Originally Posted by karl-rst
thanks mate i will give it a try also how do people paint the rocker cover i got all the old paint off but wondered how they paint the letters without going on the polished part cheers for any help

either as snow has already said or if you're handy with some masking tape and a blade then you could mask out the alloy bits and very very carefully cut out the lettering.
or of course you could stop being tight and get a pro to restore it for you