Yesterday I spend a little time to replace the Lancia logo badge on the tailgate. Here is why:
Clearly this is unacceptable so I had to get a new one on it. I figured it would be clipped on the backside with some kind of toothed washer. As such I had the cover removed on the inside to have a look.
As can been seen this is not the case, apparently it does have some plastic push holders. Click the photo to enlarge:
So with a screwdriver, a little force and patience I tilted the badge out. Unfortunately one pin broke off.
They had a different part number stamped on it though (46777346). Although the size was the same it did not fit since the original badge is curved at the edges so it fits in the recessed area.
So I had to source a new one. This appeared more difficult as anticipated, online practically nothing could be found with the part numbers (606828230 / 46425475).
I dropped a few email requests to the known Lancia specialists in the Netherlands. And Leo Arendse responded the first. So I quickly purchased one. Not much later Martin Willems responded. He just received a new batch of 10. Good to know, as said; you can't find these online available on the internet. Strange though as they also are used on the Thesis, so you would expect better availability.
And it arrived earlier this week. The following photo's for the records and part nr details.
Thus time to mount it. I drilled out the broken off pin and then glued the new badge (the original stickertape was not strong enough. Happy with this cosmetic upgrade, looks so much better now. This exercise costed € 25,-
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