For those of you with billet front emblems

[snowjay]

What brand did you go with and where did you buy it?

I bought a black billet emblem off eBay (AMI brand) and it looks good but I really don't like how it fits to the grille. First one of the screw holes was slightly off so I had to use some JB Weld to fill and then redrill a new a hole. Now it centers on the grille but it doesn't sit flush to it, there is a gap at the center if you look straight down from the top. I ended up putting some dual lock in the center where the factory adhesive was to make a solid connection in the center.

I guess my other option is just to color match the factory emblem but I liked how the billet was smaller and showed off more chrome.

Here is what it looks like with the black now.

 

[KMeloney]

I have a couple pieces from Empire Motorsports (that I haven't put on the truck yet). The quality looks good, but they're still in the package, and I can't be sure how well they fit yet. I need to unpackage them and see how they look. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[Fast55]

I rattle canned the stock front emblem with some really old gloss black I had laying around and it looks pretty good except in bright sun. Then it looks almost grey compared to the factory black paint. I just bought some GM black in a spray can to shoot it again. I still haven't figured out how to get the rear bowtie off without destroying it or the chrome surround. Post more pics of the billet/black pieces, sometimes that's better than the time it takes to paint the factory emblems.

 

[Conor]

I also removed and painted the OEM front bowtie and it looks perfect in my opinion. You can buy the color matched black spray paint from any good auto parts store

 

[snowjay]

I'll try and get another photo or two showing the gap, but here is a closer photo taken on the same day as the first.

I really like the look of the smaller bow tie with the chrome around it. If I can find a better fitting billet piece I'd get that and just color match it. I usually get all my touch up paint from paintscratch.com. Much better color match than you'll get at auto parts stores.

For the record, I know it doesn't look it in some of the photos but my Tahoe is dark blue.