My New Emblems
 

Thanks Spencer! woo. they look realllly good.

http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...7-img-0618.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...6-img-0617.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...8-img-0619.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...9-img-0620.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...4-img-0625.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...3-img-0624.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...2-img-0623.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...1-img-0622.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...0-img-0621.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...6-img-0627.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/members/daisu...5-img-0626.jpg

well.. :p sorta new

They look sick on the white. :tup:

I'm thinking about getting these burgers for my Mag Black one... :icon08:

well, these are OEM emblems / fairladyz and then sprayed/painted by Spencer. Hes the guy who sprayed my tail lights, did my tint and was also at the march 19 Southeast meet.

and thanks : ) i agree they look great on white. It was actually Spencers idea to do em up like this.

Looks good!

Well fine then! I take all the creative credit I gave to you, and forward it to him instead. :shakes head:

:tup: :rofl2:

So these weren't the prefab black chrome ones you can order? Interesting... :icon08:

nah, i looked around and couldnt find good feedback from anyone on any aftermarket emblems, so i decided not to go that route, esp since they were like 80$ an emblem.

Dude, when you took the emblems off to paint them, did you even remove all the adhesive? Not to be an ***, but the emblems look like **** up close because you can see the sticky **** that was left. Unless it's old wax that got dirty..?

yes, all adhesive was taken off. that stuff you see, is actually dirt from my drive home. I tried to wipe it off really quick before the pictures, but instead it just pushed it against corners where i couldnt get it. And i didnt bother to get a brush out haha

trust me, they are perfectly clean and no adhesive etc.

So yeah, just dirt, if the light came out better or details you can see a ton of pollen on there too. Left the car out for 30 minutes and it was almost yellow : /

Looks good :tup:

I spray-painted mine several times but just had them professionally painted, the paint makes a big difference and should last longer.

yeah def, this stuff should last without problems. if it ever has issues Spencer said he'd cover like his tints.. life time warranty.

Oh nice, lucky you.

I was doing it myself and it was full of orange peel :owned:

ill just prove to you how bad i am at painting and how much i stay away from it..

what is orange peel?

It's happens when the surface of what you're painting isn't prepped properly:

http://www.briansmodelcars.com/uploa...range-peel.jpg

It looks terrible and can usually be sanded out but it's harder to troubleshoot on plastic emblems.

ahhh. yeah ive had that happen once when i tried painting something.

Also if you apply too much or not spraying perpendicular to what your painting.

looks nice, I like how he painted nissan in black and rest gunmetallic

they look much better than the ones i got from the zstore , they were almost black and the inside of the nissan wasnt painted darker like yours...

very nice!

Looking good!

Thanks Aamir. : ) he didnt paint that part actually.

Thanks man, originally i asked him to go gloss black with pearl white Nissan. But he asked me about trying this and said if i didnt like it he could paint it anyway. but man this looks sick

Gracias.

What was the turn around time getting them back from Spencer?

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I drop em off on friday, and pick em up next friday.

If people like this, i can get a batch done n stuff. Its not cheap, but cheaper than the ones u buy and IMO better.

How much for the same rear setup as you?

Ill try to get some prices this weekend. Atm trying to find a good/cheap place to pick up the emblems to begin with.

Looks great!!

So what did Nissan do to cause so much orange peel in the body? :D

Makes me wonder if tinted door handles would look better than completely black.

ive been thinking that too and am gonna prolly get my original door handles done like the emblems.

The paint on my car is actually in really good condition. Anything you notice is because it wasnt washed for like 2 weeks and had just been driving back home when i took the pics.

VERY thinly applied electrostatic paint.

i can haz ark exhaust??

it is a lovely exhaust. and you can has. Just go buy it!

looks good!

Hello daisuke149,
I really like your pic's of your fairlady Z emblem and the paint mod, color contrast looks good. I am sure after you got that extra adhesive removed around the emblem it cleaned up nice. Also the exhaust looks perfect...
I added my emblem a couple weeks ago to the stillen front facia and it required a little extra tweak. Sorry I don't have any "Do it Yourself type close up pics". To install it, I had to get around these two things which took about 30 minutes. The first was that bumper was too sloped compared to the flat metal emblem which caused gaps at the ends. To get the emblem to follow the contour I had to make a couple soft bends in a couple equally measured spots.
The second thing was the 3 mounting studs coming off the emblem and the little metal hook like sleeves that slip over the posts which didn't bite/hold very strong. It's not that they were loose but they didn't snap into place sort of speak (a depth thing not a width thing). The thin metal sleeves come with two fish hook like spikes, and at first I thought they were just there to make a wedge like fitt, but then realized they would have worked with the stock bumper, but the stillen facia is a little thicker, (maybe a sixteenth). So to resolve this I just had to shorten the hook points by that amount and bend them out a little. After that they clicked into place, then added adhesive and the emblem made a secure fit.

Still looking into this?

yup sorry. they didnt have em at the local dealer. Im gonna get em this week. Prolly do sets of 3 and see if people are interested.

Guys got alot of stuff to do at one time, which saves him time and cost so gonna see if that can translate into slightly cheaper emblems too.

What kind of mil thickness of double sided tape did you use?

they be oem emblems so whatever comes from Nissan is on there. We dont remove/change it.

Very interested.

Alright Guys, sorry it took me a bit. Been a bit busier the last few weeks.

We'd be looking at around 60-65$ per emblem.

So what is avail is:

Nissan Front Burger Emblem
Nissan Rear burger Emblem
Nissan Fairlady Z emblem

We can go a shade or 2 darker/lighter.

I havnt checked into the NISMO or the 370Z yet but will do so on Monday.

All the emblems are NEW OEM emblems so they will have the OEM 3M tape.

Bump for pricing. Don't forget the NIsmo emblem

hey how do you take out that rear or front Nissan logo? is it just double side taped or screwed in??

You may not want the NISMO emblem... its over 170$ for one of those new from nissan just to buy the em and thats before getting them done. Holly shiiiitt man.

Best ways are leave it out in the hot sun for a few hours (or use a heat gun on somewhat low heat) Then use a very thing nylon stype line (alot of people use fishing line) and slowly to back and forth behind the emblem (like flossing) Eventually when it is off, you will need to clear the area of any remaining goo (use whatever product you normally use, everyone recommends different ones)

But yes they are 3m double sided taped. No screws.