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Old 06-27-2009, 04:58 AM
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^^Nice bed time story
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True story. Just thought it was pretty shitty, However yours looks x1000000 times better
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Originally Posted by x2jesse1x
True story. Just thought it was pretty shitty, However yours looks x1000000 times better
It is very very pitiful, when a competitor has to copy something you sell, so that they can stay in the game. We are purposely making a lot of our items so that they are difficult to copy. The plain truth is that this has happened many many times, often by the same person.
If someone is sucessful at making a resemblance of some kind, it will cost them a lot more to make it than we sell it for. Which makes them trying to copy it a waste of their time, in my opinion.
We have flooded the market with our ZR1 emblems, and will continue to do so. Any educated consumer would not buy that other inferior product, unless they did not know about ours at all. The prices of the "others" are never posted. I am willing to bet they are at least $25.00 "EACH" higher than ours, for plastic, when ours are stainless.
This thread is linked acrosss many many websites and forums. It showcases our items, and this thread will stay running. This way we can help to educate consumers.

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Old 06-28-2009, 01:20 PM
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There are many items on the way. We designed about 10 new things today, and we still have more to do. I think the finished product will look amazing - 18GA mirror stainless steel.
Old 06-28-2009, 01:38 PM
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Any reason you don't put the letters "CAMARO" on the panel just underneath the bow tie? That way people can keep the bow tie and I imagine it would look pretty good still.
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Throw a "berger panel" on that thing already!!! ...then those letters will really pop!!!...but they look kinda big, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Sommer86
Throw "berger panel" on that thing already!!!...then those letters will really pop!!!...but they look kinda big, IMO.
In person, they looked like a good size. The truth is, it isn't up to us, it is up to the car. We have to scale them emblem so that the holes are covered under the bowtie. Too large or too small will not cover them - The lettering has to be just right.

They actually aren't much larger than the 93-02 Camaro text in the back. when you compare the lettering to a 99-04 Mustang, or an 03-04 Cobra, they look small.
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Originally Posted by Sommer86
Throw "berger panel" on that thing already!!!...then those letters will really pop!!!...but they look kinda big, IMO.
Okay, so the lettering had to be smaller anyway:

UPDATE:

Bowtie removed, CAMARO text smaller:









I should have mirror stainless installed pics in the next few days...

Gm decided to use alignment holes in the trunk lid for the stock bowtie to be installed correctly. One is a perfect hole, and the other is oblonged. These holes present a problem when we made these letters. We had the task of needing to make the letters as close as possible to the 2010 font, and scaling them to an appropriate size to covers these holes. No other size will work. I played with this trunk for hours tonight figuring out the biggest size that would be possible, and this is it.

These letters cover the holes and a little bit more. The problem is that the holes were punched from the factory, and because they were punched, they dimpled the metal around the hole. So, we had to do our best with covering the dimples up as well. The size we have installed in the above pics is the largest we can go, with the best letter spacing, to cover both the holes and their dimples. It did present a challenge to get it right, but we were determined to get it because these letters will look great, and it will really change the rear of the car.

Installation instructions are more complicated than most emblem installs because there are no indentations and a factory emblem has to be removed. I suggest that someone with confidence do this part.

1 - Trunk liner has to be removed, which exposes 2 holes; 1 driver and 1 passenger.
2 - Use a long screwdriver to push up on the alignment posts from inside the trunk via the exposed holes. This should loosen the bowtie.
3 - From the surface, carefully work to pull the loosened bowtie off the trunk.
4 - Use your fingers to remove as much tape as possible, and finish any remaining adhesive with Goof-Off.
5 - Clean the area with soap and water, and then rubbing alcohol.
6 - Using a screwdriver, apply supplied 3M tape to the tip of a screwdriver, and place on the inside of the trunk to cover the exposed holes from the backside. This will seal the trunk from moisture. Do this for each hole.
7 - Position the 2nd "A" first over the passenger side hole using supplied mounting template - Peel and stick.
8 - Position the "M" over the driver side hole using supplied mounting template - Peel and stick.
9 - Work outward from the "M" and "A" that are installed using a supplied letter spacer and apply the last 4 letters.
10 - Step back and witness the awesome new look.

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Ok...NOW it looks very good!!

BTW, finished installing the hood mirrors and engine labels/fuse cover tonight! I never told you but I have a non WS6 hood and they came out great!
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Originally Posted by chaman
Ok...NOW it looks very good!!

BTW, finished installing the hood mirrors and engine labels/fuse cover tonight! I never told you but I have a non WS6 hood and they came out great!
You have an aftermarket hood and they came out fine? What company made the hood?

BTW, make sure you press really hard on all areas of the mirrors for maximum contact. Good luck removing them if you ever need to.
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Awesome job man I plan on ordering a few things for my bland *** Z28 soon.
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Originally Posted by dragonZ28
Okay, so the lettering had to be smaller anyway:

UPDATE:

Bowtie removed, CAMARO text smaller:









I should have mirror stainless installed pics in the next few days...

Gm decided to use alignment holes in the trunk lid ...yada, yada, yada...
... awesome new look.
NOW, you're cookin' with gas! But now i also wonder what the letters might look like in black?? Hhhhmm....
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I say let's see "SS" back there instead
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Originally Posted by 6LITEREATER
I say let's see "SS" back there instead
We have a lot of ideas for this car, about 10 of them will become reality either today, or tomorrow.
Looks to me like another GM parts submission is coming up.

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Much better.
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We have some of the stainless pieces on the new Camaro. We will post them up soon. There are a few more items to complete still.
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Originally Posted by nhra-trans-am
Couple of installed pics
these still arent on your site are they? i dont see em.. these are the etched stainless right?

if so ill be taking a set. wanna pm me matt?
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you just have to check the option if you want it etched or not is all
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Those Camaro lettering pieces look amazing!!!
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Originally Posted by 99Ls1fever
Those Camaro lettering pieces look amazing!!!
We are not finished yet. We just have to get orders out, and ran out of prototype time this week.
There is more coming.......


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