Fender badges
2/5/14, 06:29 AM
#24
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#1. Do those badges happen to use the same mounting holes as the GT badges?
#2. Am I insane for having the slight desire to remove both the fender badges, and the faux gas cap, to replace them with the Pony / Tribar versions, thereby making my car appear to be a v6?
#3. If the answer to #2 is no, please refer to my signature.
#2. Am I insane for having the slight desire to remove both the fender badges, and the faux gas cap, to replace them with the Pony / Tribar versions, thereby making my car appear to be a v6?
#3. If the answer to #2 is no, please refer to my signature.
Hec I'd love to remove my faux gas cap completely, gloss the deck panel and just leave the tribar pony.
I'm even the guy who wouldn't mind removing the Boss C-Stripe and leaving "BOSS 302" in the 1969 Boss 429 style.
#3:... Is... is that a GT... with a GT500 motor?
2/5/14, 07:43 AM
#25
Mach 1 Member
Am I correct in assuming that they covered the holes left by the pins from the GT badge?
2/5/14, 07:44 AM
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#2: Not insane at all! I love the classic tribar pony!
Hec I'd love to remove my faux gas cap completely, gloss the deck panel and just leave the tribar pony.
I'm even the guy who wouldn't mind removing the Boss C-Stripe and leaving "BOSS 302" in the 1969 Boss 429 style.
#3:... Is... is that a GT... with a GT500 motor?
Hec I'd love to remove my faux gas cap completely, gloss the deck panel and just leave the tribar pony.
I'm even the guy who wouldn't mind removing the Boss C-Stripe and leaving "BOSS 302" in the 1969 Boss 429 style.
#3:... Is... is that a GT... with a GT500 motor?
2/5/14, 09:17 AM
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2/5/14, 11:11 AM
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2/5/14, 11:43 AM
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2/6/14, 11:44 AM
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The old badges have different mounting pins. I clipped/ground those off and cut out many small pieces of 3M doublesided tape to install. They do cover the original GT mounting holes.
The problem that I encountered with the badges, however, is that they are dished, slightly concave, to fit inside the dished center cap of the wheels.
To correct this, i slowly heated the badges in the oven until they were just slightly pliable, and slowly worked them to where they were close to flat (they still aren't perfectly flat, but I think only i notice). It took several rounds per badge of heating, bending, coolling... repeat.... to get them where I wanted them. Probably spent about 20 minutes per to do them.
The problem that I encountered with the badges, however, is that they are dished, slightly concave, to fit inside the dished center cap of the wheels.
To correct this, i slowly heated the badges in the oven until they were just slightly pliable, and slowly worked them to where they were close to flat (they still aren't perfectly flat, but I think only i notice). It took several rounds per badge of heating, bending, coolling... repeat.... to get them where I wanted them. Probably spent about 20 minutes per to do them.
2/6/14, 03:03 PM
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2/7/14, 09:12 AM
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I bought a set, but they are very pricey for plastic badges.
The Billet Badges version seems like a much better option if you want that style.
The Billet Badges version seems like a much better option if you want that style.
