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Old Oct 31, 2019 | 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by dhorner77
where did you get the black badges?
I modified the OEM badge and painted it along with the other gloss black parts. I dont think you can buy them like this.
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Old Oct 31, 2019 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by AndersT
I modified the OEM badge and painted it along with the other gloss black parts. I dont think you can buy them like this.
Well they look great!
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Old Oct 31, 2019 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by AndersT
I modified the OEM badge and painted it along with the other gloss black parts. I dont think you can buy them like this.

I like that look. I did something similar with modifying the OEM badge by removing the ring and just keeping the flags and crossed poles.
There used to be a vendor that sold replacement inlays for the OEM badge. I remember a couple versions but not sure if there were any solid blackout ones.
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Old Oct 31, 2019 | 11:38 AM
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I agree about Grabber Blue and Orange. Both look badass on C5's. My paint job was a "budget" paint job. He used (so he says) really high quality paint with plenty of clear thickness, but the "budget" aspect of the paintjob was that panels were not removed, just a lot of tape masking. It came pretty good and I'm happy for what I wanted vs. what I was willing to spend. As you can tell from my previous pictures, it came out pretty good looking once we got it wet-sanded and polished.
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