Has anyone any tips on removing the VRS badge from the front grill, ive removed the actual chrome letters but there appears to be a plate behind it that is attached to the grill, i have tried heating it up but doesnt want to budge. Any tips?

In my case, take it to a hand car wash operated by some Easter Europeans, let then power wash the car with the nozzle 2 inches from the grill and then wipe it dry by hanging on to the badge - it did the trick!

Well no Eastern Europeans used here lol

 

So i used a flat head screw driver to prize the chrome lettering of which exposed the back plate, now im not sure why the heck Skoda decided to more or less weld the plate to the grill and make it almost impossible to remove without  messing the grill up!??. I had to cut the back plate into sections and then used a craft knife to get in between the back plate and grill and slowly wiggle the knife back and fourth until i cut through.......which kind of left me with this eye saw.......

 

 

 

at this point i papped myself and was consigned to having to buy a whole new grill!!!. But i decided to try and save the situation and got a couple of sheets of wet and dry sand paper (800 and 1200 grit) and started off by using the craft knife again and shave off as much of the back plate as i could without cutting into the grill itself, i then scored down the center of each grill segment to get the plastic out of the crevice to allow for the sand paper to fit down. After a few passes with the sand paper i had this result......

 

 

better but i still wasn't happy with it.

 

After about another 30 minutes of using 800 grit and moving onto 1200 grit to give a smooth finish i was presented with this......

 

 

a lot better i think you'll agree and from a distance you cant notice at all......

 

 

but i know its there so im hoping that they do the 'black magic' colour in a spray can and will finish it off with that and hopefully then you wont be able to tell even with your nose up close to the grill.

 

Im rather happy that i managed to save the grill to be fair as when i first got the back plate off i thought i had completely bugger it up. 

 

So do they actually do the black magic paint scheme in spray form??

i dont understand all the hassle of removing the badge? are you wanting a sleeper?

I do.

 

 

Still shouts Vrs to me, or  a 1.4tsi with expensive bolt on parts . Not sure of the psychology here.

I was shocked how difficult it was to remove the badges. your grill looks better than mine, I need to get the sandpaper out too.

id rather spend the money on a honeycomb and flog the original i got £100 for mine. Seems like a similar amount of work

Edited 10 September, 20187 yr by JohnnyType2

On 07/09/2018 at 12:06, BlockABoots said:

Well no Eastern Europeans used here lol

 

So i used a flat head screw driver to prize the chrome lettering of which exposed the back plate, now im not sure why the heck Skoda decided to more or less weld the plate to the grill and make it almost impossible to remove without  messing the grill up!??. I had to cut the back plate into sections and then used a craft knife to get in between the back plate and grill and slowly wiggle the knife back and fourth until i cut through.......which kind of left me with this eye saw.......

 

 

 

at this point i papped myself and was consigned to having to buy a whole new grill!!!. But i decided to try and save the situation and got a couple of sheets of wet and dry sand paper (800 and 1200 grit) and started off by using the craft knife again and shave off as much of the back plate as i could without cutting into the grill itself, i then scored down the center of each grill segment to get the plastic out of the crevice to allow for the sand paper to fit down. After a few passes with the sand paper i had this result......

 

 

better but i still wasn't happy with it.

 

After about another 30 minutes of using 800 grit and moving onto 1200 grit to give a smooth finish i was presented with this......

 

 

a lot better i think you'll agree and from a distance you cant notice at all......

 

 

but i know its there so im hoping that they do the 'black magic' colour in a spray can and will finish it off with that and hopefully then you wont be able to tell even with your nose up close to the grill.

 

Im rather happy that i managed to save the grill to be fair as when i first got the back plate off i thought i had completely bugger it up. 

 

So do they actually do the black magic paint scheme in spray form??

They must as my recently added boot fin was done this way.  Car is black magic pearl one year old and fin matches exactly to my eyes.