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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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where is every one getting their rear bumper letters??? i have the square edge plastic ones but wanted the round type.... ecklers and mid america don't have any????
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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SSinserts just announced a 10% off sale....
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:46 PM
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Try S/S Inserts...got my stainless steel inserts for Christmas from them. They are a forum vendor.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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just ordered some stuff from them today..great quality and he stands behind his stuff..
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i don't see them... just in chrome. i have a silver car so i wanted black....
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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i don't see them... just in chrome. i have a silver car so i wanted black....
I ordered mine from a forum member who sells them, infortunately I can't remember which one. Mine are black and I bought the front and rear letters (I believe I paid $20 for the rear and $15 for the front, or something like that). If you goto the PARTS forumn and place a WTB ad, I guarantee you will get responses and get what you want.
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Does anyone have a close up picture of the SS inserts? I have a navy blue metallic C5 and would like to dress up the rear. But I don't want a hunk of SS hanging out of the back How far do they protrude from the surface? Because of this, I'm also considering the vinyl silver/gray inserts. (my interior is gray)

thanks.
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Does anyone have a close up picture of the SS inserts? I have a navy blue metallic C5 and would like to dress up the rear. But I don't want a hunk of SS hanging out of the back How far do they protrude from the surface? Because of this, I'm also considering the vinyl silver/gray inserts. (my interior is gray)

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I had a set from Corvettes Of Houston that did not protrude out beyond the edge - after being rear ended I have a different set and they do protrude. I have a picture where you can somewhat see what I mean about the COH ones - PM me your email
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Originally Posted by jman1
where is every one getting their rear bumper letters??? i have the square edge plastic ones but wanted the round type.... ecklers and mid america don't have any????
Sure they do. Got mine in Brakelight Red from Mid America. They have about 8 colors if memory serves...
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Originally Posted by indy300
Does anyone have a close up picture of the SS inserts? I have a navy blue metallic C5 and would like to dress up the rear. But I don't want a hunk of SS hanging out of the back How far do they protrude from the surface? Because of this, I'm also considering the vinyl silver/gray inserts. (my interior is gray)

thanks.
They are flush with the back of the car and don't stick out at all.



I think they'd look good with your navy blue... The ones in my pic are from S/S Inserts.

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Originally Posted by jman1
i have a silver car so i wanted black....

SS on a silver car...


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Originally Posted by indy300
I'm also considering the vinyl silver/gray inserts. (my interior is gray)thanks.

I've heard from too many people that vinyl inserts are crap.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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SS inserts! Worked great!

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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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paint them....its easy
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Originally Posted by DaBoz
SS on a silver car...


WOW That looks pretty damn sweet, do you guys think that is Machine Silver? Just looking at the license plate numbers, it was registered sometime last year so maybe it's an 04?

Got me thinking here now...I've been on the fence about this (I have an 04 MS Z) and I never thought about anything other than Red lettering...
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WOW That looks pretty damn sweet, do you guys think that is Machine Silver? Just looking at the license plate numbers, it was registered sometime last year so maybe it's an 04?

Got me thinking here now...I've been on the fence about this (I have an 04 MS Z) and I never thought about anything other than Red lettering...

Dude.... check my sig. 04 Machine Silver.

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Originally Posted by jman1
i don't see them... just in chrome. i have a silver car so i wanted black....
You might wanna check these out:

I got them from Ecklers, but Mid America sells them also. They're the same as the Brakelight Red ones. Excellent quality!
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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I got my black ones at Reflective concepts, not rounded but I like the look.

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Nightime ( with lights shining on em )
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