cowel badging
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From: Lebanon, Oregon
cowel badging
I am going to put the badging back on my truck. I have nice refurbished badges that look great, but, where do i get the replacement parts to attach these. I guess they would be called keepers, and are they rubber or somthing? any help would be appreciated.
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The OEM ones are metal, and rubber injected (or simular like rubber material).
Some auto parts stores, hardware stores, body shops, and auto paint stores carry these.
Only the OEM ones have the rubber in them that I've seen.
Some auto parts stores, hardware stores, body shops, and auto paint stores carry these.
Only the OEM ones have the rubber in them that I've seen.
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Keeps the badges from Rattleing. It cusions and you get a more snug fit. There is less likely to be damage caused to the surrounding paint do to rattles. Etc...
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Thanks. I didn't know that. Any emblems that I took off were metal only so I guess it just deteriorated maybe.
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Another couple little tip that I can give you, as I just installed them on Buford, is that you can use black strip caulk to help seal things up. One of the holes had too much paint in it, and I had to use a little screwdriver to scrape the inside of the hole enough to make the part fit. Knowing that these can not only rattle, but they can also be susceptible to moisture, I decided to do this on all the holes.
You just use a tiny amount and put it around the insert, and press them into the holes for a weatherproof seal. Then you can press the badges into the inserts, and you're done.
Learned that little trick from the guys at the bodyshop.
You just use a tiny amount and put it around the insert, and press them into the holes for a weatherproof seal. Then you can press the badges into the inserts, and you're done.
Learned that little trick from the guys at the bodyshop.
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