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mjr · Post by **mjr** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:32 am

that badge isnt faded, all that has been done is the green rubbed off of the back, and resprayed with light blue. Its very easy to do. If it was faded there would be evidence of that in th gold brading. I'll do mine as soon as I can find it!

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:55 pm

Cheers MJR, yeah my badge still looks like new, lots of people have commented about it.

Look forward to seeing your badge when done!

Hey hows that 156 badge coming along from New Zealand...?

Damn i forget who wrote that thread....

mjr · Post by **mjr** » Sat May 12, 2007 1:19 am

It wasnt me! though coincidentally, Im just in the process of looking to buy a 156 2.5 24v, they are cheap cheap cheap, here in the uk. I found an alfa badge yesterday, its one of the new ones though, and you cant do much with them, because they are painted from the front not the back. You can only do it with the old small badges, like on my 83 gtv6, which are filled in from the back

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Sat May 12, 2007 4:13 am

Yeah the 156's are a very good car, my dad has had one for ages now, and not one little thing has ever gone wrong with it.

Post by **Zamani** » Sat May 12, 2007 8:46 am

I had those badges before. The red would fade before the gold. On the Alfa Digest they had this discussion and it turned out to be very long winded and some people were convinced that it was a special edition badge. After that episode I quit the digest.

Nicholas · Post by **Nicholas** » Sat May 12, 2007 7:23 pm

Okay Lads,

Here is my front badge.

The pic could be better.

Faded! lol

Questions, comments, additions ?

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Sat May 12, 2007 10:24 pm

Haha no shit, that is faded alright.

Thats my comment.

No questions, but my addition is this, i think you could be right with the fading, must have been a certain number of badges made that faded like this!!

Even though i have come to the final and sad conclusion that my rear badge is faded, i still love it!

If i miss the red of the milanese cross, then i just have to walk to front of car, and problem solved!

Now for a thread blaster, who has the worst, most badly faded ALFA badge out there...?

Now we dont need a digest to drag this out!

Zamani, i agree, there is no way its a special edition badge.

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:06 am

Better quality shot i promised earlier of (faded) badge.

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:13 am

But yeah, there faded.

don hodgdon · Post by **don hodgdon** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:07 pm

Nicholas wrote:Yeah I wanted to believe it was some rare anomalie too, but its not, it's 22 years old and Alfa Romeo aren't renowned for consistent quality.
The one on my hatch is really good and has all its colour. The light blue is the base colour all the others are layed over the top of this.

my 2 cents... and yes you can tell me it ain't worth 2 cents if you like. lol

The badges on my California '85 are the same, faded in front and full color on the hatch. A bad batch maybe?

GarthW · Post by **GarthW** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:08 pm

Yes Don a bad batch for sure i think, but someone said there are badges where they have been painted, so would be nice to see one of them, but yeah, to finish this thread off, they are faded and must come from a bad batch.....maybe alfa saving money with cheaply mass produced badges to adorn the last of the real alfas's before Fiat took over...?

hutchensgd · Post by **hutchensgd** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:48 pm

That is about what my rear badge looked like after being most of it's life in the bright sunshine of Florida.

Burger · Post by **Burger** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:09 pm

I have the same color badge.It came on my'84 I thought it was an odd color as well and I know mine is not faded.Car came out of New York state and is brown.Only the factory knows...