how to install fender badges WITHOUT removing fender

[gramps77]

How best should I go about installing my Scottsdale badges without pulling the fenders all the way off? I cant see any easy way to do it

[KQQL IT]

Double sided tape.

[Keith Seymore]

For lineside repairs we used to use a small feature called a "barrel clip".

It was a small, rounded clip that fit in the round hole in the fender and the post of the emblem was inserted and retained in the clip.

I do not know if they are still available or where to find them but they seemed like a standardized (not GM specific) part.

K

[gramps77]

Dang it.
I was hoping there was a way to just pull the bottom and reach up, then realized how far up the fender it is.

That barrel clip.is it like this? http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/gr...-0244_1000.jpg

[80SPORT]

Yes...most body shop supply (or bodyshops) will have a variety of them.Put a blob of seam sealant on as you put the clip in as they can scratch to bare metal where they go in...and start a rust streak.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by gramps77

That barrel clip.is it like this? http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/gr...-0244_1000.jpg

Yep - looks right.

Are the original emblems still on? Do you need a suggestion on how to remove them without removing the fender?



K

[Keith Seymore]

Sidebar (just for discussion purposes):

I never liked the fender emblems, especially the Scottsdale version with the yellow paint. When I re-did my truck I filled the holes and did not reinstall the emblems.

Sounds like you already have the holes but if (on the offhand chance) you didn't want to reinstall the emblems here is what we did on the CUCV models: they didn't get fender emblems either so we plugged the holes with a small plastic rivet. I noticed the other day I still have the special installation tool, which I thought might come in handy for something someday (it hasn't).

So that would be a discreet way to plug the holes without having to fill and repaint, if a person was interested.

K

[gramps77]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Yep - looks right.

Are the original emblems still on? Do you need a suggestion on how to remove them without removing the fender?



K

I had the truck painted with the intention of putting them back on. I just got some NOS ones and now, of course, its time for reinstallation.
I removed them before paint but now that the fenders are lined up, I was trying to keep from pulling them,

thanks for all the help

[slikside]

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[MASONGMC]

I have a 1977 GMC Sierra I put a screw in the dot of the (I) so I can take the emblem on and off every time I wax the truck .