Emblem Poll!!!!
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Rehoboth Beach Delaware
Originally Posted by CROWVETTE
I don't consider it a status symbol or a mod, but if you pay $50,000+ and you want to put an emblem on it, that is your business. As you can see from my avatar I have an emblem and I like it. I have had numerous C6 owners wanting to know where they could get them. Guess what? you can't, so that makes mine only one of a few that are out there.
Drifting
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From: Rehoboth Beach Delaware
Originally Posted by CROWVETTE
I don't consider it a status symbol or a mod, but if you pay $50,000+ and you want to put an emblem on it, that is your business. As you can see from my avatar I have an emblem and I like it. I have had numerous C6 owners wanting to know where they could get them. Guess what? you can't, so that makes mine only one of a few that are out there.
You've individualized to your taste....that's what life is about !
Won't see yourself coming or going...Let others remain "bland" and try to figure out which LMB is theirs at a gathering of C6's....
Love them or hate them, "emblems" always stir up controversy !!!
Drifting
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From: New Bern NC
Do what looks good to you. I have noticed that a lot of Chevy trucks and SUVs come with emblems, decals , etc marking it as a Z77 or such like, so the idea of badging is not completely aftermarket.
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Racer
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From: Boca Raton FL
Originally Posted by 6 speed Sid
Do what looks good to you. I have noticed that a lot of Chevy trucks and SUVs come with emblems, decals , etc marking it as a Z77 or such like, so the idea of badging is not completely aftermarket.
Racer
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From: Boca Raton FL
Originally Posted by 6 speed Sid
Do what looks good to you. I have noticed that a lot of Chevy trucks and SUVs come with emblems, decals , etc marking it as a Z77 or such like, so the idea of badging is not completely aftermarket.
Team Owner
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Originally Posted by Velocity Steve
If it didn't come from GM, it's aftermarket. Chrome doo dads are out of style and IMHO look out of place on a car that's basically chromeless. 1958 was the peak for GM factory chrome use, Corvette included, and it's use has continuously declined ever since.
And what of the chrome trimmed control ***** inside the car?
Drifting
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From: Rehoboth Beach Delaware
Originally Posted by Velocity Steve
If it didn't come from GM, it's aftermarket. Chrome doo dads are out of style and IMHO look out of place on a car that's basically chromeless. 1958 was the peak for GM factory chrome use, Corvette included, and it's use has continuously declined ever since.
That's probably why GM sales are so poor....everybody is offering chrome from Lexus to Mercedes, even the Maserati Cambiocorsa offers a "vintage' package which is basically chrome trim. "Bling" is in whether one likes it or not !!!
Pro
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: North Port, Florida
Originally Posted by cmb13
A lot of NO's out there. But how many of the NO's have other purely cosmetic or vanity mods? Some have pics of red calipers on their avatar; others have cat backs, which we know adds sound but little if any performance. Why the double standard? If someone likes emblems, someone else likes calipers, and someone else likes loud exhausts, what's the difference?
Le Mans Master
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From: Boston's south shore MA
Originally Posted by RBYCC
That's probably why GM sales are so poor....everybody is offering chrome from Lexus to Mercedes, even the Maserati Cambiocorsa offers a "vintage' package which is basically chrome trim. "Bling" is in whether one likes it or not !!!
Just because there are no longer chrome bumpers and side molding, chrome is not out of style. If it didn't have problems with supply from the now bankrupt wheel supplier, GM was going to offer chrome wheels. It even offers shiny new exhaust tips to go with its aftermarket performance exhaust. There is still a market for bling.GM could make a lot of $$$ if it offered a lot more aftermarket parts, especially if they were available as options when ordering a car. In fact, GM, very belated, is now offering some of the same bling aftermarket parts, such as side vent screens and painted fuel rail covers, as are some of our supporting vendors.
Drifting
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From: Appleton WI
I find this no more offensive than customized paint- people can do whatever they like to their cars, and emblems are no exception.
I wouldn't add any emblems to mine, but it doesn't bother me that others do.
Those little GM emblems, by the way, are called "chiclets" according to one of the more popular car magazines. I forget which one. They are supposed to remind you of GM's "Heritage of Leadership".
Somebody musta been deep into the Bourbon when they thought that one up...
I wouldn't add any emblems to mine, but it doesn't bother me that others do.
Those little GM emblems, by the way, are called "chiclets" according to one of the more popular car magazines. I forget which one. They are supposed to remind you of GM's "Heritage of Leadership".
Somebody musta been deep into the Bourbon when they thought that one up...