Hello everybody! I have loose letters on the hood and trunk of my '66 Newport. Each letter has a pin and a post. The post has small thread cutting nuts which are stripped. I bought new thread cutting nuts but the post are a mess and the new ones don't hold the letters tightly to the car. Will 2 sided carpet tape work? Any suggestions?
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Take one of your letters to NAPA and see if they have a smaller size nut. NAPA also has square black sheet metal fasteners that are slightly bent to act like a spring that push on to the posts. I have had success with these fasteners. Tape won't work. Another option is to use a liberal amount of adhesive over the pins to form a mound of adhesive over the pins. Good luck.
No carpet tape as I don't think that will have the holding power or withstand getting wet.
If you want to use something like that, I recommend 3M emblem tape. That's what is used on new cars. Wipe the area and the emblem down with alcohol first and I would cover the back of the emblem and cut it with an X-Acto Knife.
https://www.amazon.com/Super-Streng...1736609906&sprefix=emblem+tape,aps,261&sr=8-6
The push-on spring clip might be the best option, but would need enough side area to allow it to be rotated for letter removal.
The genuine molding tape would need to be on all letters due to its thickness, for the best look.
CBODY67
The genuine molding tape would need to be on all letters due to its thickness, for the best look.
CBODY67
MoparMike
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I have found these to work very well for this exact issue. You can get them from R/T Specialties
I have used JBweld to rebuild posts that were stripped so I could use the factory clips.
The tape is a mess.
The tape is a mess.
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I would use clips or smaller nuts. I think the 3m tape would be a nightmare to work with, but it would stick.
That style of emblem retention was used by the later 1960s, but are not too easy to remove the emblems without breaking the studs anyway. Usually used where rear access was not available, like on sail panels and such. Less labor on the assy line, too.
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livininharrow
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the nuts are soft steel. tap the top and make the inside opening a snatch hair smaller.
I took your advice and went to NAPA today and bought the push on emblem nuts like MoparMike has pictured and 3M trim tape. I did the first 5 letters on the front hood. I did start with just the loose ones but the tape does make the letters stand a bit more. So I'm doing them all. No more worry about them rattling off!
The biggest pain with the tape is cutting the tape around the letters with an xacto knife without slicing my fingers. That's why I only have 5 done.
After taking the original nuts off the studs are chewed up pretty good. I took a small file and smoothed out the rough edges. Bought 1/8" push on nuts.
I tried that but I didn't have good results.
darth_linux
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I had a couple of loose letters on my ‘66. Retaining nuts gone and the posts were pretty thin so I used a dab of E6000 on the letter and put it back. 24 hours to cure and it ain’t coming apart unless I really need it to. Isopropyl alcohol will remove it if necessary.
Build up the studs and no glue or adhesive is needed.
Works great, just takes a little patience.
Works great, just takes a little patience.
D Cluley
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I used very short pieces of very small rubber tubing (probably vacuum line?) to replace some nuts that wouldn't tighten down.
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