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jpmcnam58 Jun 13, 2009 06:50 PM

New SS spoiler, painted beauty bar and wiper removal
 
I finally got my new SS spoiler, painted beauty bar and blue bowtie (wiper hole cover) installed.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the 1" hole left behind after removing the rear wiper. I didn't want to permanently fill so I decided to cover it. I had seen a relatively small blue and chrome bowtie (I'm partial to the ol' school blue bowties) on the trunk of a Geo Prizm a couple of weeks ago and figured I'd order one to see if it would cover the hole. It did... perfectly. Here are couple of pics...

https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/fil...07094small.jpg


https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/fil...07098small.jpg

https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/fil...07097small.jpg

I'll take some more pics out in the sun....that is if we ever see it again here in the Hudson Valley!

Rainman Jun 13, 2009 08:51 PM

My only question, you went to such pain staking work to clean up and debadge the HHR why did you then add a bowtie? I love what you've done except for the bowtie, anyway thats only my opinion

ballplr Jun 13, 2009 09:05 PM

Looks good. I like the bowtie myself. Great job

HHorange Jun 13, 2009 09:22 PM

I like the old school bow tie........

DLVRNIT Jun 13, 2009 10:00 PM

Kind of have to agree with Rainman on this one :confused:! Such a "Quality" and time consuming task to remove the Bow-Tie only to attach another some 6" away :roll:! Might have used a color matched plug :cool:!

Nice Work Though :thumb:,

jpmcnam58 Jun 13, 2009 10:22 PM

It's funny that you guys mentioned that as the same thought had run through my mind after I decided to add the bowtie. The bowtie on the beauty bar was a little large in my opinion and after seeing other HHR's that had it removed I decided to remove it. I did want to have some Chevy reference on the tailgate and I figured this one was about 1/3 the size of the original and could be removed much easier when I get tired of it. It's attached with 3M take. I may leave it or switch to a color matched plug at some point. I tend to get tired of stuff pretty quickly so I guess we'll see.... Thanks for the input guys!

SindyDix Jun 13, 2009 10:57 PM

You're looking good!
I too removed the Bowtie from the beauty bar. I have removed the wiper arm since this picture was taken.
I wonder how many folks have done this bowtie removal too?

https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/fil...8/IMG_0281.JPG

87silver Jun 13, 2009 11:18 PM

Is the bowtie molded into the beauty bar, or is it stuck on. I think that the use of the traditional blue bowtie to cover the wiper arm hole is a great innovation. Great idea!

BigMOCats Jun 14, 2009 04:18 PM


Originally Posted by SindyDix (Post 389827)
You're looking good!
I too removed the Bowtie from the beauty bar. I have removed the wiper arm since this picture was taken.
I wonder how many folks have done this bowtie removal too?

I wonder how many idiots did it to the front?
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/44...425x425Q85.jpg

Here's the back-
http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/41...425x425Q85.jpg


BTW - that plug should get filled this week, there will be black paint in the gun!

BigMOCats Jun 14, 2009 04:22 PM


Originally Posted by 87silver (Post 389833)
Is the bowtie molded into the beauty bar, or is it stuck on.

Both!
http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/41...425x425Q85.jpg


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