SAAB logo on hood

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo

Typical GM Saab logo problem?. Same thing happened to the boot logo of my '95 900SE.

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MH
'72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96
'91 900i
'95 900SE

Mine did the same thing.

I think you replace the entire emblem.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BRAND...70440095QQrdZ1

Greg

"MH" <no (AT) no (DOT) no> wrote

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo

Typical GM Saab logo problem?. Same thing happened to the boot logo of my
'95 900SE.

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MH
'72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96
'91 900i
'95 900SE

DrNate wrote:

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new

supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997
and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into
pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this
"problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want
the logo to be seen then why should you care?

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th

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

Swedish Motors, Marietta, US, sell adhesive replacements that look

very good on my 9000 Aero.
www.swedishmotors.com

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Richard Sutherland-Smith
19 Webb Road, Wanganui 4500, NZ

DrNate wrote:

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced?

Yes.

Help appreciated.

What damn country are you in ?

Graham

in article 3ZTph.28973$E02.11755 (AT) newsb (DOT) telia.net, th at someguy (AT) somewhere (DOT) se
wrote on 12/01/2007 22:29:

DrNate wrote:
The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new
supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997
and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into
pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this
"problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want
the logo to be seen then why should you care?

My old 1988 C900 had this problem ... Fortunately, it was a silver car and
it looked really good IMO

The badges are still available with the full SAAB/Scania logotype with
Griffin if needed, or just the SAAB and Griffin logo. Carefully pop off the
old badge by cushioning a long flat screwdriver on the bonnet and levering
it off. It might be stuck on with a little double-sided pad. Once off, clean
the area, apply a double-sided pad to the back of the new badge and press
on, locating the two pins into the holes (self-explanatory, really).

Voila! New car

Paul

1989 900 Turbo S
http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

th wrote:

DrNate wrote:

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new
supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997
and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into
pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this
"problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want
the logo to be seen then why should you care?

Because it looks like crap, that's why. Here's the cheap fix:

http://www.swedishmotors.com/parts/emblem/index.htm


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-Fred W

th wrote:

DrNate wrote:

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.

The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new
supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997
and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into
pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this
"problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want
the logo to be seen then why should you care?

Because it looks like crap, that's why. Here's the cheap fix:

http://www.swedishmotors.com/parts/emblem/index.htm


--
-Fred W

Paul Halliday wrote:

in article 3ZTph.28973$E02.11755 (AT) newsb (DOT) telia.net, th at someguy (AT) somewhere (DOT) se
wrote on 12/01/2007 22:29:


DrNate wrote:

The SAAB logo on the hood of my car suddenly vanished. I can still see
a round metal piece with an imprint of the logo - but it look like
plain steel. Is that a sticker of some sort that could have been ripped
off by someone? Or is that a metal piece that is glued to the hood?
Anyone had similar issues? My suspicion is that it fell off when the
car was washed. Can it be replaced? Help appreciated.


The logo problem appeared sometimes during the 90-ies AFAIK when a new
supplier for the logo was chosen (low cost GM approach?). On my MY1997
and 2000 all four logos are already gone, the surface just crack into
pieces and disappear and most 6-10 year old Saabs that you see have this
"problem". Don't bother to do anything about it, if Saab doesn't want
the logo to be seen then why should you care?


My old 1988 C900 had this problem ... Fortunately, it was a silver car and
it looked really good IMO

Gosh, the GM bean-counters were screwing up the logos back in 1988?
Amazing what forethought they had.

It amazes me how every little niggling issue with any SAAB is blamed on
the GM influence...


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-Fred W