I used tweezers for the install.
The use of tweezers is a MUST ! Being my age 60, and knowing that each raised emblem (They were from Cyberdinegraphics.com) Which makes an EXCELLANT product, but you have to be very careful with the 50th emblems as they are acually two pieces. But another
MUST is to use
BONDPREP #4298 Pen because if someone
ever used any kind of product like armoral or any gloss enhancing or protective plastic product no amount of wash, scrubing or the use of alcohol is going to allow these raised leter and emblems to stick.
I spent the whole morning washing and cleaning with denatured alcohol and it didn't prevent the adhesive on the emblems to stick. But once you use the BONDPRO 4298 Pen and let it dry for about a minute, the emblems adhesive stick great. Which brings me to this advice,
1. Clean with soap and water and use a old toothbrush.
2. wipe the area down with denatured alcohol and use a lot of q-tips to get down deep in the letter indentations.
3. put on a pair of latex gloves, and use a nice pair of tweezers, and gentally life one edge of the emblem, position it exactly at one corner and slowly apply the emblem as you slide the plastic backing out from under it.
4. Take your time, don't rush or it'll show up and look like crap. Don't touch the adhesive side of the emblems with a bare finger as the oil in your skin will ruin the adhesive.
Mine came out just about perfect, except I got a little flat spot on one of the door sill emblems and it lifted the emblem a little to get it out, but there is still not a perfect oval to that side of the emblem. But I'm a very fussy person, so I see it. But anyone else I don't think they even notice it ? But I'm kind of anal retentive which brings me to these point,
once the emblem is down, don't mes with it as you'll really mess up the silver and the letters themselves ! Once down and it looks OK, just rub it with one end of the tweezers to push the letters down into the indentations. You'll see right away as the color will change a tiny bit as the adhesive starts to set.
I have a 2003 50th Anniversary edition and the emblems are a little tricker than nomal as I have that section that says '50th Anniversary' and I didn't realize that those decals/emblems were two piece's till I was appling them. So don't try to yank them around caues you'll just ruin them.
But I have to say, these emblems are from Cyberdine.com. and they look so normal, that you'd think they were installed at the factory. I got the Anniversary ones and I got gold letters for the indentions on the passengers airbag. My thinking was if you look at the seats head rests, their embroidered in the 50th. Anniversary logo which is gold, so using gold letters on the dashboard was just perfect.
Just use the Bondpro #4298 and wear latex gloves and use tweezers, take your time and do one letter at a time. (They are not all one piece like the letter 'E') and it'll loook fantastic. This is something great and it takes that bland interior and gives it a little pizzas !
I've tried five times, but I can't upload the pictures. But that my word for it, their really nice. And if anyone is afraid of the word raised, these things are like less than 1/32 thick. It's more like an extension of the plastic steering wheel cover and the letters fit down into the passengers side airbag cover so that if you run your hand over the surface of the airbag cover, you can just feel the smooth cover as the raised letters just even out the airbag surface. But they look so normal, you'd think it was stock item.
But one important tip, do this job in the spring or early summer. As the graphics must be applied or installed when the temperature needs to be between 60 and 80 degrees, and the humidity between 40% and 60%., but they come with instructions for summer installations @
www.cyberdinegraphics.com
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