I was thinking about some ways to make my camaro different than others and give it a personal touch.

I was walking around a local auto swap meet a few weeks ago, and saw a 69 Camaro fender emblem for $20.

I bought it for giggles to have something from the coolest year the camaro was made.

Then I sat around thinking... like the old muscle cars, wouldnt that be cool to replace the stock plastic dash emblem with a metal Chrome Camaro emblem from the 69 camaro in cursive writing?

Has anyone else done this before?

If not, does anyone have a pic of a dash with the emblem removed? I am wondering if the pattern in ther plastic is smooth behind it, or if it maintains its pattern.

Here is a pic of the emblem I am thinking about putting in the dash. I dont want to wreck the dash, so I am going to have to think of a way to do this without drilling holes.

 

The dash maintains its pattern under the emblem, but there are three mounting holes for it.

 

Glue the bitch, or if you're really ghetto use velcro lol

 

im gonna do the same thing lol. getting a full set of emblams from a 69 camaro, gonna do the rear bumper, both fenders, the one on the corner of the hood and the one on the dash. I love a retro look. and yeah i def agree with ThePain lol GLUE THE BITCH!! just make sure you use the right glue and dont screw it up

 

Wow. That is how you're gonna be "old school" and "different" ? You're gonna get a '69 Camaro emblem and glue it to your dash?

This place cracks me up.

Want to really be different? Don't bother gluing sh*t to your dash.

Glue your eyes to these two web sites:

http://www.fiberglassforums.com/
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/index.php

And make yourself a custom fiberglass or steel dash. Then you'll be different.

Mathius

 

Don't glue it, it'll look like ****. You might as well try and use the mounting holes that are already there. Or, mount the emblem in a way that will hide the holes.

 

Yeah... thats what I was initially thinking. This isnt suposed to be a ghetto rice mod, but something simple and clean thats different. I will practice in my local junkyard with a camaro there, and see how I can figure it out before I try on my own.

Thanks for the info!!

 

Here is the final outcome...

Turned out pretty good. There were 4 mounting studs on the back of the emblem and I ground off 3 of them leaving 1 in the middle I used to mount to the dash.

No glue was used, and so far its holding up great. I might try someting to stablize the emblem from possibly moving but its actually pretty stable already.

Thought I would post a pic for anyone that was curious how it turned out.

 

I think it looks great. Don't listen to the neysayers.

 

I agree, looks great!, but do I see holes, underneath the a and the r?

Can you post a pic looking straight at it?

 

That does look sick! Great job!

 

Sharp! Looks good... Nice touch!

 

Yeah I will go out there one of these days and get a better pic.

yeah you can see the holes a little, but you dont notice it as easy when your in the car... I am thinking of a way to fix that... they just barely creep out the bottom of the A and R.

 

Could it be moved down a little? It looks like 1/8" would hide the holes.

 

Good Idea... I would have to re-work how I mounted it and come up with a way to drop it a little. I will think of some options and if I can get it to work repost some pics...

 

i did it to my 89 a few years back. ill try to find a pic for you

 

i think i used a fender emblem

 

looks good i think. the other day i say that someone had 2010 emblems on their car. can't remember where i saw it, but i sure remember seeing it.

 

looking good I found 2 of those in my grandpas old tool box I was so excited when I found them

 

alright i read like 3 messages after the "glue the bitch" deal. we were just messing around. i would never just glue one on there. does everybody have to be so damn serious on this site? chill out guys damn...