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Egghaus Enthusiast

Egghaus

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Got my black bowtie from eBay today and installed it when I got home. Looks much better than the gold IMO. Excuse the dirty truck it has been raining non stop here.

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Cloudsplitter Enthusiast

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Looks good, how does the front bowtie come off and are you going to do the tailgate bowtie?

 

I got the same bowtie, its really cool. The stock front bowtie just pops out. It just has plastic clips molded in. I de-badged my whole truck and left the back empty, but you can get the same black bowtie for the back that has 3M tape to go on.

Egghaus Enthusiast

Egghaus

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Yeah you just reach behind the grille and push 2 plastic tabs to release them and it pops off. It is a little easier to see if you remove the radiator shroud. I removed my tailgate bowtie and don't plan on putting a new one on.

mossbum Enthusiast

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i put a black billet gmc on mine and i love it. the rest of my rig is completely debadged.

rog_ski Enthusiast

rog_ski

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I popped my front one off and spray painted it black. I'm very happy with it.

 

Damn you.....

 

I was doing some yard work and looked at the front of my truck and saw this big ole gold bowtie staring back at me. Some 600 grit sand paper and a can of flat black later and I am so far happy with the look of it :troll: . We will see if she holds through a couple of washes.

 

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MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Looks nice! I'm trying to figure out if I want to do anything with mine. Not sure the black would work with the gray grill and I was thinking of maybe painting it (or getting an overlay) red. Not sure how that'd look though. I definitely don't want to paint it body color as I want some contrast between it and the grill. Then of course there's the matter of the beastly one out back... :troll:

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