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Saml01 08-11-2008 02:06 PM
Nose badge question
 
How is the nose badge held on? Double sided tape or plastic studs on the badge?

Is it hard to remove?

olderguy 08-11-2008 02:08 PM
Glue and 2 plastic locating studs. Heat it gently with a heat gun and slide a butter knife under it. Will most likely need to fill holes, sand, touch-up paint.

Braineack 08-11-2008 02:12 PM
buy a 90-91 bumper ;)

Saml01 08-11-2008 02:39 PM
Originally Posted by olderguy (Post 294946)
Glue and 2 plastic locating studs. Heat it gently with a heat gun and slide a butter knife under it. Will most likely need to fill holes, sand, touch-up paint.
Thank you.

Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 294947)
buy a 90-91 bumper ;)
Dee Dee Dee

cardriverx 08-11-2008 10:22 PM
Mine was just tape, it came off easy. Maybe it was because the car was a repaint...

jayhovah 08-11-2008 10:40 PM
What do you guys use to fill the holes...
and how do you get it to not look like garbage with touchup paint? Assload of buffing?

reddroptop 08-11-2008 10:42 PM
Originally Posted by jayhovah (Post 295143)
What do you guys use to fill the holes...
and how do you get it to not look like garbage with touchup paint? Assload of buffing?
Respray.

Machismo 08-12-2008 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jayhovah (Post 295143)
What do you guys use to fill the holes...
and how do you get it to not look like garbage with touchup paint? Assload of buffing?
Prep work is 99% of a good final look. I used metal epoxy rolled into a tiny ball to just fit into the holes. Let cure, and sand the little spots with a spot sander made from wooden dowel.
As far as color matching, buffing is in order and possible respray of the whole bumper is recommended for blemish free results.
See said example:


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