Replacing rear boot badges

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Musashi
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm

I have figured out how to change the bonnet badge but how the hell am I meant to change the boot badge?? cant get to it at all??! help please..
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:03 pm

screwdriver and a bit of cloth to protect the paint
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:04 pm

Musashi wrote:I have figured out how to change the bonnet badge but how the hell am I meant to change the boot badge?? cant get to it at all??! help please..
?? Fixing (and removal) is exactly the same !
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:09 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:
Musashi wrote:I have figured out how to change the bonnet badge but how the hell am I meant to change the boot badge?? cant get to it at all??! help please..
?? Fixing (and removal) is exactly the same !
No it's not.

You can push the bonnet badge out from under, the boot badge needs something inserted underneath it to remove. Some have mentioned fishing line as being useful.
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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:12 pm

I've always removed them from the outside!
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:26 am

Screwdriver (protected) works well. The fishing line method is more commonly used for glued/stuck on badges.
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:05 am

I normally use one of the well abused wood chisels that I use for scraping off sealant and similar.
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:22 am

Thanks all i'll try the screwdriver and cloth technique :D
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:23 pm

grantfk10 wrote:Screwdriver (protected) works well. .
That's how I did my boot badge. Worked a treat.

A little insulation tape around the screwdriver and hey presto! Off comes the badge.
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