It's showing its age (as am I). It's scuffed and pitted. Any suggestions as to what might restore a shine to a 2005 JAGUAR 4.2 LITRE hood/bonnet badge?

Thanks

RMB

 

A replacement from ebay

 

Try metal polish or car polish/scratch remover. Use cautiously at first to check that it is improving matters.

Richard

 

If it is that bad, you will need to buff it with a machine. Hand buffing is just not going to work. It may improve it slightly but as a Pro Detailer I have never seen it work that well. Go to Amazon or Esoteric.com and purchase Jescar Correcting Compound. Amazon also has a couple of inexpensive polishers is very inexpensive but will do the job OK. I could go into a plethora of other products that will do a much better job, but that would take a couple of hundred $$$$$.
Then you need to protect that paint. The after car wash Ceramics are a waste of money and they only last as long as Carnuba's(A few weeks at best) The best I have found and I put a 6 month guarantees on my exterior details was Zaino CS - Clear Seal.
It is amazing and very simple to use.