View Poll Results: Is putting vintage performance badges on a 4th gen ok?
Yeah! It's cool to resurrect the classic names on newer F-bodies.
79
55.63%
No way, it's a classic name and belongs on authentic, classic cars.
63
44.37%
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Your thoughts on vintage performance badging
Originally Posted by Fibbado
No way... no way... no way...
Badging a Z28 with retro Z28 badges is absolutely fine.. i love it.. because it is indeed a Z28... the retro badge is nasty looking... the new one is plain.
Badging a Z28 as an SS is pushing it.. if you do every SS mod then fine you'll get away with it and noone will know unless they investigate and if you do all the SS mods it basically is an SS just it wasnt from the factory and it has no # position among the other SS's.
Badging a Z28 or SS (fourth Gen) as a COPO, Yenko. or Berger is bullshit, you're taking the car's that many of us drool over and love for what they are (rare, peak performance, special edition cars engineered by their respective genius's) and making it just an upgrade for your car. Just another Civic that thought Type R would make other idiots drool over their car.
Berger panels are crisp, clean and not entirely proclaiming anything (such as this is a Berger car) so they fit well on any Fourth gen camaro. Custom badges are nice too (such as LS1, Chevrolet, Z06 style Z28 badges etc.)
I happen to love the retro and Z06 style Z28 badges i plan on having one Z28 retro badges right in the center of my grille when i get all my front end stuff on.
Badging a Z28 with retro Z28 badges is absolutely fine.. i love it.. because it is indeed a Z28... the retro badge is nasty looking... the new one is plain.
Badging a Z28 as an SS is pushing it.. if you do every SS mod then fine you'll get away with it and noone will know unless they investigate and if you do all the SS mods it basically is an SS just it wasnt from the factory and it has no # position among the other SS's.
Badging a Z28 or SS (fourth Gen) as a COPO, Yenko. or Berger is bullshit, you're taking the car's that many of us drool over and love for what they are (rare, peak performance, special edition cars engineered by their respective genius's) and making it just an upgrade for your car. Just another Civic that thought Type R would make other idiots drool over their car.
Berger panels are crisp, clean and not entirely proclaiming anything (such as this is a Berger car) so they fit well on any Fourth gen camaro. Custom badges are nice too (such as LS1, Chevrolet, Z06 style Z28 badges etc.)
I happen to love the retro and Z06 style Z28 badges i plan on having one Z28 retro badges right in the center of my grille when i get all my front end stuff on.
IMO its like trying to polish a turd. Not to say that your car is a turd, but its basically the same concept. everybody used to ask me the same thing when i had my camaro, you have the ss wheels, the ss spoiler and the ss hood... why dont you put the ss badges on it? simple cause it is a Z28!!!!!! didnt have the intention of trying to pass it as a SS, just chose to install the parts cause a regular Z is plain jane looking to me. The SS is sooooooo much meaner looking than a Z. But anyways now the rant is over cause a got rid of it a bought the meanest looking car of all the F-bodies. J/K dont everyone with a camaro get their panties in a bunch, you all have sweet *** rides as well, especially the lowered look with thte 315'S 
Originally Posted by Jon2kZ
Cloning has been done for years on classic cars, why should ours be any different? Done tastefully they can look good, just don't over do it or try to pass it off as an original.
This is a big No-No as far as I'm concerned.
I see no legitimate reason to ever badge a car as something that it's not… other than the owner of such a car trying to satisfy his/her own ego and "pretend" to have something that they really don't have.
Originally Posted by SVT THIS
Have all you naysayers SEEN the new Camaros? The new Mustangs? Chargers? Get a hint, retro is in. Notice the badging on the Buick's and Fords are retro? Notice that the stripe packages offered on the Dodge Rumble Bee Edition trucks, Charger RT's, Mach 1s, etc are retro? What about the side body louvers on the new Mustangs and the sun shade on the new 'Stang hatch. You all are right. Retro is totally out and all the new cars are ghey. Dude, you should just keep the plain and boing stock Z28 look and not customize it at all. Don't you know if you do ANYTHING appearance wise to an f-body it is rice unless it is an SS hood and spoiler and MAYBE a set of wheels. In case you couldn't tell, I was joking. Go for it and tell every soul you see it is the real deal and cost an extra $20,000. If they have to ask, they deserve to be told that.
I see the retro bading a lot of the camaros, has anyone done any retro badging on there firebird? I seen some great looking emblems on ebay but didn't know if anyone has tried it and has pics?
well i guess the guys at speed inc are "haters" when they put nickey badges on their lt1 they had a while back, along with the retro z28 badges. **** the car looked really nice. the current owner has gotten many many compliments on the car.
if you want to do it, i say do it. just dont tell anyone its a yenko,berger, or any other car. some of those badges look nice on a "berger" panel. IMO
if you want to do it, i say do it. just dont tell anyone its a yenko,berger, or any other car. some of those badges look nice on a "berger" panel. IMO
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I think retro badges are fine, don't agree with putting badges that don't belong on your car though, like SS on a Z28, etc. I have a Z28 with an SS spoiler and I took off the Z28 badges but no way in hell am I going to put SS badges on it.
I've been holding off on this thread till I got my car done and pics of the new emblems on the car. I have 67 Camaro V flags on the fenders and 69-72 Chevelle SS emblems in chrome/white in place of the stockers as they are EXACTLY the same size and style as the originals. I replaced all 4 sets of emblems on the car. I have the old style Hurst emblem on the tail panel as well. I also put on matching 350 emblems in chrome/white in the hockey stripe break.
Originally Posted by SVT THIS
Have all you naysayers SEEN the new Camaros? The new Mustangs? Chargers? Get a hint, retro is in. Notice the badging on the Buick's and Fords are retro? Notice that the stripe packages offered on the Dodge Rumble Bee Edition trucks, Charger RT's, Mach 1s, etc are retro? What about the side body louvers on the new Mustangs and the sun shade on the new 'Stang hatch. You all are right. Retro is totally out and all the new cars are ghey. Dude, you should just keep the plain and boing stock Z28 look and not customize it at all. Don't you know if you do ANYTHING appearance wise to an f-body it is rice unless it is an SS hood and spoiler and MAYBE a set of wheels. In case you couldn't tell, I was joking. Go for it and tell every soul you see it is the real deal and cost an extra $20,000. If they have to ask, they deserve to be told that.
Classic "retro" badges are fine, but don't try to pass it off as something it's not. That's just as bad as a Mustang putting cobra emblems on it, or a V6 putting SS badges on it.
Originally Posted by Fabian
Im ok with doing different years badging, but not actual package badging. That makes it rice. I drive a Z28, not a Yenko, not a Berger, not an SS.
Originally Posted by Jon2kZ
Cloning has been done for years on classic cars, why should ours be any different? Done tastefully they can look good, just don't over do it or try to pass it off as an original.
guy1: I wonder if its real
guy2: nah its just a clone, i can tell.
I wanted to punch them in the mouth.
Don't put badges that don't belong on your car.. it's laaaaame.
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I'm planning on taking the parts from a few Pontiac emblems and making a 346 checkered flag emblem to replace the WS.6 emblem on the back of my car that doesn't belong there... since the previous owner decided to make a clone out of it and the paint is going to get screwed up when I take it off. But generally, I like classic emblems on newer cars, but not when it's cloning something special.
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I like retro Z/28, SS and Chevrolet badging on the Camaros. It plays tribute to the history of the car, so I see nothing wrong with it. However badging it as something its not, I am not a fan. (I don't like when you put the WS.6 badge on a non WS.6 cars...same for the SSs.)
I wanted to find some old school bird emblems for mine, for somewhere in the interior.
I wanted to find some old school bird emblems for mine, for somewhere in the interior.
The retro badging looks good. I guess I miss understood the poll though, I thought that was what you were talking about. If you are talking about badging it with yenko or nickey....WHY?
