Mistborn
CEG'er
So the badge on my drivers side that says LX has lost a good deal of paint. The main color of the badge is black, with the letters unpainted and chrome. There is enough black missing that you can no longer make out the letters at a glance, only the outline once you look closely. Has anyone had this problem?
The only two solutions I have come up with are A) Using some enamel and a small brush to repaint the black, and then clear-coating it. Or B) Remove the two LX badges all together.
Both options have their own potential problems in my mind. If I paint in the black, it's got the potential to look bad, depending on how well I can paint it, and even if I paint it perfectly, I feel there is still a chance it will end up looking ugly. As far as removing it, there is the chance that the paint underneath the badge will be a slightly different color due to a lack of fading. However, I am not sure how much fading there is on the rest of the paint, as it is low mileage(less that 35k) and was parked under a car-port(in FL) for about 13 years of its 15 year life.
It seems to me to be a bit of a roll of the dice either way, so I am seeing if anyone has dealt with this issue, what they did, and if they had good results.
Here's a pic of my problem.
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Ko...-78c79fd2ab75_zps4a790db5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
The only two solutions I have come up with are A) Using some enamel and a small brush to repaint the black, and then clear-coating it. Or B) Remove the two LX badges all together.
Both options have their own potential problems in my mind. If I paint in the black, it's got the potential to look bad, depending on how well I can paint it, and even if I paint it perfectly, I feel there is still a chance it will end up looking ugly. As far as removing it, there is the chance that the paint underneath the badge will be a slightly different color due to a lack of fading. However, I am not sure how much fading there is on the rest of the paint, as it is low mileage(less that 35k) and was parked under a car-port(in FL) for about 13 years of its 15 year life.
It seems to me to be a bit of a roll of the dice either way, so I am seeing if anyone has dealt with this issue, what they did, and if they had good results.
Here's a pic of my problem.
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Ko...-78c79fd2ab75_zps4a790db5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1