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Old Nov 13, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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My bB badge won't fit. it'll go in the holes, but it won't snap into place. I'm considering grinding down the edges where it sits on the grille to make it sit lower. a word of advice: don't buy from "perforamce-R" on ebay, I paid $8.50 for shipping and he sent it in an envelope with 2 34 cents stamps, not to mention it was the crappiest packaging I have ever seen. can anyone help me on getting it to fit?
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what do you expect for $8.50?? Try drop kicking it
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 07:10 PM
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post a picture of the side and back. i know on mine i had to give it a good push, it fit in but didnt snap until i pushed it in harder.

did it come in a toyota bubble wrap package?
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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no, it didn't come in a toyota wrap package. it came in a bubble wrap, but it didn't say anything. I'll get a pic later tonight. I have an '05 xB, could this be the problem?? maybe it was meant for 04's?
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no, it didn't come in a toyota wrap package. it came in a bubble wrap, but it didn't say anything. I'll get a pic later tonight. I have an '05 xB, could this be the problem?? maybe it was meant for 04's?
i have an 05, nothings changed.

mine had a toyota part number sticker on the bubblewrap.

have you compared it to the scion emblem? is anything majorly different on the clips?
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 08:12 PM
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I have compared it. the part on the clips where it locks in are much smaller, and there were these strange tabs which were preventing it from going on, but I ground those off, and it helped a little. I might just doube sided tape it, I absolutely hate the big scion logo on the front.
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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i got my bB emblems from neneago .. they came in toyota bubblewrap with the OEM part numbers on em

sounds like you got fakies ... mine went right on
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FARK!!! Mines in the mail from performance-R... Crap.

Where'd you get yours from Toaster?
Old Nov 13, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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go look at his feedback, that most recent negative is from me.
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Don't worry if mine don't fit, I'l be sure to add one. I'm ____ed allready. If mine does the same thing, I will add a warning to my sig... And get my personal checks made out with warnings, and get letters printed out for my rear window, and...
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I can't believe I got raped out of about $20 and a week of my time for a fake emblem.
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neneago is the man to go to .. i got both the front and rear emblem for 44 shipped.. toyota OEM parts .. perfect fit

sorry to see you guys got shafted... pm neneago .. he is still selling the bB emblems
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update: I double sided taped it, I used decent tape, and it looks clean, and holds, but I'm not sure how it'll hold up when I wash it. If it won't hold, I'm going to order the REAL one from that guy on here...
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I sent an e-mail to performance-r. If it doesn't fit the oem grill out of the box, as far as I'm concerned that's a defect. I will want my $ back. Should be here by tuesday.
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not a bad idea, maybe I'll send mine back. my friend and I are gonna use a heat gun and bend the tabs, and see if that'll fix it, otherwise he'll get some molding adhesive tape (he works at a honda dealership) and we'll mount it on there. it looks just like the real thing. is the real one really thin plastic?
Old Nov 14, 2004 | 04:31 AM
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I highly doubt that there's some guy on ebay making a bunch of fake bB emblems. It's not like there's a huge market for them.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 02:41 AM
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well I don't know what to tell you other than mine doesn't fit, and didn't come in a toyota bag. My friend has an integra and is big into spoon racing stuff, and people sell fake spoon stuff, so I think that it is possible there are fake emblems too.
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I don't think they are fake, they would have to make a mold and to sell it for $8 wouldn't justify that. and yes they real ones are thin plastic. maybe you just have emblem placing problems
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 02:55 AM
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what do you suggest I do about it?
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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I don't know why it doesn't fit, so I can answer you, I would just get a new one. and don't forget to leave bad feed back for the guy



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