesive foam backing tape, are
readily available from Brown & Gammons as MGF & RV8 MG Badge
only. The price is £1.76 each including VAT and the stock
number is ZKC6151A.
To get the whole chrome backing off with the badge, I am indebted
to Steve at Clive Wheatley MGV8 Parts - surely the most helpful
guys with MGs. Mark out the badge centre and carefully drill it
out with a 10 - 12mm drill bit. Behind the centre is a void in the
back of the chrome surround so fear not (see piccy). Squirt the
edges and inside the hole with WD40 and insert a (no surprise here)
small flat-bladed screwdriver and prise out the hard gunky adhesive
in the void. Now insert a larger flat-bladed screwdriver into the
hole and prise the badge off slowly, rocking back and forth on the
screwdriver to allow the WD 40 to loosen the adhesive a wee bit
and it will gradually rip off the adhesive. The whole thing is available
as a replacement item and the cost will lead you to
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believe that it is actually platinum plated - it is £25 plus
VAT!. The front one tolerates a fair bit of gorillaness but softly
catchee monkey on the rear one due to the flimsy black plastic. That
is £41 to replace, so take care!
Old adhesive traces come off with scraping from the trusty wee screwie
and a cloth wetted with WD40. I only wanted to replace the MG badge
itself and discovered the rest only after buying a whole thing, chrome
and all. Time for some returned goods methinks as B&G's Jiffybag
arrived this morning with my ridiculously cheap badges in. I will
also be spray lacquering the badges once attached to the chrome backing,
to greatly extend their lives and I heartily recommend others to do
likewise; yes, I do know it's not original but . . . . . See also
RV8NOTE183.
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