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06-08-2014, 12:45 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS CGM Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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"Flowtie" for my heritage grill and beer for my horses
The former anyway ... Need not waste beer
Hello camaro5, I have been rocking a heritage grill on my 2010 camaro since 2011. I have enjoyed the stealth look but recently I've gotten tired of it looking so ... plain. I looked into an SS emblem for the grill but couldn't see spending another $150 or so like I did for the trunk emblem. And THEN to complicate matters further GM came out with that trick looking flowtie. Ugh. So I was cleaning out the attic the other day and found my stock grill with my stock bowtie. I thought grill, bowtie ... I've gotta go order a flowtie!!! After finding no such luck on the forums I decided to go with plan B and make one. It fit well anyway, because my natural cheapness outweighs my natural laziness. I figured I could do the project on the cheap ... So I began planning Step 1:  Get bowtie, Step 2:  Get vice, Dremel (from my first GI Joe lunch box), cutting and sanding bits for Dremel, metal file, sandpaper, plastic grade primer paint and clear coat. Also glue (I used gorilla glue) and speed nuts from the parts store. Step 3:  Take a deep breathe and begin cutting. I followed the inner outline of the yellow portion of the bowtie just in case the Dremel jumped and cut the outer chrome portion. This took time and patience (also like a goof I didn't realize the yellow part came out so anyone trying this may just remove this from the get go). I outlined the bowtie area by area and was eventually able to pop the pieces of it out. Make sure to save the rear clips from your trimmings! You will need them!  Step 4:    Sand out the inner portion with a Dremel sanding bit. I also used a sanding bit that was "cone shaped" for the deeper areas. For the corners and flat areas I worked a metal file to maintain the integrity of the points. Step 5:  Sand with a medium grade sandpaper until your bowtie looks brushed. Make sure to get deep into all of the corners do the paint will adhere. Step 6:   Prime and paint. I did about 3-4 coats of each product with 3 coats of clear Step 7:    Taking the original larger clips from the bowtie trimmings, shave any excess plastic off and sand them so that they will adhere to the glue. Glue the clips to the rear upper frame of the bowtie as pictured. Make sure the side with the extra notch on it is facing downward. I used clothes pins to hold them while they dried. Step 8:    Using your speed clips with the flat side on top and clipped side on bottom attach the bowtie to the heritage grill on one of the slots. Mine held very tightly and when I tried to remove moved the whole bumper so it seems very tight. I used 3/8" speed nuts and widened the mouth ever so slightly with needle nosed pliers. Credits to our1stcamaro for the third photo of the rear (different bowtie same idea). Step 9:    Enjoy your DIY "flowtie." This project took me several days as I have work children and no wife (thank god). I really like it and am glad to have taken the risk of chopping up a perfectly good bowtie. I had not seen one done this way so I thought I'd share. And yes I know, a parking lot in Austin did work on my license plate ... That's next to fix ... Peace, Pat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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06-08-2014, 12:52 PM
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Drives: 2017 2SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: WNY
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06-08-2014, 12:58 PM
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 Drives: 2012 Camaro 2ss/rs Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Houston
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Looks nice bro!
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06-08-2014, 01:03 PM
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Drives: 15 JKU, 00 S10, 73 Vette, 12 JK Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: garage
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Nice work.
I hope you had your children involved in the project. It is great to hand down some good ole fashioned ingenuity.
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06-08-2014, 01:44 PM
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Drives: 2014 ZL1m6 red hot #569 Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: florida
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Front emblem comes like that on new z28
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06-08-2014, 01:51 PM
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Good job and it looks great.
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06-08-2014, 02:14 PM
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Drives: 2011 LS Camaro Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Miami
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This inspired me to do this and put it where the rear emblem is!
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06-08-2014, 02:22 PM
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Drives: 13 Ram - 05 Widebody 1050rwhp Vette Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Woodstock, Ga
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06-08-2014, 04:38 PM
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Drives: 2014 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lake Orion, MI
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I had my doubts after looking at the second and third pics, but it turned out very nice.
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06-08-2014, 04:53 PM
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Drives: 2019 Dodge Challenger Scat Pack Join Date: Apr 2014
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06-08-2014, 04:59 PM
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Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue 2SS Join Date: May 2012
Location: North Dakota
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Awesome! Looks great, good job!
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06-08-2014, 05:40 PM
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Drives: 2014 2SS M6 "CHRISTINE" Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Boston Metro North
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Great work! Came out awesome.
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06-08-2014, 05:41 PM
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Drives: '04 Z06, '14BMW M235i, '15 SS/1LE Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: San Diego/Los Angeles
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Some talented people in this forum!
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06-08-2014, 06:27 PM
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Drives: 2011 2SS 6.2L W/RS package Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Colorado
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That's why he called it a DIY FloTie.. 
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