Badge clips

[Tim_R]

Can anyone tell me if the clips that hold the vw badge on the boot lid are smaller than the ones which hold the Volkswagen and Scirocco badges on?

Mine appear to be smaller but I'm not sure if that's just down to the amount of paint that's gone on. ETKA doesn't seem to list anything different.

[MacColl]

I'm pretty confident they are all the same for the rear tailgate. I got them off an old Mk2 Golf tailgate along with a mint badge.

Think they are standard for many VW's. Think these are the same..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLF-MK1-MK2- ... 3f097bee80

[eefy]

I got them from the dealer about 12 months ago, about 2p each!!!!!! the originals are blue from memory, keep meaning to order in a load, just incase!!!!

[Tim_R]

I've got a bunch of blue ones from the dealers but they are just too large it looks like. I'll take a photo at lunchtime if I get chance.

I was just wondering if anyone else had already come across the issue?

[jbo]

I've got a bunch of blue ones from the dealers but they are just too large it looks like. I'll take a photo at lunchtime if I get chance.

I was just wondering if anyone else had already come across the issue?

They should go in but you reallly have to push hard. Make sure the notch is horizontal otherwise the badges wont stay.

Jason

[eefy]

from memory the outer lip of the blue clip sits just outside of the panel :)

[Tim_R]

A photo to show what I mean. The blue clips will fit in the holes and would sit flush with the panel when fully pressed home. But the ends of them barely fit in the holes for the VW badge. I vaguely remember replacing the clips that held the badge on years ago as they were broken and let water it and the badge had sat flush to the panel before I did that.

[jxp]

I had this issue a while ago, think you need the black ones. I gave up and used thin double sided tape till i get the right ones.

[MacColl]

The clips I got were black and actually off a Mk2 Polo not a Golf Looking at those blue ones they look like something off a later VW like the ones I've seen on my 91 Mk2 golf.

That link I gave you should be the right ones and probably available from dealer also.

[DannyH]

The dealer gives you the blue ones for my 92 Scala?

[Tim_R]

The clips I got were black and actually off a Mk2 Polo not a Golf Looking at those blue ones they look like something off a later VW like the ones I've seen on my 91 Mk2 golf.

That link I gave you should be the right ones and probably available from dealer also.

ETKA gives me the same part number for the golf, 'rocco and mk 2 polo so I'm utterly bemused as to what VW *should* supply.

[the edmundator]

I'll take a look at the boot of my GTX breaker tomorrow if the weather's amenable. I'm sure I've got an early mk2 bootlid with no badges but the clips still in place in the garage as well - although I remember them being blue.

[mark1gls]

Have you repainted the boot?

Might be a build up of paint around the hole, either make the hole bigger with a small file or the clips smaller.

[Tim_R]

Have you repainted the boot?

Might be a build up of paint around the hole, either make the hole bigger with a small file or the clips smaller.

Yes the whole car has been painted and there is some buildup, the holes for the "Volkswagen" and "Scirocco" badges are slightly smaller than they were, but what I'm getting at is that the 2 holes for the round VW badge are smaller again, compared to the others.

I had a mooch around my favorite scrapyard last weekend and went around various VWs liberating plastic badge clips, they even have a black GT in, so I had a look at the clips from this, all were black and all the same size as the replacement blue ones now available from the dealer.

I really don't want to have to take a drill or file to my nice new paint!