SoCal Shop for installing Emblems

Many of our members trim off the mounting posts and use 3M emblem tape to apply/affix the emblems.

https://www.amazon.com/Double-...;smid=A1S57KNZPNGJP4

@Robert M Thank you. I've gone through all the posts and even saved the PDFs regarding mounting positions and locations, I'm just unsure about doing it myself. I know many of you are fully capable of taking the car apart piece by piece, and hopefully one day I'll get there. But currently, I'd rather let a professional do the install. I'm terrified to place them incorrectly and ruin the new paint, or mess up a drilled hole in the dash, etc.

Beginner issues, i know.

This is what I used on my VMC after removing the emblem posts.  Has held emblems for two years now.  Doing a search, you can probably find it cheaper.

https://www.amazon.com/3M-8069...3419166154&psc=1

@LBoogie posted:

@Robert M Thank you. I've gone through all the posts and even saved the PDFs regarding mounting positions and locations, I'm just unsure about doing it myself. I know many of you are fully capable of taking the car apart piece by piece, and hopefully one day I'll get there. But currently, I'd rather let a professional do the install. I'm terrified to place them incorrectly and ruin the new paint, or mess up a drilled hole in the dash, etc.

Beginner issues, i know.

Talk to someone at either a body shop or a place that does PPF or Paint Protection Film installation. See if you can one of them do it off-book or have their shop do the work. They remove and install emblems all the time. Should be a very easy task for them to do the installation with emblem tape.

@Robert M that seems like the easiest option. I've reached out to a few shops around here that specialize in PPF and will update when i get her emblem-ed .

Thank you again for taking the time to answer newbie questions. I really appreciate it.

@LBoogie

A lot of questions you are 100% sure to have as a noob can be answered by using the search spyglass on right side of the bar at the top of the page. I used to search all the time, then still have questions.

Welcome to the Madness! Have fun with your car.

@LBoogie I like you was not comfortable drilling holes in a freshly painted car. My solution was just find a body shop locally that works on hotrods. They were more than happy to do it, I just supplied the placement and paid cash which was well received.

Good Luck!

I am not one of the members who can take their car apart. I can do some remedial things but only after years of ownership and encouragement. However, I still use professionals for many things.

Having said that, I used the 3M emblem tape. The hardest part was removing the posts but that wasn't too hard.

You can buy green masking tape for cars to mark off placement and evenness, along with protecting your paint.

Put the emblem on the 3M tape and use a good hobby knife to cut the emblem tape around the outside and any holes in letters. Do this on some scrap wood before removing the 3M backing.

Then, remove backing and stick it to the car. It comes off kinda easy initially if you need to adjust it and with a little heat later.

I did this 5 years ago and they are still there.