I was thinking about clear hard anodizing, then powder coating the flat part black. If you know anything about these processes and can offer some advise, or just feel like doing a little research I would greatly appreciate it.

I used to be the lab manager for a metal finishing company, specializing in anodize, chrome, and nickel plating. I could probably answer a few questions.

This forum is a god send.

Frost please stick around.

Did you see my post count? I'm always around :roflpuke2:

Shiny. Purty.

if you make this inside-out, you could use it as a tool to layup carbon fiber in,and start pumping those out pretty fast. you could also use the inverse to pour some type of molten metal and pop those out pretty quick also.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) search - cpb.gov

Be careful. The Z logo is a protected trademark. Once you mass produce those for resale w/o permission from the license holder, you're going to open yourself up to at least a Cease and Desist letter. Then you'll find out that someone will take your idea and have the Chinese mass produce it, smuggle it in, sell it, which means they're trafficking in counterfeit goods (among other violations).

While the fact that you have a good idea and can do it with garage tools is great if applying it to your car to make it unique, mass producing it is a whole new ball game.

so if we're patient enough to wait past 2019 (the expiration date), we're good right? :tup:

Wow, useful link. Thanks

Gray Market Importations Restricted = NO

any idea what that means?

"Gray market" is the phrase used to describe the sale of new, used, surplus and refurbished products through unauthorized resellers or channels. Gray market goods, also commonly referred to as "parallel imports," may be considered unlawful when imported to the United States and sold in competition with authorized U.S. distributors.

Gray market also means that the stuff is authentic but is manufactured and sold for different regions in the world but not for the US. It's like having overstock and bringing it here to compete with similar products. That stuff is usually smuggled in.

What frost posted. :D

F Nissan, I want two!

regarding powdercoating, if you only want the recessed areas powdercoated then you are looking at quite a bit of masking per piece, which could get expensive for that type of part. The high-temp masking tape is a little more expensive than general masking tape, and the layout could mean 5-10 mins ish per piece just masking. at $60 an hour for labor that is $5-$10 a piece before you even get to powdercoating them.

I would offer them as-is, and let the buyer decide how to handle the recessed area. Some may want to color match to the car, some may want to polish everything but the recessed areas, some may want it black or with CF inserts. Let them do it :tup:

yes, I think selling the badge unfinished is a good idea, just because I want everyone to be able to make it look how THEY want it to look.

But for my personal badges I'm defiantly going to have them professionally finished.

Do you know if the heat from the powder coating will affect the anodize?

Hey dude -- have you seen this?

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If you can beat their price and offer similar quality - win!