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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:18 am    Post subject: Front Emblem - How does it attach? Reply with quote

I currently have a chrome emblem on my bus and I'm going to change it to a painted one I have. The chrome emblem has threaded studs upon which wing nuts are attached to secured it to the bus. The painted emblem
has studs on the back which are not threaded. My question is, how is the
painted emblem attached to the bus?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you need these little slide on clips, they slide on easybut you have to pry them off, that way your emblem dosent fall off or get stolen, take your emblem to a auto part store and show it to them they will get you what you need
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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They're commonly called "speed nuts".
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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this is what you're looking for. you can find it at any local hardware store too. i would suggest going the hardware store route. if you walk into a auto zone or pep boys asking for a clip to hold on your emblem the clerks there probably would not know what to do because they'll want to look it up in the computer first.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:50 am    Post subject: Re: Front Emblem ? Reply with quote

FishBus67 wrote:
I currently have a chrome emblem on my bus and I'm going to change it to a painted one I have. The chrome emblem has threaded studs upon which wing nuts are attached to secured it to the bus. The painted emblem
has studs on the back which are not threaded. My question is, how is the
painted emblem attached to the bus?


BTW. in case you did not know, the chrome emblem w/ the threaded studs is an aftermarket emblem. the painted one w/ the smooth studs is an original VW emblem.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

im glad someone else nticed the computer thing at autozone kragens, ah according to our computer they didnt make vw's that year lol, fn tards

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

for those bus owners running an aftermarket front emblem, some pieces of fuel line make the perfect seal for the threaded studs.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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im glad someone else nticed the computer thing at autozone kragens, ah according to our computer they didnt make vw's that year lol, fn tards


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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for those bus owners running an aftermarket front emblem, some pieces of fuel line make the perfect seal for the threaded studs.

The original emblems has little rubber washers on the studs. They have these at the hardware store too.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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for those bus owners running an aftermarket front emblem, some pieces of fuel line make the perfect seal for the threaded studs.

The original emblems has little rubber washers on the studs. They have these at the hardware store too.


Little O-rings also work fine.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Front Emblem ? Reply with quote

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FishBus67 wrote:
I currently have a chrome emblem on my bus and I'm going to change it to a painted one I have. The chrome emblem has threaded studs upon which wing nuts are attached to secured it to the bus. The painted emblem
has studs on the back which are not threaded. My question is, how is the
painted emblem attached to the bus?


BTW. in case you did not know, the chrome emblem w/ the threaded studs is an aftermarket emblem. the painted one w/ the smooth studs is an original VW emblem.
Not neccesarily... I threaded the stud posts on my buses' original emblem, and have also done it to a bunch of originals that I've sold.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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for those bus owners running an aftermarket front emblem, some pieces of fuel line make the perfect seal for the threaded studs.

The original emblems has little rubber washers on the studs. They have these at the hardware store too.


My buddy that has a VW shop and worked for VW back in the day when bugs and busses were on the lot for sale new told me they actually used little pieces of fuel line for the studs as seals rather then producing a special seal, so fuel line is the most og thing to use.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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for those bus owners running an aftermarket front emblem, some pieces of fuel line make the perfect seal for the threaded studs.

The original emblems has little rubber washers on the studs. They have these at the hardware store too.


My buddy that has a VW shop and worked for VW back in the day when bugs and busses were on the lot for sale new told me they actually used little pieces of fuel line for the studs as seals rather then producing a special seal, so fuel line is the most og thing to use.

I have some originals and they look like washers to me. I don't see any braiding on the side like fuel line.

They do have a 211 part number in the parts book:
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A lot (all?) of the emblems also had little rectangular pads on the back. Material is similar to grey door seal rubber but thinner.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll have to check with my buddy, maybe I missunderstood him. he may have said they used fuel line to replace the seal, but I don't know why they would have to replace them back then Confused
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could somebody post up a pic or two of what the original seals looked like. I need to put the OG paint one that I just got on my bus and I wanted to get it right the first time before I put those impossibe to remove clips on.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those clips are a PIA to get on the stud.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I usually have someone push the emblem on the outside while I install the clips. They slide right on, although I typically use a pair of pliers so I get some tension on them.

Removal - they twist right off with a pair of pliers. The upper one is a pain to reach.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCZ9-1-1 wrote:
Those clips are a PIA to get on the stud.


The cheesy aftermarket ones are a PIA. The og ones are decent. A tiny bit of grease on the tip helps it start, then a little twist.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks All!! I went to my local ACE hardware and got the speed nuts!
I plan on painting my bus soon, then I will install the painted emblem.
The after market chrome emblem gets rusty pretty quick.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scvw wrote:
Could somebody post up a pic or two of what the original seals looked like. I need to put the OG paint one that I just got on my bus and I wanted to get it right the first time before I put those impossibe to remove clips on.

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12 mm diameter
2 mm thick
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