Dont buy this
 

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DO not buy this from any vendor or ebay or anyone else. this thing looks like crap in real life, specially under the sun. It looks like someone went around stealing side markers of 370z and sticking it to a piece of a carbon fiber that's been melted on to a plastic cup for shape.

on the other hand. i need something to go on the car instead of the nissan emblem because i took mine off (both of them ) and i was thinking of replacing them with this but when i saw it in real life i was like :shakes head:

is there a black nissan emblem that can go instead of this one because when i took mine off and i sanded it the end result was terrible.

there is this for the 350z but will it fit on the 370z? But then again i dont really want something from a 350 to go on the 370. is this one better looking then the one above?
eBay Motors: 2003-2008 JDM NISSAN 350Z BLACK Z LOGO EMBLEMS PAIR (item 250400152943 end time Apr-11-09 18:36:40 PDT)

:tup: Great info! Rep point.

thnx:tup: i drove for 1:30 to the location to that crap and i was so disappointed that i didnt want anyone else to go through the same thing. its so cheaply made. they just took the side marker and glued it to a piece of carbon fiber.

thanks for the heads up. i was thinking about these because i wanted to get the carbon fiber pillars and mirror covers.

so is there anything like this that i can use?

how does the one for the 350z fit on the 350z? because i rather get that one then the regular nissan one. im not a fan of shiny chrome looking things on my car.

You must have went to the same shop I did :icon18:, yes they looked really bad, I had cash in my pocket and ready to buy. Yep, just a side marker glued onto a piece of poorly molded carbon fiber. I posted in the other thread that SoCal started.

Welp, since the emblems are already off, you could take some mfine grit to them and spray a few coats of primer, a bunch of coats of black paint and then top that off with some flat, matte, or shiny clear coat, depending on your preference.

i went to this one. Great guys and the service was good too but the emblem is just crap so i ended up with the black license plate holder with the 370z on it.

Motorsport Auto
1139 W. Collins Ave.
Orange, Ca. 92867

i would have to sand off the chrome right?

Since it is plastic that is chrome plated try this: Cola as Chrome Remover

I would scuff it up with a fine grit paper. I highly doubt it is a metal emblem that is literally chrome plated. I am fairly confident that it is plastic with a silver layer. I don't think i needs to be sanded, it just needs a rough surface to adhere. Do very light layers and take your time. You can wet sand in between sprays to get a really smooth nice look. Once you get a few layers of clear on there it should turn out nice and not chip easily.

You're correct it is not metal; it is plastic with a chrome plating.

wow i would never think of that lol thnx for letting me know. i will try this and let you guys know what happens. ill post up pictures of the final result:tup:

I too am anxious to see whether this works on our emblems. A custom plater can remove the chrome, but it will cost you.

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

all for about 12 dollars and a couple hours.

i tired that and the end results were terrible lol i used sand paper and the chrome doesnt come off. you need to spend about 2 hours with the sandpaper to get it all off. i think if i use coca cola and then after few days sand off the remains it will look perfect.

ill do it as soon as i get home so tomorrow or the next day ill post up the pics of the end results.

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material. :twocents:

ok so i just got home after a long day. i dropped by 7/11 and picked up a 20oz coke bottle came home and did this. ill wait until tomorrow and post up a picture of what happen to the emblem after being in coke.


The Emblem before
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The emblem in a plastic cup wrapped with bunch of plastic so that air doesnt get out
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you broke it?

yeah it wouldnt fit in the cup.

ok so after 10 hours of sitting in coke i can say that nothing happen to it at all so dont even waste your time

Well, that sucks. When I first saw your pictures I thought the Coke has eaten your emblem!

Have you seen these emblems?

no lol i tried to sand it and thats why some of the bottom part doesnt have the chrome but the whole nissan part does and when i took it out today the coke did nothing to it.

and for the emblems i have seen some but not all, i guess i havent looked hard enough. is it a trust worthy site? and by the way i would not recommend any of them because it says that the it doesn't fit in the back. so i think im just gonna get the stock ones from the dealer and paint them

Wasn't 370Zsource pushing these?

yeah thats where i went. well i got the address from there.

The rear emblem is smaller than the front emblem, and who knows, maybe the emblems on the 370Z are a bit different in angles from following the body contours. Only time will tell. I was going to go for a different front emblem, and I would have sent you our front emblem for free, but my wife likes the Nissan emblem.

its ok bro thnx anyways. im gonna get off work in a little bit and ill drop by the nissan dealership and pick up the emblems. and then ill go to autozone get some engine paint and paint the emblems

so, if I debadge the car and take off the front and rear emblems, will there be holes in the bumper/trunk lid? or are these flat backed without locating pegs?

No Pegs, but there is a 1/4" depression in the bumper that the emblem sits in.......Classic de-badging is out because of this...You'd need to plastic weld in a filler piece, Finish with a plastic bondo and paint.

Ok, I'm gonna ask a silly question and I'm good at asking silly ones....but why would anyone want to "de-badge" their car? :confused:

Armensti actually painted his emblems to match his Z and they turned out very well as I saw them when MiniCobra1 had our first meet.

I'm going to do mine in flat black. My doorhandles won't be far behind.

Somehow this doesn't surprise me. ;)

Thanks Steve,
Maybe I will get them painted black then.
I just like the clean look. I have always debadged all of my cars, although I did wind up rebadging the vette as the front looked to big and plain without the crossed flags.
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Will definitely need a nice DIY or plenty of pictures for this.
Mike is right, if you take the badges off it gives it a clean look but can also really open up and make it look big. There was a picture of a 370Z (red) with the 370z removed and it just looked to open, but he was putting the Fairlady Z badge on so it was temporary.

i just like the clean look you get afterwords. i hate chrome so everything on my car that was chrome i painted it black. the only thing thats left are my headlights and i havent decided what to do with them.

Some people (me included) don't like the Nissan 'burger' logo - partly because of its ugly looks and partly because, in general, the brand name 'Nissan' can have negative associations for people with sports cars - they are looked down on by some.

On the other hand, a nice big 'Z' in the middle of your car, front and rear, has an element of kudos - the Z cars are well respected, so promote the Z and hide the Nissan! I know I'm not alone in this thought. Re-badging is one of the first things I've done to both of my Z's. I also like the idea of a 'clean look - but I can't be bothered with all that time and effort in achieving it.

If you can't find a Z badge yet, the idea of sanding and painting the 'burger' is the best one - You don't need to de-chrome it cos it ain't chrome.

It looks like there are badges available for the front but none for the rear - is anyone coming out with a Z for the rear?

thezstore said their first batch was defective, i'm guessing you bought one form the first production batch

The Z Store! Nissan-Datsun 240Z-260Z-280Z-280ZX-300ZX(Z31/Z32)-350Z-370Z Parts: Carbon Fiber Front Emblem, 2009 370Z

Curious to see what the black ones are like - they are quite expensive there though and it looks like there is still no rear emblem and thats the first one I want to replace....

defective in the rear yes but its still a very ugly thing to do to your car. i rather have a blacked out nissan sign then to take the side marker of the car and glue it on a piece of carbon fiber and use it as a emblem.

before you guys waste 80 bucks make sure its returnable or at least see it in person UNDER THE SUN AND ON YOUR CAR