I was considering de-badgeing the letter from the fron tof the bonnet.

Why? sixk of the difficulty in cleaning around the letters - they just collect all dirt and flies that they hit.

My thought though is that as it's a 2007 vehicle in Tonga Green (very dark) - what is the likelihood of the paintwork under the lettering being too different due to fading....? 2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

Oooh! could be a bit iffy
More than likely you will find a proper colour under the letters, like 'Lago Grey'.

Use Megs APC and a horsehair brush and then polish the surrounding area, using a cotton bud for around the letters



If you insist on making your car look then you more than likely need to polish the bonnet and de-badged area to bring back the colour (sorry i don't like the deBadged look )

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npinks wrote:

Use Megs APC and a horsehair brush and then polish the surrounding area, using a cotton bud for around the letters )

That is so OTT, tell me truthfully that you don't go to that extreme

i have in the past to clean inside the tight gaps on the A D R O E R & F R E E A D E R 2 S E

but that was on the FL2.1

Be much better wouldnt it if all the letters were on little hinges so you could open them to wash their behinds.
Or stick on magnetic ones so you could move them around to show your frame of mind, FREELOADER or HANGOVER

perhaps we should change them to read "FREEL2.COM"  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

i have a spare few meters of magnetic sheet on a roll in the garage if you want some

npinks wrote:

i have a spare few meters of magnetic sheet on a roll in the garage if you want some

Looks like you've found a "gap" in the market;

"Car Magnets" - like fridge magnets just bigger


You heard it here first "Patent Pending..." 2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

these big enough for you

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Sorry!

A FL2 with its bonnet up is always an upsetting sight  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

There, there, you should be used to it by now

It was drying out after a clean iirc

EYorkshire wrote:

There, there, you should be used to it by now

no breakdowns for me - touching wood as I type this  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

Take them off and re arrange them to read

REAR END ELF or something, loads of possibilities