Boot badge doesnt fit flush with body

[Adam__]

Evening lads and ladies, just bought a gloss black merc back badge to swap out the chrome one and when I stick it in it doesn't curve with the natural curvature of the car.

You cant tell fron a distance but I know the first thing the lads are going to do at work it see its hanging and rip it off


I had an idea of heating the plastic and bending it a certain amount off the car and hoping that would do the job.


Does anyone else have any ideas?

Cheers

 

[SmartAmg]

Sounds like the wrong badge for the car, I replaced mine with a Black one, and it was a perfect fit, to be honest you'd be better off just getting the correct badge.

 

[mioba]

Was it an original or a ebay China knock off

 

[John Laidlaw]

Do you mean Bonnet one? It sits in a slight recess....

 

[Craiglxviii]

Evening lads and ladies, just bought a gloss black merc back badge to swap out the chrome one and when I stick it in it doesn't curve with the natural curvature of the car.

You cant tell fron a distance but I know the first thing the lads are going to do at work it see its hanging and rip it off


I had an idea of heating the plastic and bending it a certain amount off the car and hoping that would do the job.


Does anyone else have any ideas?

Cheers

Nice guys you work with!

Don’t heat & bend the badge, you’ll compromise the surface finish in some way and that will return to bite you. Best way is to get the correct badge- or remove the one you have and carefully spray it black yourself.

 

[mioba]

Good call re spraying. Should come up nicely too since the prongs will keep it off a surface while spraying.

The cost of decent spray is prob more then the badge.

 

[Adam__]

Roger, cheers for the response guys. I did buy it off ebay for about 14 quid so i guess thats why. Can you buy geniune ones off ebay or do i have to go somewere else.

 

[Craiglxviii]

Roger, cheers for the response guys. I did buy it off ebay for about 14 quid so i guess thats why. Can you buy geniune ones off ebay or do i have to go somewere else.

Go and get a real one from MB Grangemouth, they’ll offer you a discount as a forum member.

 

[mioba]

WHS - above, but he meant genuine

 

[Craiglxviii]

WHS - above, but he meant genuine

I did, my social interaction filter tends to be disengaged before 0800

 

[mioba]

I did, my social interaction filter tends to be disengaged before 0800

Thought you was just keeping it real

 

[Adam__]

WHS - above, but he meant genuine

ok cheers