Volvo 480 Club Europe

To badge or not to badge that is the question ?

My 480 TURBO badge is broke so I removed it .I do have from a spare
rear hatch a badge of the engine type....B18ft which is a bit odd ?

use small badges from other volvos, i have the "volvo" and the "turbo" badge from a 740, looks very decent in my opinion

I vote don't rebadge it. It looks so much cleaner without.

Plus is confuses the chavs.

C

Or if you want to be ambiguous...




I'm not lazy, its just that the adhesive used to stick the 'V' on my car is tougher than the glass its stuck too!! Anyhoo, with clusters like that I wouldn't want anything to divert attention away. Thhats how a 480 should look mate, thats art. Have you thought about laquering the rear wiper cover? Or losing it altogether?

Funny, i was just having this conversation with my Dad. I like the Volvo typeface of the badge and the model badge, but they are huge! It's a shame they didn't do badges in the later font like on the facelift 440 & 460's.

I didn't like it de-badged (as the first thing i done was whipped them off, hated people sitting on my arse expecting me to boot it all the time!), so i took the badge from the nosecone (removed that initially to clean between the letters, but it never made it's way back on ) and stuck that in place of the massive badge, and Groom kindly gave me a late style 'Turbo' badge from a facelifted 440. Not great pics, but you can see how they look:

No Turbo badge:


Both badges:


As it happens, there's a facelift badge on eBay atm, here. I think it looks nice personally. The silver does wear off though, so if you did get it, a couple of coats of clear lacquer wouldn't go amiss! Alternatively, i do have the original 480 Turbo badge still if you wanted it? And a clear LED with blue flash substitute for the red alarm LED...i know you like your mini modifications

White 480's do look very sexy...i do and don't like your diary thread Kev, it's making me slightly envious.... I don't miss cleaning her twice a week though....actually, i do!

Dan the 480 Man wrote:
Both badges:

great choice Dan!

Thanks to Dan my badge is on



Now shall I put the Volvo badge on ?If so has anyone got a spare ?

oh yeah ... you HAVE to even it up! its both or nothing!! The rear end is looking awsome tho ... so shiney and new looking!

Kev
I have a volvo rear badge from a turbo rear hatch £4 (inc postage)

jim

Thanks Ross .One does ones best

Jim, will paypal you the money. Thanks

Badges now on .

Looks good kev, just out the factory look! imho, i think i prefer the smaller badges tho.

How about 'tinting' your centre brake light? Its very easy to do with a can of tinting spray and it could get rid of the only bit of red on the car?