Inspired by what I saw on the "recent purchases" thread, I decided to follow the lead of another member and add an O to my Jawbone BT headset.

Originally, I had wanted to pop out an icon from a pair of crosshair glasses, but I found the icon to be too small. I took a look at some of the golf Polo's, specifically the "Tactical polo" and found the icon to be a bit smaller than the jawbone.

I removed the icon by prying off the rivets on the back of the icon and pulling it off the shirt. The icon is attached via two "rivets" and a backing plate. The rivets are attached to the icon itself and poke two sizeable holes into the shirt. The shirt is not wearable after you remove the icon.

I used a razorblade to cut off the "posts" and sanded the back surface with 220 grit sandpaper. Then I bent the icon, which is metal into a similar curvature as the jawbone. Since it's not designed to be displayed curved, there was some minor creasing in the thin part of the O.

I then affixed it to the jawbone with Lock-Tite's two stage Super Glue for plastic.



After I did this, I used some sandpaper to remove the excess superglue. Unfortunatley, in the process, I scratchd up the icon. So I finished sanding it. The original finish was a black chrome, but dull chrome/bronze finish. The new sanded finish was a bit more shiny.

Tonight, I finished polishing it, first with TC6, then with Jewler's Rouge. Shined it right up.

Now it's bold and quite unmistakably "O".



BUT, i got the residue all over the jawbone. I'm still trying to clean it off. LEsson learned, polish first, then affix.

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Nice project. Looks good in the end.

use contact cement next time..No hazing residue like superglue leaves..cool though. does it hinder the sound of the jawbone?

I really didn't have hazing that i could see. I just had a bunch of crud that i wanted to get rid of. Thanks for the compliments. That being said, what kind of contact cement? This was stuff specific to plastic.



There s no impact on the sound quality. the "switch" is on the otherside of the jawbone. The microphone hole is on the tip.

I will probably get Avery ear pieces to make me a custom earpiece that will incease sound quality and let me get rid of the metal ear loop.

I like Barge Contact Cement. Most hardware stores have it or ebay. The stuff is tough when it cures, but has a bit of elasticity to it, so it flexes enough to not have a problem.

Cool prject, its fun to personalize regular items and turn them into Oakley ones. I like the new finish, good job, hope the sticker stay on it (as it should)

Thanks,eric. Only issue I have now is i think I broke it. The whole speaker housing justpops off really easy now when I put it on. might definitely have to go with the avery custom ear piece so i'm not wrenching it around..

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