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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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Amazing what a little paint stripper, model car paint and a toothpick can do.....






Now I wonder if I really want to drill two holes in the aluminum lid to mount the emblem

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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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As good as that emblem looks on that fuel door I think I'd just mount it with some really thin double sided moulding tape untill I could really decide how I like it,,,but it do look good,,,,,Peace,,,Moosie
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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that looks GREAT, i used silicone sealer to stick my emblem on the cap, works perfect
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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Very nice
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by moosie982
As good as that emblem looks on that fuel door I think I'd just mount it with some really thin double sided moulding tape untill I could really decide how I like it,,,but it do look good,,,,,Peace,,,Moosie
if you decide you want the lid w/out the emblem just peel it off.
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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Feels good to strip them down and put on fresh paint huh? When I did mine I was unsure of how they would look, but they turned out great.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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I thought about glue but there are two studs on the back side of the gas door emblem
I would have to cut these off in order to get a flat surface for the glue....... then again.... the gas door is too thick anyways (studs too short to get a nut on the other side)....

I'm going to use glue, hopefully it's not coming off.....
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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They look great! RTV will do the trick for an adhesive and it is easily removed.
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Originally Posted by MYBAD79
I thought about glue but there are two studs on the back side of the gas door emblem
I would have to cut these off in order to get a flat surface for the glue....... then again.... the gas door is too thick anyways (studs too short to get a nut on the other side)....

I'm going to use glue, hopefully it's not coming off.....

If you get the black and yellow tube of 3M, clear emblem adhesive you won't have any problems with it staying.
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Originally Posted by MYBAD79
I thought about glue but there are two studs on the back side of the gas door emblem
I would have to cut these off in order to get a flat surface for the glue....... then again.... the gas door is too thick anyways (studs too short to get a nut on the other side)....

I'm going to use glue, hopefully it's not coming off.....
i cut off the studs on mine then dabbed silicone sealer around the cap, it ain't going nowhere
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Nice work on the emblems.
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Mine didn't come out as nice when I repainted them. Now I have all new ones except for teh fuel door, which was the best one that was repainted. Some day I'll get around to replacing that one as well. Also the chrome on my emblems was in a lot worse shape than I thought.
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Originally Posted by C3 4ME
Mine didn't come out as nice when I repainted them. Now I have all new ones except for teh fuel door, which was the best one that was repainted. Some day I'll get around to replacing that one as well. Also the chrome on my emblems was in a lot worse shape than I thought.

They're so cheap these days on Ebay that sometimes it's easier to buy new ones than to mess with stripping and refurbishing them.
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They're so cheap these days on Ebay that sometimes it's easier to buy new ones than to mess with stripping and refurbishing them.

They're $50 each..... if they were $20 each I would agree with you.....
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Nice work on the emblems.

Look cool mang!
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Originally Posted by MYBAD79
They're $50 each..... if they were $20 each I would agree with you.....

I bought two of them for $25 each before I decided to strip and paint mine.
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Those look nice. I jsut painted mine over the old crap and clear coated it. Yours looks better
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What color red did you use?
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Originally Posted by my2nd78
What color red did you use?

When I did mine, I used Testors 1103 Red Rouge.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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What color red did you use?
Testors 2732 - Chevy Engine Red - I thought that was a good match

1103 looks identical
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