RS sticker in engine bay

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RS sticker in engine bay

Post by maizyboy » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:37 pm

Evening all. I'm sure I'm not the only B7 RS4 owner to be suffering from the dreaded peeling RS Sticker that sits atop one of the plastic covers in the engine bay. Anyone had any success in finding a way to keep it stuck down? Do I need a new one, can it be stuck down, if so what did you use? I've tried a few glues from around the house but to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Re: RS sticker in engine bay

Post by sync24 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:45 pm

maizyboy wrote:Evening all. I'm sure I'm not the only B7 RS4 owner to be suffering from the dreaded peeling RS sticker that sits atop one of the plastic covers in the engine bay. Anyone had any success in finding a way to keep it stuck down? Do I need a new one, can it be stuck down, if so what did you use? I've tried a few glues from around the house but to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated.
As the part gets hot, most regular sticker glues will go off - dare I say something like superglue or epoxy based ? Just something that's heat resistant.

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Re: RS sticker in engine bay

Post by CellDamage » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:17 pm

I have this too, perhaps a spot of Araldite?
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Re: RS sticker in engine bay

Post by sar » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:30 pm

i went to a sign place and asked nicely if i could have a scrap of red vinyl and cut out a new one.
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Post by neilparf » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:02 am

I had this and used the slightest bit of modellers Cyanoacrylate 'grip glue'. It's very thin but very high 'stick'. Araldite etc is too think and I'm not sure would leave the cleanest of edges...

The vinyl sar mentions is a good idea - the vinyl adhesive may cure and dry after a while be easy to keep doing it with some spare red...
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Post by Rick_RS4 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:14 am

superglue and apply it with a pin

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Post by jaysrs4 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:57 pm

Red model enamel all the way. I did the same with vinyl too, the enamel shines better :bigblink:
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Re: RS sticker in engine bay

Post by coffey555 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:21 pm

I went with OEM and left it semi-unstuck.
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Post by Audi Pardner » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:46 pm

Used double sided tape (the type you get from office supply shops). Worked fine; I didn't remove the Sticker, just popped a small piece of the tape under the exposed corner.
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Post by Iain_S4 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:22 pm

coffey555 wrote:I went with OEM and left it semi-unstuck
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Re: RS sticker in engine bay

Post by Covkiller » Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:21 pm

I had the same problem. So I bought a rear OEM door bump strip RS4 badge. It is exactly the same size as the one on the engine cover and you can loose the No 4 if you want. But I stuck the whole badge on mine. It's been on for over a year with no peeling.
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