Keyser_Soze

OK got the star off...the Flat badge design is a piece of crap!? basically the two plastic thingies are holding the star onto the assembly ?! correct but then if i tighten it from the back the white plastic thingy comes off?????

so i was thinking of crazy gluein te star to teh white plastic thingy ?!

or am i just doing it all wrong?

Please help

s4iscool

I think I know what you mean...you will need to align it so that when you twist the apater from the bottom, it will push up on the white plastic thingies. does that make sense at all?

Keyser_Soze

I thought about that but the white plastic thingies are aligned straight up with the star and the large grove on the hood so if I aligned the adapter with the plastic white thingies the hole thing would just come out..right now i have the adapter at like 90 degrees so ....?!

by the way the adapter goes in facing up correct so the U shape is toward the hood of the car?

s4iscool

I cant remember 100% without looking at it...but when you twist the adapter, it wont cover the white things perfectly. I thought it was a crappy setup as well, but mine has held up. The u shape does face up like you said...as it twists, it puts friction between the hood and the adapters flat head...

MB-BOB

The "white plastic thingies" are nothing more than grommets that attach the plastic badge to the adapter. They squeeze the plastic prongs on the badge into the hole in the metal adapter, and are plastic to give enough pliability to squeeze the plastic prongs without breaking them. There is no need to superglue the badge to the adapter... It won't come off.

On mine, I pushed the plastic grommets into the metal adapter first (all the way in). Then, I installed the metal adapter into the hood next, tightening the bolt from underneath to 1/8 turn beyond finger tight . Next, (from the top side) push the plastic badge into the adapter/grommets, until the badge lays flat against the hood. This established the correct heights for everything without putting stress on the plastic prongs. Finally, loosen the metal adapter from under the hood and rotate the whole assembly so it lines up to your satisfation, then retighten it.

Hope that makes more sense.

session

All this for a hood ornament.

Keyser_Soze

Word,
Thanks everyone for the replies.

I think I'll try what MB Bob suggested, I guess i have to push hard for the white thingies (groummets) to go in all they way in the holes

Guest0001

I bought the Flat Hood badge but I returned it. what a POS it was! They are charging $40 for it too!