all chrome stingray emblem question
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Melting Slicks
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all chrome stingray emblem question
Has anyone removed the black paint off the fender emblems? Any thoughts or photos?
Last edited by blueray72; Mar 5, 2010 at 02:17 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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An 'all-chrome' Stingray script emblem gives the car a 1950's look....too much CHROME... Once stripped, that emblem is all but impossible to repaint as it originally appeared. An alternative is to paint the entire emblem semi-flat black, then peel/scrape off the top surface [only] on the chrome script. I actually prefer that appearance to the original script paint scheme. I have a photo and can e-mail it to you if you PM me. (I have never figured out how to post a photo....regardless of how many times the instructions have been posted here. 
I guess I'm just high-technically challenged....) Then maybe you can post it so others can see the difference.
I guess I'm just high-technically challenged....) Then maybe you can post it so others can see the difference.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: North of the Bay California
An 'all-chrome' Stingray script emblem gives the car a 1950's look....too much CHROME... Once stripped, that emblem is all but impossible to repaint as it originally appeared. An alternative is to paint the entire emblem semi-flat black, then peel/scrape off the top surface [only] on the chrome script. I actually prefer that appearance to the original script paint scheme. I have a photo and can e-mail it to you if you PM me. (I have never figured out how to post a photo....regardless of how many times the instructions have been posted here. I guess I'm just high-technically challenged....) Then maybe you can post it so others can see the difference.
I guess I'm just high-technically challenged....) Then maybe you can post it so others can see the difference.
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Melting Slicks
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From: North of the Bay California
ok heres an all chrome emblem pic from 7T1vette(best color of vettes btw
).
Wait, is this a picture of the emblem painted all black then the surface paint removed?
it doesn't look bad at all.
). Wait, is this a picture of the emblem painted all black then the surface paint removed?
it doesn't look bad at all.
Last edited by blueray72; Mar 5, 2010 at 07:11 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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The factory emblem only had black paint on the lip next to the body. If you bought an emblem over the counter from GM (like I did in 91) the black paint went up the sides of the letters and only left the top edge chrome. This is incorrect for the purists, what I did was take an x-acto knife #11 blade and removed the paint to make the emblem look like the factory. Paint comes off pretty easy due to being on top of chrome, and if you knick the base paint a black sharpee covers it up just fine....................
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Melting Slicks
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From: North of the Bay California
The factory emblem only had black paint on the lip next to the body. If you bought an emblem over the counter from GM (like I did in 91) the black paint went up the sides of the letters and only left the top edge chrome. This is incorrect for the purists, what I did was take an x-acto knife #11 blade and removed the paint to make the emblem look like the factory. Paint comes off pretty easy due to being on top of chrome, and if you knick the base paint a black sharpee covers it up just fine....................
