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      04-24-2018, 12:38 AM   #1
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Aluminum S54 M Badge

I was wiping down my S54 the other day and the cloth dragged across my already rippled looking M badge on the valve cover. It must have caught on a stray piece of chrome plating cause it ripped a big strip right off the emblem exposing the putrid brown plastic underneath. It looked bad before, but now it was hideous.

Looking at new ones they are 50-60 bucks. I couldn't help but think that these will get hot and flake apart just like my original stock part.

So that got me to thinking about an aluminum badge and how it would not only match the vanos, but it would never flake apart. I looked online but couldn't find anything.

So I got some aluminum stock and started to fashioned my own. It's not perfect yet, but I'm close. Oddly enough a roll of tape is the exact radius of the badge. Im not sure if I will paint the colored stripes or just leave it all silver.

Too late to get engine pics tonight.

Do you guys have any leads on a heat resistant two sided tape I could use for this??!

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30LB Gorilla tape holds up to 250F so if my engine is that hot, I got bigger problems than a valve cover badge. Here is the final result.

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      04-24-2018, 11:56 PM   #3
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Great job man, nice and unique
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That looks bloody EXELLENT!!!
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Just need to find someone that does enamel work and you would have a nice piece of jewelry for you Z

Looks awesome as is also.

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      04-27-2018, 11:55 AM   #6
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Great work!
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Nice craftmanship. It fits very nicely with the dinan strut bar!
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thats fantastic work... great little DIY project...
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**UPDATE**

I was missing my colors so I got the idea of trying engine block paint. The colors aren't perfect, but I think it looks pretty close and it is good up to 500 degrees F. Check it out...





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Looks really nice.
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