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Sprtan732 · 04-13-2008, 04:22 PM

Whoever owned my car before me took of the hood badge by what appears to be brute force, leaving the three little black plastic mounting tabs imbeded in the hood. I just ordered a new badge on eBay and I need some advice as to how to mount the thing. I was going to take a drill and bore out the plastic tab remains. My question is, what kind of adhesive do I use to fasten it to the hood, and do I need to do anything to the paint for the adhesive to bond properly?

***MR2Jedi*** · 04-13-2008, 10:34 PM

Use Molding adhesive. It comes 2 ways. liquid and a double sided type tape. Very strong and reliable.I prefer the tape. You can put the new badge right over the old mounting tabs.

Sprtan732 · 04-14-2008, 07:06 AM

well the new badge has mounting tabs on the back as well. And I'm assuming you can get the adhesive at pretty much any autoparts store?

***MR2Jedi*** · 04-14-2008, 11:43 AM

If the tabs match up with the holes , then i would just go with the liquid adhesive glue. Yeah, any autoparts store and WalMart carries too.