dss123 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Left for work this morning, noticed some miserable scrote has pinched the badge of my front clam! What is the matter with these to55ers? Still, least I can replace it with the black one I've always wanted! Tuck your cars up in a garage if you can! Dunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo23 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 What little gits! At least the black one will look fab! Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dss123 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Thanks Jo, I was getting worried that nobody cared Cheers Dunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbo Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Ouch ! Had mine vandalised whilst on holiday just one week after fitting my black one. To be honest, I can't be bothered to replace it, though, as it's rumoured to be a clam off job. If you're lucky, there might be a hole with a grommet behind the front grille in the top part of the crash structure. You should be able to get to the nuts for the new badge through here but you'll be working blind and need a flexible socket set. If not, you VERY unlikely to be able to reach through a wheelarch. The alternative is to grind the studs off the new badge and stick it to the clam with some Sikaflex or the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladders Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Yes clam off job I'm afraid Dunc. Don't you have a cover for it? Although that would prob get vandalized as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 That sucks Dunc. Really pisses me off this kind of thing. When I was in middle school one of my 'friends' used to do it. I use the term friend loosely, as he was a complete asrehloe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 How did they get it off without damaging the clam? I had to replace mine - £80+ from Lotus! Decided against it and replaced it with a plastic one for about a tenner...they fade though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbo Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 How did they get it off without damaging the clam? I had to replace mine - £80+ from Lotus! Decided against it and replaced it with a plastic one for about a tenner...they fade though. Black ones are £45 - £50. Not surprised you decided against it, unless that was fitted (ie they knew you had the sneaky hole). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dss123 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks guys, Twat seems to have got it off without dammage to the clam (armoufend may have helped there). Looks like the studs have snapped off because they still seem to be embedded in the clam. Was thinking of grinding them flat and getting a cheap stick-on badge, on the assumption it'll just get nicked again and I'd rather it popped off without too much effort / risk of clam damamge. Dunc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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