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Originally Posted by kenchan sruffy- is there a way you can add texture to the background behind the "Z" or is it going to be painted there? otherwise the Z

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Old 06-07-2010, 07:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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sruffy- is there a way you can add texture to the background behind the "Z" or is it going to be painted there?

otherwise the Z and background will probably blend in too much(?).
I was going to suggest that as well - I think a rough look around the polished Z would set it off but I'm not sure how easy that would be to machine. Some sort of graveled look or sand texture would really look cool.

Also, has anyone tried to debadge the engine cover? Maybe we could get dimensions for that and replace all the hamburgers at once.
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I was going to suggest that as well - I think a rough look around the polished Z would set it off but I'm not sure how easy that would be to machine. Some sort of graveled look or sand texture would really look cool.

Also, has anyone tried to debadge the engine cover? Maybe we could get dimensions for that and replace all the hamburgers at once.
the hamburger on the engine cover can come off in about 90 seconds. unbolt the 2 bolts on the front half of the cover, flip it over and bend back the 4 tabs holding it in place and it comes right off.
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I was going to suggest that as well - I think a rough look around the polished Z would set it off but I'm not sure how easy that would be to machine. Some sort of graveled look or sand texture would really look cool.
yah, or maybe it can be a 2 piece unit. front piece with the aluminum Z logo, back piece with just the background (black or CF pattern), screw them together, then mount onto the car with sticky tape...

otherwise it's going to look like a silver burger with a faint Z on there.
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This is the carbon Fiber look. I've also lower the tabs...what do you guys think? I'm afraid that it may be too thin as the new thinkness is only 1mm. This definitely emphasizes the oval shape and takes away the wings (tabs) look. I think it's almost pointless to have the wings to the edges.

But then again, it'd look weird either way with or without tabs because without the tabs you'll have 2 empty holes.

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