Yeah, I permanently damaged my stock bowtie. Instead of waiting for one of our vendors to finally create some (which I probably won't like anyway) I decided to replace it myself.

And here's the result:

 

what is that from ?

 

is that from a OPEL? I kinda like it... is it plastic? any embossing? flat or domed?

 

an opel

 

Yeah, thats OPEL. I remember the "vendor" that made us all steering wheel badges, we pasid him, and he ripped us all off. So, you did the smart thing...and it doesn't look bad.

 

It's an Opel badge. It's metal, embossed. Actually pretty good quality -- got it on eBay and retrofitted it.

 

looks good. Have you see the malibu ss steering wheels? Instead of the botie it is the ss.

 

or the HHR has a black with bowtie, i bet the HHR SS will have a direct replacment that will work for us

 

what did you need to do to retro fit and what was the cost of the center cap badge?

I have not seen those... can we put them on our balts?

 

does the cap come off when the Air Bag goes off? might be a projectile.....Just a thought. Looks good though.

 

How does the stock cap come off?

 

Yea, or just do a custom one.

 

Yeah, probably... It'll end up stabbing me right in the forehead or something.

 

Hey so how did you ruin the factory one ?

 

Yeah your a dead man if your airbags go off but hey it looks good.

 

hey, on that note where does the existing plastic badge/center cap go now if the airbag was to deploy?
very interesting....
has anybody on here had a bag deploy and where did the plastic badge/center cap go????

 

i think the whole steering wheel cover folds up to expose the airbag... i do not think the wheel splits in half or anything. so, what sticker you have on the wheel makes no difference at all.

 

ahhhh.... so we could in theory... put anything on the wheel badge area with out fear of facial reconstruction

 

no offense

 

I smashed my cell phone into it after a heated debate.

 

i dont know... maybe it will hit you

sorta looks like it opens from the center with the badge on one side que no?

 

Anyone know how to get the stock one off?

 

I manage a collision center and can tell you that putting a cap on the steering wheel is not going to hurt you. When the air bag deploys it rips through the steering wheel. The black viny/leather cover the airbag just get split open and pushed to the side. Your body will not actually come into contact with the steering wheel/airbag cover.