Dont buy this

armensti · 04-07-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

i tired that and the end results were terrible lol i used sand paper and the chrome doesnt come off. you need to spend about 2 hours with the sandpaper to get it all off. i think if i use coca cola and then after few days sand off the remains it will look perfect.

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

I too am anxious to see whether this works on our emblems. A custom plater can remove the chrome, but it will cost you.

ill do it as soon as i get home so tomorrow or the next day ill post up the pics of the end results.

SoCal 370Z · 04-07-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

armensti · 04-08-2009, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

ok so i just got home after a long day. i dropped by 7/11 and picked up a 20oz coke bottle came home and did this. ill wait until tomorrow and post up a picture of what happen to the emblem after being in coke.

The Emblem before
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The emblem in a plastic cup wrapped with bunch of plastic so that air doesnt get out
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nismored · 04-08-2009, 09:25 AM

you broke it?

armensti · 04-08-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

you broke it?

yeah it wouldnt fit in the cup.

ok so after 10 hours of sitting in coke i can say that nothing happen to it at all so dont even waste your time

SoCal 370Z · 04-08-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by armensti

yeah it wouldnt fit in the cup.

ok so after 10 hours of sitting in coke i can say that nothing happen to it at all so dont even waste your time

Well, that sucks. When I first saw your pictures I thought the Coke has eaten your emblem!

Have you seen these emblems?

armensti · 04-08-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

Well, that sucks. When I first saw your pictures I thought the Coke has eaten your emblem!

Have you seen these emblems?

no lol i tried to sand it and thats why some of the bottom part doesnt have the chrome but the whole nissan part does and when i took it out today the coke did nothing to it.

and for the emblems i have seen some but not all, i guess i havent looked hard enough. is it a trust worthy site? and by the way i would not recommend any of them because it says that the it doesn't fit in the back. so i think im just gonna get the stock ones from the dealer and paint them

RCZ · 04-08-2009, 01:31 PM

Wasn't 370Zsource pushing these?

armensti · 04-08-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

Wasn't 370Zsource pushing these?

yeah thats where i went. well i got the address from there.

SoCal 370Z · 04-08-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by armensti

is it a trust worthy site? and by the way i would not recommend any of them because it says that the it doesn't fit in the back. so i think im just gonna get the stock ones from the dealer and paint them

The rear emblem is smaller than the front emblem, and who knows, maybe the emblems on the 370Z are a bit different in angles from following the body contours. Only time will tell. I was going to go for a different front emblem, and I would have sent you our front emblem for free, but my wife likes the Nissan emblem.

armensti · 04-08-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The rear emblem is smaller than the front emblem, and who knows, maybe the emblems on the 370Z are a bit different in angles from following the body contours. Only time will tell. I was going to go for a different front emblem, and I would have sent you our front emblem for free, but my wife likes the Nissan emblem.

its ok bro thnx anyways. im gonna get off work in a little bit and ill drop by the nissan dealership and pick up the emblems. and then ill go to autozone get some engine paint and paint the emblems

Mike · 06-10-2009, 09:18 AM

so, if I debadge the car and take off the front and rear emblems, will there be holes in the bumper/trunk lid? or are these flat backed without locating pegs?

Modshack · 06-10-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

so, if I debadge the car and take off the front and rear emblems, will there be holes in the bumper/trunk lid? or are these flat backed without locating pegs?

No Pegs, but there is a 1/4" depression in the bumper that the emblem sits in.......Classic de-badging is out because of this...You'd need to plastic weld in a filler piece, Finish with a plastic bondo and paint.

2theextreme · 06-10-2009, 10:43 AM

Ok, I'm gonna ask a silly question and I'm good at asking silly ones....but why would anyone want to "de-badge" their car?

SoCal 370Z · 06-10-2009, 11:06 AM

Armensti actually painted his emblems to match his Z and they turned out very well as I saw them when MiniCobra1 had our first meet.

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