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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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How is the nose badge held on? Double sided tape or plastic studs on the badge?

Is it hard to remove?
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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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.
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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buy a 90-91 bumper
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by olderguy
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.

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buy a 90-91 bumper
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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Mine was just tape, it came off easy. Maybe it was because the car was a repaint...
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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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?
Old Aug 11, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jayhovah
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.
Old Aug 12, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jayhovah
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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