Custom Painted Badges - Now What?
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 203
Likes: 11
From: United States
04 E55
Custom Painted Badges - Now What?
I liked how the custom painted wheels turned out so much that I had the same people paint the badges (to match the wheels). I never had them put back on when when the xpel stealth was applied.
But now comes the question. Does anyone have a trick for getting them aligned and the spacing correct so they can go back on the car?
But now comes the question. Does anyone have a trick for getting them aligned and the spacing correct so they can go back on the car?
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 378
Likes: 29
From: San Francisco, CA
no MBs at the moment :(
See if you can find a friend or a dealership with the car in stock. Then trace over it with a piece of paper and measure the distance from other visual markers on the car to figure out your starting location.
Former Vendor of MBWorld
iTrader: (1)
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 12,139
Likes: 295
From: Houston
2003 W211 E55, 2003 W220 S600
When I do this kind of work I make the top / bottom / both side with painter tape. When the badges are off and the clean the surface there is still a small dirt line on each letter which you can use as guide to stick them back.
Hopefully you cleaned the old tape off and put new mounting tape before painting them.
Last edited by shardul; Jan 18, 2017 at 04:06 PM.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 9,734
Likes: 65
From: Hotlanta
AMG
Start fresh. Buy new badging then have them painted. Re-using bagdes rarely works well in my experience as the double-sided tape is usually jacked up and trying add/replace new tape makes for uneven adhesion.
