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Rear hatch arrowhead

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I just noticed the other day...mine is A LIGHT PALE PINK
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mine too..and my brother in law's 04. it's almost a salmon color. I hate it. The one on the front is fine, though, just the rears get sunfaded I guess. I'm going to buy one of those purple reflective overlays one of these days
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that's exactly how mine was till i slapped a nice reflective black overlay from grafxwerks over it
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Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »that's exactly how mine was till i slapped a nice reflective black overlay from grafxwerks over it Same here except mine is red reflective and its still red.The rear arrowheads turn pink on the older aztecks as well.Every Vibe I see 03-08 has a Pink Arrow head unless they modded it.
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You are not alone! Seems they all do that, mine did too.
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I removed mine.
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Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover »I just noticed the other day...mine is A LIGHT PALE PINK Same thing happens. It fades in the sun. I got some GrafxWerks overlays with the reflective stuff in them for the arrowhead, badges, brake light, and Pontiac inlays.http://www.grafxwerks.com/prod...VIBA2
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Mine went pink too. It has since been removed.
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Post by June »

Same Here. I ended up debadging the rear about a month ago mainly because of this. I like the cleaner look.
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For those who have kept their arrow badges on and used overlays, Ryan has an excellent product and stands behind his work. I do wish V was still around because I was hoping she was going to contact Ryan to do some overlays on her 09 Black GT.
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OOOOH...I love your blog! I'll be leaving a comment soon!! (I'm Frugal and on B too) But for now, I've Xmas prezzies to shop for on SALE!
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Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover »OOOOH...I love your blog! I'll be leaving a comment soon!! (I'm Frugal and on B too) But for now, I've Xmas prezzies to shop for on SALE! Thanks. The wife really puts alot of time into it and enjoys doing it. It's her little passion right now.
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You're lucky to have such a thrifty organized wife! She's on it! I left a comment and put it on my Bloglist.I see sale prices she listed I WISH were our sale prices LOL. (It's the shipping...makes almost every item in Safeway $4.59!)So what I do is cut coupons, wait 'til something goes on sale and take the coupon for that item...DOUBLE THRIFTY SCORE!!! LOL
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I took the cheap way out and made my own overlay with some auto reflective tape. Looks close to the original.
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I don't mind the pink. It puts me in touch with my feminine side.
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Nice job cutting the reflective tape Viva. How did u get it so close?
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Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »I don't mind the pink. It puts me in touch with my feminine side. So that was your deep voice I heard coming from the size 12 high heels clearance rack at Macy's over the weekend?
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OUCH!
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Quote, originally posted by vibolista »Nice job cutting the reflective tape Viva. How did u get it so close?A very sharp blade in an Xacto knife. It's a pointed blade attached to a handle so you can use it like a pencil. The emblem has a raised border and star, so it was fairly easy to cover it with tape and then follow the ridge.
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I've been wanting to do the reflective Pontiac on the back. It's pretty expensive though and I've heard it is tricky to get each letter in straight. Do you have any tricks to get it right?
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While I'm sure the sun does do damage to the emblem. The front end see's the same amount of sunlight. The Late model GTO's have the same problem except it's the nose emblem that pink's out.We've discussed this indepth and have come to the conclussion that it's not the sun. We believe it's due to the ink (dye) that is used in the Mfg of the emblems, this is why some emblems turn pink and others do not. The simplest solution is to look around at other Pontiac models for an emblem that doesn't fade and is about the same size. Then go to your local dealership pretend like your going to order it to find out the part number for that emblem and faint over the price they want for it. Tell them you'll be back, then go home get online and order it from a discount store for half the price. You save money while getting an emblem that won't fade...
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Quote, originally posted by HawaiiPontiacLover »So that was your deep voice I heard coming from the size 12 high heels clearance rack at Macy's over the weekend? I'm sad because it's too cold for open toes.
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Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »I'm sad because it's too cold for open toes. So get yourself some sexy high heel boots!
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