[Shotimes] Semi-OT: Repainting body cladding emblems

[Jon Heese]

Adam,

That's not a terrible idea, and I admit, it is one that I had not yet
thought of...  I'll have to see how much they want for a set.  I had
originally planned on keeping my budget for this as close to $0 as
possible, since it's such a low priority issue.  I suppose if they can
be had new for less then $20 or so, that'd be worth it.

Thanks,
 - Jon

On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 15:51, Adam J. Green wrote:
> 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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