Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:46:07 -0400 From: Malt_Hound <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: saab scania bonnet badge
Pooh Bear wrote: > Malt_Hound wrote: > > >>Pooh Bear wrote: >> >>>Grand Poobah wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>hmmm, all the enamel paint just disappeared one night after a nasty hail >>>>storm. No warning or sign of corrosion before this (cleaned the car last >>>>weekend, not even cracked then). I have a 1996 9000 CS with almost 200,000 >>>>km on the clock. The car looks naked without any paint on the badge! >>> >>> >>>I know someone who breaks 9000s. He owes me some bits. I bet he never even >>>gets a call for these. Would you like me to enquire ? >>> >>> >>>Graham >> >> >>That would be pointless. They all age and the enamel paint cracks off >>eventually. Buy new ones. Start fresh. They aren't all that >>expensive. Maybe $25 each. > > > I'm thinking that the wear in the UK is likely to be very low ( few extremes of > weather ) . Mine still looks almost pristine. > > > Graham > ...possibly true. But my experience is they always look great until the day before the color falls off. ;-) -Fred W