I had luck rehabbing one of mine by cleaning it real good with thinner or something. Sprayed the top with a silver special finish paint, let it dry for a few days and put blue painters tape over the raised script and cut it out with exacto knife using the raised edges as a guide. Sprayed with flat black and peeled masking off of raised script. I think I applied some clear coat afterwards. It held up pretty good and was cheap and easy enough to do. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Al this talk about transporter and vanagon L and GL badges last week spurred > me to action. I took my sorry-looking Vanagon Diesel L badge that hasn't > seen a micron of chrome in a decade and scanned it in high resolution. I > drew as accurate an outline (took about 6 hours) as I possibly could and > converted it to a file for a vinyl cutter, who cut it out in very shiny > chrome (and yes, Alistair, I did ask about the gold but it was a special > order and will come later). The results, applied to my badge, were > spectacular even though the sign shop cut the whole thing about 5 mm too > long overall and there are some places where I need to tweak it here and > there. I painted the badge black overall before applying the chrome so it > looks like the parts guy at the VW counter just handed it to me. > > It sure looks good on the back of my westy. Write and I will send you an > image. I plan to offer this service for others besides diesel westies, so > let me know what you are looking for. > > Jim > |
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