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dumb tonneau cover ? of the day... #2080729
05/26/16 03:10 PM
05/26/16 03:10 PM
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I just bought an American Tonneau Tri-Fold cover for my 14 Ram. Installation was a piece of cake. The cover looks decent except for one thing...the "logo". The logo is a piece of colored rubber(red/white/blue) that is glued and sewn onto the back lip of the tonneau. If it was just glued, I would remove it. But since it's sewn on, it looks like it's there to stay.

My Ram is a black edition so everything is blacked out. The tonneau logo sticks out like a sore thumb. So, any ideas on how I could possibly dye the rubber? Color it with a black Sharpie? laugh2 I know this is a very minor complaint but I've always hated the look of company logos on aftermarket products. shruggy

Re: dumb tonneau cover ? of the day... [Re: burdar] #2080817
05/26/16 06:16 PM
05/26/16 06:16 PM
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Do you think you might be able to sand the colors off the tag and it be black under them? If not then I would hit it with some black model car paint.

Re: dumb tonneau cover ? of the day... [Re: burdar] #2080823
05/26/16 06:23 PM
05/26/16 06:23 PM
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I'll have to look closer at the material but I think it's molded in color.

I had another idea that might work better then coloring the logo. Last year I made a trophy out of 5.7 Hemi engine parts. I had a trophy shop make me an etched aluminum label for the base. It only cost $5. I could have them make me something similar. Grind the rubber logo flat and affix the aluminum plate over the top. I could have the etching say "Black Edition". That might look nice. I might even be able to completely remove the logo and "hide" the wonky stitching with the plate.








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