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Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:11 am
by rab90
Hi, I've seen a few people have swapped their chrome badges for the red ones. Just wondering if anyone can tell me how the fit them.
I've found the oem badges for both the polo and the golf but the clips on the back look completely different;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-OEM-Genui ... 2625141066
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-PO ... 1798729901
Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:08 am
by MichelKasapovic
Looks strange, dont know how they should click it to the grill? Maybe all the clips would fit when clicking on to the honeycomb
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:20 am
by SRGTD
May not be a new red GTI badge, but a red vinyl badge skin applied to the existing chrome badge.
http://www.badgeskins.com/polo.html
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:12 pm
by fivelittlefish
I cut the clips off and used double sided foam numberplate tape to fix it.
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:24 pm
by rab90
fivelittlefish wrote:I cut the clips off and used double sided foam numberplate tape to fix it.
So the original badge will unclip from the grille and the red one can be stuck on in its place?
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:10 pm
by fivelittlefish
Yep
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:23 pm
by rab90
fivelittlefish wrote:Yep
Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!
Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:16 pm
by fivelittlefish
rab90 wrote:fivelittlefish wrote:Yep
Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!
Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?
Hmmm - I was firm and not particularly gentle. With a dremel.
I couldn't get the grill off anyway.
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:43 pm
by rab90
fivelittlefish wrote:rab90 wrote:fivelittlefish wrote:Yep
Cheers, didn't fancy picking all the letters off each badge and being left with both in pieces!
Will I need to get behind the grille to remove it or is it a just case of being firm but gentle?
Hmmm - I was firm and not particularly gentle. With a dremel.
I couldn't get the grill off anyway.
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A dremel to get the original badge off?
Maybe I should just go for the those badgeskinz [emoji23]
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:25 pm
by MichelKasapovic
Wrap it
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:29 pm
by rab90
MichelKasapovic wrote:Wrap it
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I could but the its the performance pack style badges from the golf I'm looking at. Red with a chrome outline
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:41 pm
by MichelKasapovic
Oh. Looks better
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Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:47 pm
by fivelittlefish
Another option:
Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:03 pm
by Olivier
fivelittlefish wrote:Another option:
Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.
I did it the exact same way with this result:
Re: Red GTI grille badge
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:22 pm
by rab90
Olivier wrote:fivelittlefish wrote:Another option:
Remove just the letters from the plastic plate on the grille using fishing line (like you would on the boot) and then buy a boot version of the badge (i.e. just the letters) which you can then stick to the plate which is still attached to the grille.
I did it the exact same way with this result:
I did the same. Really easy to do and no need to take bits off the grill.
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