No, I was just saying it would look better if we did have an SS emblem on the wheel. It would look better on our wheels too to have SS instead of a bowtie. I love the bowtie, but the gold doesn't go with every color of car. they need red black and silver ones.

 

I checked out the malibu ss today and its SS badge in the center of the wheel is bigger than ours by almost a 1/2 inch. Looks like a 1/4 on each side. I didn't have a ruler, I used my finger. It is bigger. My buddy said if one got into an accident it was all mine.

 

i want to pull out an air brush and masking tape and get that biatch a good gun metal color....i am proud to display the bow tie just not when it clashes with my color scheeme.

 

i would mind just peeling off the chevy tie and having just that silver plate there instead

 

hey guys got bored on lunch today so i figure i would put an end to the mystery i pryed mine off with my knife it took a little cause i was being gentle but it pops right off but after i took it off it wont site all they way down again so now i have to figure something out for it but heres a couple pics

 

Glad to see that it doesn't set off the airbag.

Now to use that as a template to make a new one.

 

no but you can see the air bag through the little slots lol im thikin of filling it with bondo and trying to tie it into my dash but im not sure what will happen if my air bag goes off dont wanna get hit by a large peice of bondo it could hurt

 

good job finding that out, so all we need now is for someone to make us a direct replacement for there

 

~or , how bout calling the dealer and asking of the SS steering wheel logo from either the Malibu SS , Monte SS or Impala SS is available for purchase separate from the airbag .

Also , look for any of those cars wrecked with a popped bag . I bet a salvage yard would be happy to make $20 on a blown airbag , seeing as how they are useless and get throw away .

 

i think those are too big

 

Do any of you know what a airbag is? leave it alone or suffer the possible consequenses for your actions, air bags are safety devices and are not to be modified. It would be funny to see a SS tatoo in someones forehead though!
Dennis

 

well that my problem but mine wont be an ss tatoo it will be a hunk of bondo thats a problem to work on come spring i guess

 

Sorry, I can't help with your dilemma, but I am wondering why you want to remove it....I've been a diehard Chevy fan my entire life, and am more than proud to wear a Chevy emblem on my steering wheel. In gold, to boot! Hell, I'd wear one on my ass, too, but that already gets enough attention, thank ya

Chevy. Yeah, baby.

 

dude, looks like you scraped up your steering wheel a bit, that sucks.

glad to know how that thing goes together though!

 

yeah that noting bad really just small indent from the knife get that all fixed some spring

 

I bet the reason that it won't go back on the same is that those metal pieces were bent to hold the symbol on. It might be the best idea to unhook the battery and remove the steering wheel. The airbag should come off with the steering wheel and be easily and safely removed from there....making it easy to replace the piece.

Given this seems like a little much to modify the emblem it might be the only way to replace it and maintain a stock look without taking the risk of painting it inside the car..

 

yeah i wasnt sure if i would be able to take that front peice off or not dont wanna mess around the air bag too much hopefully ill never need it but ya never know

 

I was gone for a few days and had some catching up to do... the pics of you taking off the emblem your interior is red? Are you in the gallery? i'd love to see more of that... duh, i can just go look.

 

yeah i did that a while ago i think i put up pics somewhere but every one just flamed me for it but heres a pic

 

Hey man, its your ride, make it unique. i like it. personally, i would have left in the factory head unit... the silver would have looked good surrounded by red. just my opinion. nice ride though.

 

i agree.....it would have been cool to leave the stuff around the radio/ac controlls silver and paint the trim around it read.....but it looks nice the way it is too

 

well the stock hu had to go in favor of my stereo but i had the control silver for a while when trying to figure out how to paint them and keep the lights it didnt look right to me but now i dont have any of the lights for the ac controls except the 3 above the buttons for ac, defrost,and the other one

 

Oh, i see. well i imagine your head unit is better than stock anyway, so its worth it. looks good.

 

Here my fix for the goldness . I took aluminum repair tape and just covered the god portions . I left the polished perimeter of the bowtie uncovered . Then , since the alumium repair tape is real aluminum , I lightly sanded with 800 grit alum. oxide paper so it looks like brushed aluminum . Its a nice contrast between the silver background , the polished bowtie perimeter , with a brushed center .

Cost $3.99 and LOTS of patience and a steady hand with a exacto knife . I just layed the tape over the entire logo and outlined the bowtie with a exacto blade and peeled the excess off .

 

looks alot nicer, too bad chevy didnt make it come that way