installing C pillar emblems

[1990LTD]

I'm putting new C pillar emblems on the mothership, but I don't know what exactly adheres them to the vehicle - The only ones I've ever removed have been from cars that were junked so I didn't take too much care to observe.


Maybe a tiny dab of silicone spread around the base of the pegs? I dunno, I really don't want to fuck up my vinyl or emblems while doing this.

[87gtVIC]

They were retained by annoying thin metal washer type things that are pressed on the peg and don't back off. I removed the from my car from the inside of the car and it was a bitch. I don't have any other suggestion other than installing them with the correct hardware. You can probably carefully thread the pegs and install a nut over them from the inside. I always wanted to install a pair on my door panels...I forgot about it though...so that project will have to wait.

[1990LTD]

ah so you need to get at it from the inside. I have only ever pried them off with a knife or flathead screwdriver

[87gtVIC]

Well if you still have all of the pegs on it, your method is okay. All you would then have to do is pic up the fasteners that fell down in the pits of the quarter panel to secure it. I had a hell of a time removing them from the inside. The fasteners were tight up against the body and there was little room for my angled screw driver to pry the fastener off.

[1990LTD]

yup 2 of the 3 pegs are there. cut off the middle one and ground down the bump that was left.

so if I pry it off, the fasteners will just fall down inside the quarter panel?

[87gtVIC]

Yeah. They are very thin pieces of metal, that may just vanish because they find their way into a crevice and hide.

[1990LTD]

dislike. I wonder if I can get by without them somehow.

[sly]

airplane glue. wear gloves. be very miserly with it. It'll never come off... even if you try to pry it off.

[1990LTD]

I have some JB Kwik and Permatex silicone laying around. I'll have to get some airplane glue now

[gadget73]

If they're the retainers I think you're talking about, they have a shoulder so they should not fall down inside the body when you remove the emblem. The emblem should just pry out, and the replacement pushes into the retainer. I believe they're called barrel clips.

[1990LTD]

Good to know! I'll switch 'em tomorrow after I polish the crap out of them with the dremel.

Worst case ontario, I use airplane glue.

[87gtVIC]

That would be nice if yours had barrel clips. I had barrel clips for the trim below the emblems but not for the emblems. lol Silly Ford changing everything up.

[gadget73]

oh, you're speaking of a different sort of clip. Thats odd. Can you get to the back side of that emblem if you remove the sail panels from inside the car ?

Keep in mind I've never looked into this on a Ford, so its mostly speculation and guesswork based on what I know about the Towncar.

[87gtVIC]

I feel the same way about a Town Car.

Yeah on my car the c pillar emblems were secured by annoying thin metal washer type bits that just pushed over the peg from the inside of the vehicle behind the interior sail panels. You can just reach them. They are in an awkward position. They were meant to never come off as they had a sharp edge that prohibited the clip itself from backing off. I will get a picture of it as I have a few outside on my old c pillar emblems.


The one on my trunk actually used something similar to a what you are calling barrel clips.

[1990LTD]

oh, you're speaking of a different sort of clip. Thats odd. Can you get to the back side of that emblem if you remove the sail panels from inside the car ?

Keep in mind I've never looked into this on a Ford, so its mostly speculation and guesswork based on what I know about the Towncar.

No idea how to get the C pillar panel off from the inside haha, I'll give that a try though