I have been wanting something like the Sky redlines have to signify what engine they have and today on lunch I saw this on the back of the new Genesis coupe and I kinda liked it. It matches the font and everything I just haven't figured out a stock looking way to incorporate it. What do you guys think?
Not a fan of the badges.... The only one they mean anything to is the owner of the car. Frankly the rest of the world could care less.
With that said... If you have a Mallet, DDM SC/TC or Hahn upgrade and you scream passed me blowing my doors off... Please do badge your car so I know what it was that left me in the dust scratchin my head. :lol:
I have always liked badges as long as they indicated something critical; Like SS, GT, Hemi, GXP, R/T, etc. The GXP already says what it is. A cool badge for the Fenders beneath the little indent might look good. Also, like the old Pontiac GTO on the Grill in a good fashion might be cool as well.
If you remember the 1965-67 Mustangs, you might also remember that a very few came with a 271 HP 289 High Performance engine and special High Performance 289 fender emblems.
It is said that Ford sold 10 times more of these emblems than they did real HI-PO engine equipped Mustangs.
To tell you the truth, anyone who is 'in the know' wouldn't need a badge to differentiate a GXP from an N/A model anyway. The front is different as is the rear exhaust. All of my badges are gone except the two on the front wings, and only then because I don't want to have to fill in the mounting holes. I don't really care if anyone knows mine is a GXP or not. It looks so much cleaner without the badges, at least for me.
Actually, I have people confusing my 2.4 NA with the GXP all the time because I have the RKSport front end and rear carbon fiber dual exhaust. So it can be misleading. I'm constantly telling other Solstice owners, "It's not a GXP". I also have Norm's vented fenders with a custom "Solstice, Last of the Brand" shields inside them. People at car shows ask me if it's an Anniversary model.
Yes, and he is still selling them. I took the design he did and modified it slightly. He had the side profile silhouette of the Solstice at the top part of the badge. But I had him remove it for mine. They are custom. But I think it looks better this way because why would you want a picture of your car ON the side of your car? That would be like wearing a Nike shoe with a picture of another Nike shoe image on the sides of the shoes themselves. That's just stupid.
Thanks a bunch LatinVenom & RedDevil for the info:thumbs: I would deff like to get my hands on some of these even if its to stick it on my desk @ work! These badgees are slick as hell. I also like you comparison with the nike RD very true LMAO:agree:
Red Devil has a point, so I stand corrected. On a Solstice that hasn't had the body totally reworked, an adept person would know a GXP from an N/A car. My bad...
Agreed, if you can count exhausts or some obvious front grills, you know what Sols it is. I debadged my GXP except for the 3 arrows. I think the flags and "GXP" look nice on the waterfall, inside the car.
FWIW, i changed my NA to GXP grilles and dual rear valance, just because i like them better than silver and single; so, except for the absence of the GXP emblem on the back you wouldn't know it wasn't a GXP. not trying to fool anyone, just like the looks better
Bill
I like zombie threads, also, I can often learn from them.
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