Steering Wheel Gold Bowtie -- That Color Has Got To Go!

[StevenFromTexas]

By the end of this week, this will be the last gold anything on my Tahoe that I am aware of. That ugly color will be gone. I'm going to order something to cover it up, and I'll report back when this little project is over. Here's the link to what appears to be a solution to fixing GM's ugly choice of gold to mar the beauty of my Tahoe:

http://www.reflectiveconcepts.com/p...tie-Overlay-Decal-07+-Tahoe/product_info.html

Now, color choices. Hum.

 

[LTLux]

Great find! I will be doing this as well. I already painted the gold bowties on my wheels and I'm with you, it has to go!

Do you have any experience with this company?

 

[StevenFromTexas]

Do you have any experience with this company?

No, I have not done business with the company before. It just look like they have a good website with some space devoted to the problem I'm trying to fix.

My preference is to replace rather than cover up, but the steering wheel gold bowtie presents a special problem since that cover apparently goes with an airbag, and I'm not about to diddle with an airbag under any circumstances. I'm not completely stupid!

I'm going to give the website a try and see what happens.

 

[LTLux]

Well for $9.99 I gave it a shot. I will let you know what happens. I went with the brushed aluminum.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

Well for $9.99 I gave it a shot. I will let you know what happens. I went with the brushed aluminum.

How funny. That's my preference right now. I'm off to bed, however. I'll get my order placed tomorrow evening. I may order two different ones just in case. I'm a big spender.

 

[Strobin]

One of the first things I did was remove the gold from the steering wheel bowtie

 

[LTLux]

What did you use?

 

[NathanJax]

You can do this for free if you have a razor blade. Go to a local sign shop and ask if they have any scrap pieces laying around. Take a square of the vinyl stick it to the emblem, and then trace out the bowtie

 

[AZSCTACO]

You can do this for free if you have a razor blade. Go to a local sign shop and ask if they have any scrap pieces laying around. Take a square of the vinyl stick it to the emblem, and then trace out the bowtie

X2........that piece they are selling your for 9.99 is about 3 cents worth of vinyl.

 

[lx4life]

I like the idea of getting scrap vinyl but the ones they are selling cover only the gold portion not the whole emblem, so it would match the PTM front and rear bow tie. Maybe a local vinyl shop could just cut something that small for u for cheaper. I don't think $10 is a great price for one small decal maybe $3-5 shipped.

 

[StevenFromTexas]

Wonder why GM just doesn't make the emblem a "snap-in" item that could be removed and replaced with whatever a customer wants color-wise?

 

[metalemt]

I bought side marker vinyls for my Camaro from them and they weren't really the right size and they said it was even though I had the orange and red glaring out

 

[StevenFromTexas]

X2........that piece they are selling your for 9.99 is about 3 cents worth of vinyl.

But I don't have to waste $5.00 of gas looking for a sign shop to give me a scrap piece of vinyl that probably won't be the color I want. And I don't have to waste my time driving around. And I don't have to waste my time cutting it.

I placed my order today. A couple of us will have an update when we receive the product. Good or bad, I'll post my review.

Ultimately, a lot of us can blame the God-awful dumb GM "management" that makes so many of us waste time fixing the ugly gold emblems they slap all over the vehicle and the wood trim look they think is upscale.

 

[LTLux]

I agree, I think $9.99 is worth it by the time you drive and find a shop. I ordered mine last night and they sent me an email saying it was going out in the morning.

I will post pics once I get it and let you know what I think.

 

[metalemt]

Work in progress it's a wheel center cap from a 2010 Camaro I had some sitting around for free just have to remove plastic from the back. This front section is same size and thickness as the stock one.

 

[edgaranah1]

Looks good. And u don't wear a seatbelt either? Haha

 

[StevenFromTexas]

Work in progress it's a wheel center cap from a 2010 Camaro I had some sitting around for free just have to remove plastic from the back. This front section is same size and thickness as the stock one.

Looks nice!

 

[LTLux]

How is it attached?

 

[metalemt]

I used the double sided exterior tape I had left over from putting my rear Bowie back on, I still have to remove some of the plastic from the back so I can have it the flat metal

 

[metalemt]

Looks good. And u don't wear a seatbelt either? Haha

It's a from time to time thing