The front bowtie emblem is really weirdly made : it is a golden sheet clamped between 2 pieces of plastic. The front one is clear and the rear one is grey.
You have to clip it into the original grille.
easy to say.
My BowTie Emblem did fade over the years.
Since I'm a show-oof when I drive this little B'stard, I needed a new one.
the idear is to push the clips toward the inside to release the BTE from the grille.
I removed the upper plastic part that is between the grill and the metal frame:
It's hold tight with F... pushpins. I pop 'em out with the screwdriver blade of my Swiss Army Knife:
One PP:
Part removed :
THen I realized its almost impossible to reach them without removing the grill:
I did not want to remove the grille so I tried another way :
First step : removing the clear part:
As you can see there's three adhesive pads behind it. If the pad goes loose and the moiture gets in, it's over the golden sheet will be ruined.
Then by introducing a blade inside the plastic hole i was able to remmove the grey part.
The old and the new:
JUst push-in the new one put the plastic cover back and enjoy.
