Although this matter has been discussed on these forums before, I wanted to lay down some REAL helpful information in regards to having black bowties (or painted any color for that matter) WITHOUT breaking the rear one.
So after finding NO helpful information on how to remove my rear bowtie to paint it black without breaking it, I decided to attempt it (even though I knew I was going to break it)…and sure enough, I did. I wasn’t content with the chrome bowtie that lies underneath the gold bowtie, so I went to the dealer to buy a new one. To my surprise, the dealer sells the rear bowtie as a “whole†with the gold bowtie already glued to the chrome base for $46.XX. This really bummed me out because now I was thinking, if I would have known this from the start, I would have just taken the whole thing off, taped off the chrome and painted the gold part black. So now I wasted $50 for nothing. THIS IS WHY I AM POSTING THIS….to help all of you who want to paint their bowties without wasting $50.
So here is the process:
1. Get 15lb. fishing line (that’s what I used and it broke twice). I believe it was the perfect weight.
2. Slide the fishing line up and down from the left all the way to the right as far as you can (pulling towards the emblem). Once you get about ¼ of the way through, you will not be able to go any further due to 2 prongs that come off the emblem and go into the car (for alignment).
3. Then do the same from right to left, top to bottom, and bottom to top.
4. Once this is done, get your fingers under the left or right side and start prying towards you. Get a thin knife and cut the sticky foam as you are pulling (this will help so you don’t have to pull so hard and you wont scratch the car on the right side with the emblem if you are pulling up from the left side).
5. Once its off all you have to do is get all of the gunk off (both the car and the emblem) buy some new double sided 3M foam tape and lay it on the back.
6. Then tape off the chrome border, spray Duplicolor adhesion promoter, gloss paint and then clear and you are done.
7. Now stick your bowtie back on.
I hope this helps all of you who are frustrated with not having a REAL solution for your rear bowtie.
So after finding NO helpful information on how to remove my rear bowtie to paint it black without breaking it, I decided to attempt it (even though I knew I was going to break it)…and sure enough, I did. I wasn’t content with the chrome bowtie that lies underneath the gold bowtie, so I went to the dealer to buy a new one. To my surprise, the dealer sells the rear bowtie as a “whole†with the gold bowtie already glued to the chrome base for $46.XX. This really bummed me out because now I was thinking, if I would have known this from the start, I would have just taken the whole thing off, taped off the chrome and painted the gold part black. So now I wasted $50 for nothing. THIS IS WHY I AM POSTING THIS….to help all of you who want to paint their bowties without wasting $50.
So here is the process:
1. Get 15lb. fishing line (that’s what I used and it broke twice). I believe it was the perfect weight.
2. Slide the fishing line up and down from the left all the way to the right as far as you can (pulling towards the emblem). Once you get about ¼ of the way through, you will not be able to go any further due to 2 prongs that come off the emblem and go into the car (for alignment).
3. Then do the same from right to left, top to bottom, and bottom to top.
4. Once this is done, get your fingers under the left or right side and start prying towards you. Get a thin knife and cut the sticky foam as you are pulling (this will help so you don’t have to pull so hard and you wont scratch the car on the right side with the emblem if you are pulling up from the left side).
5. Once its off all you have to do is get all of the gunk off (both the car and the emblem) buy some new double sided 3M foam tape and lay it on the back.
6. Then tape off the chrome border, spray Duplicolor adhesion promoter, gloss paint and then clear and you are done.
7. Now stick your bowtie back on.
I hope this helps all of you who are frustrated with not having a REAL solution for your rear bowtie.
