You guys were so helpful last time maybe you can help with this little problem.
The badge on the boot is suppose to twist to reveal the lock for the boot. My does not twist.
We have tried WD40 and good old elbow grease to get it to move but it wont.
Have any of you experienced this problem? If so is it a garage job or anything I can do?
Wondering if they have a problem rusting shut if they are never used.
Hope I'm not too late to add my non-twistage experience with a 2003 147?
By the way Little Miss - the bonnet paint issue are they largish patches where it looks like the paint has almost shrunk?
I've got the red paint finish and I have about 6 of these with white showing underneath. I expect I'll shell out for a respray within a year (£220 ish I got quoted)
Yes the paint is exactly as you describe in some places, like the paint has shrunk and left a spider web hole effect and then on top of that there is around the front of the bonnet, near the lights lots of tiny white dots, they look like from a distance fly road kill but there are not, they are holes down to the under coat. Its going in for a bonnet respray, roof respray and someone dented the door (before I got it) so that too, got mates rates so should be fair price, fingers crossed
No Twistation here.
2005 model. And no mention of it in the manual. Manual says to climb into the boot and open it with the plipper if the battery dies!
Sorry that you had to walk down three storey to find out the answer.
wish you guys could have seen me out there originally with a little chisel and WD40, as if my car hasn t been through enough in its short life, I go adding to its torment by playing with its bottom, oh the shame!
I gave it an extra wax for its torment!
Chisel and WD40 action........never a good idea on anyone's car let alone a bella
I felt bad enough trying to twist the badge by hand. You never know with these italian cars what items of trim are going to come off in your hand
Mine twists, up to the right, to reveal the keyhole! I had a new badge put on when I bought it 2nd hand from a dealer as it was damaged. It definitley twists! How strange that some 147s do and some don't.
Well does anyone reading have a 2002 147 2.0 Tspark. And if so what does your do?
I m imagining all these people going to their cars to give the badge a tug to see if it is a twisty one.!!!
Well does anyone reading have a 2002 147 2.0 Tspark. And if so what does your do?
I m imagining all these people going to their cars to give the badge a tug to see if it is a twisty one.!!!
2002 was when 156 badges stopped twisting too, so I would imagine it would be the same for the 147. It's a lot more convenient having the plipper than a twister though.
You guys were so helpful last time maybe you can help with this little problem.
The badge on the boot is suppose to twist to reveal the lock for the boot. My does not twist.
We have tried WD40 and good old elbow grease to get it to move but it wont.
Have any of you experienced this problem? If so is it a garage job or anything I can do?
Wondering if they have a problem rusting shut if they are never used.
In fact I noticed this earlier today on my Facelift model 147 courtesy car when trying to open the boot. It's a 05 model Multijet Lusso and the badge is fixed where as my soon to be picked up (again) 02 reg 2.0 Lusso does have a pivoting lock cover.
Sounds to me like a productivity driven change to save a bit of money on the facelift. However, it strikes me that relying entirely on remote operation to open the door is a bit risky. What happens with a flatbattery! You'll have to climb into the boot through the backseats .
The rotating badges have a metal pin which fits inside a plastic sleeve fixed to the bootlid. They can't rust shut.
I've seen badges that twist and some that definitely do not on 147s (go down the dealer and rummage through his 2nd-hand stock).
The twisting badges have an obvious air-gap between the badge and the fixed part. You can get a fingernail between the two parts. If you can't see it, then it's a non-twisting badge.
Ralf S.
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