[Shotimes] Semi-OT: Repainting body cladding emblems

[Adam J. Green]

Can't you re-order the emblems from the stealer? All they are are decals,
aren't they?

          -Adam

P.S. I think an SE would be neat to have... jsut to have....so would an MT-5
:)

      -Adam

'94 MTX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Heese" <heese@digi-net.com>
To: "SHOTimes List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:49 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Semi-OT: Repainting body cladding emblems


> Alright, so the exterior of my '95 GL has seen better days, and I'm
> planning a long-term reconditioning. One of the things that I'm kinda
> stuck on is the printed emblem on the front driver and passenger door
> body cladding. It's about 75% rubbed off on my passenger side and just
> about totally gone on the driver's side (I have no idea how it got this
> bad... car washes?).
>
> So I noticed that the font is identical to that of the center caps of my
> wheel covers (I have the two-piece 8-hole covers on plain steel wheels),
> so I did a pencil rubbing and penned the outline, so as soon as I scan
> this and reduce it (the printed emblem is a *bit* scaled down from the
> wheel caps), I'll have the makings of a decent stencil to re-paint the
> "TAURUS" part.
>
> Ah, now the catch.... the "GL" part. First off, based on the mods I've
> done to the car (SE crystalline headlights, SHO leather wheel, SHO
> cluster, SE front buckets/console), I think it qualifies for SE status.
> And at this point, redoing "GL" wouldn't be any easier than "upgrading"
> to "SE".  Anyone have a digital (or digitalized, i.e. scanned analog)
> copy of the body cladding SE?  Turns out not to be the easiest thing to
> find. I could kludge it, but I'd like it to match 100% stock. Maybe I
> can find an SE around town and bring some tracing paper while they're
> not looking. =)
>
> Anyone ever done this before? Any ideas? Suggestions? TIA.
>
> - Jon Heese
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