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Originally Posted by blue2000s
If you've removed the badge from a car that's had paint fading (which they pretty much always do), you won't be able to remove the shadow with anything short of a respray. The color coat has faded.
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Sometimes, it's possible to match the color because it's just oxidation (which actually helps retard color fade) rather than actual fading. IIRC, some of the earlier Boxsters were not clear-coated and with these, a good buffing, or worst case, color sanding can be used to match the paint.
Depending on color and degree of sun exposure, it's also possible to have the color of the paint under the badge 'fade-in' after exposure. Paint fading, especially on colors like reds and yellows, is not linear, it fades alot in the beginning and the fading lessens with time.
In this case, once exposed, the unfaded paint will fade at a much more rapid pace than the already exposed surrounding paint. In many cases, the 'fresh' paint, fading at an accelerated rate than the surrounding paint, can (and at least in a practical sense) 'catch-up' making any differences imperceptible.