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Mikejonce

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Hi all,

 

Pretty juiced about my new bowtie emblems! Got em on ebay for about $160 for the pair (front and rear). They came in the mail the other day and I just put em on the truck yesterday. Install was very easy, but the emblems use double-sided tape only. I really hope they hold on throughout the life of the truck..

 

Emblems are robust and heavy. Much more substance to them than the stock gold colored ones. They do protrude out from the vehicle a bit though, and the stock ones didn't. No biggie. Only issue I can see down the road is the whole double sided tape thing. Will pray the glue/tape holds!!! Excuse the dirty truck! lol

 

 

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00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

00Silverado4x4

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Looking good. Also that is not a dirty truck. I've been driving on a flooded out sand/dirt road for the last 3 days. My truck is trashed on the outside. Barely tell it's a blue truck right now.

darkfox1 Senior Enthusiast

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Dont you love the way phones seem to randomly orient photos? :lol:

 

Looks good. I thought about doing black ones on mine, but I saw a guy around here that had black ties on a summit white truck and it just looked like.. I dunno.. more base model than stock.

 

How hard was the rear to change? Is the stocker really held on with adhesive?

 

Also, if they fall off, replace the adhesive with 3m body moulding tape, that stuff should last for years. It's what they use from the factory on body side moldings. You can get it at pertty much any auto parts store.

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Mikejonce

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Both bowties removed the same way. You have to drill them out. They're held in by a rivet on the underside of the emblem. The replacements come with a template that you simply tape over the existing (gold/factory/stock) bowtie and drill through. The thing is you want to bust the plastic rivet, but you don't want to damage the plate underneath. There's a youtube vid on it that I followed. Explained it pretty well. Here's the trick...DRILL SLOOOOOW, and lightly as possible. When the rivet breaks it should pop and your drill will kind of "sink" into it. You'll know it by feel. Here it is:

RUIjunior Enthusiast

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Hi, is that a SF 49ers cap on your hitch ??

I got 3 huge 49ers logo on my brand new 2014 LTZ, great job on the bowtie.

RUI junior

 

niners fan for life

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