How would you fix the Chevrolet badge on an 87 tailgate?

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Originally Posted by bennylava

I think you could fill in the emblem with exterior liquid nails. Maybe help it out by giving it some scratches with 80 grit. That would give you a flat surface on the back of the emblem.

But then you kinda need something hard to stick the tape too. So it's probably best to make a new (tougher) plastic gasket to replace the old one. Glue it to the emblem when you use the liquid nails. Now you can use the original holes (that you transferred to the new gasket) to do alignment so you can be sure it's on straight.

And you could put some bolts through the new plastic gasket, so now you have a much better way of attaching the emblem than GM originally provided. All of this would have to be done with the aluminum tailgate band off, of course.

Great Idea .. I will copy this and keep it for guidence if i ever get a used tail gate band ..