Does This Look Crooked??
Melting Slicks
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Except in this case, the lid is 100% fine. It looks great.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '11
My point is that the rest of the car is far from "perfect", it has flaws from the factory. Why go nuts over something so trivial? Even if it is aftermarket. Actually, the aftermarket has worse quality control, IMHO. If you buy aftermarket parts, they usually always have some type of "fit & finish" issue.
Except in this case, the lid is 100% fine. It looks great.
Except in this case, the lid is 100% fine. It looks great.
Racer
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If it's off at all it's off very little and, given where it will be in the car, no one is ever going to look at it in such a way that the question will come up. Except for the owner, of course, who will now always be unhappy with it since he's now convinced that it's wrong. 
Perfection is a goal that is never achieved. So the question is always "what level of IMperfection can you live with?"
Personally, I think the thing is fine. But if the OP is unhappy with it then the vendor should take it back and refund him the $$. That's easy enough. Then get one _without_ the logo
Z//
Perfection is a goal that is never achieved. So the question is always "what level of IMperfection can you live with?"
Personally, I think the thing is fine. But if the OP is unhappy with it then the vendor should take it back and refund him the $$. That's easy enough. Then get one _without_ the logo
Z//
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From: North Stonington Connecticut
St. Jude Donor '11-'12, '14
Looks crooked. It also appears that the stitching along the right side trails off at the top which I think also makes the C6 Logo appear "bent". I looked at mine and both the right sides stitching and C6 Logo are very straight and sharp.
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Melting Slicks
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Install in and don't be so **** about it. 
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Scroll the page down until the emblem in the first picture just touches the lowest horizontal line of the toolbars at the top of your browser. The top right corner of the emblem is definitely higher than the top left corner
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I have one that looks similar. (see below)
It looked slightly off to me but not enough to worry about it. I had seen others that looked similar so I figured that was the way DSV crossed flags logos were made. Just figure it as flags blowing in the wind.
Also, It looks 10 times better than what I had before.
It looked slightly off to me but not enough to worry about it. I had seen others that looked similar so I figured that was the way DSV crossed flags logos were made. Just figure it as flags blowing in the wind.
Also, It looks 10 times better than what I had before.
Last edited by ncvette_1FUNRIDE; Jan 2, 2011 at 09:47 AM.
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It's difficult to tell with the irregular shape of the detached console lid but you may be right. When the console lid is mounted (in the car) the emblem may be skewed slightly...not on a 'level' perpendicular line with the sides of the car.
First off, the emblem itself is fine...for all practical purposes its 'level' and symmetrical. I put the image into the graphics software I use. I isolated the emblem and split it into two halves. I did a mirror image of the right half which I overlaid on the opposite side. It matches-up just fine.
With the overall image it's difficult to tell...not only due to its possible angle in the photograph but also due to the irregular shape of the console lid. We're not dealing with a perfect rectangle. Just overlaying straight lines (rectangles) onto the console it appears that when the piece is installed in the car, the emblem will be out of alignment with the car. I'm guessing the emblem will appear to be somewhat crooked.
Whether its annoying enough to cancel the order and demand a refund only you can decide. I sympathize with you though...I'm sort of a 'symmetry nut' myself. I like things to be balanced and line-up correctly. Good luck!
First off, the emblem itself is fine...for all practical purposes its 'level' and symmetrical. I put the image into the graphics software I use. I isolated the emblem and split it into two halves. I did a mirror image of the right half which I overlaid on the opposite side. It matches-up just fine.
With the overall image it's difficult to tell...not only due to its possible angle in the photograph but also due to the irregular shape of the console lid. We're not dealing with a perfect rectangle. Just overlaying straight lines (rectangles) onto the console it appears that when the piece is installed in the car, the emblem will be out of alignment with the car. I'm guessing the emblem will appear to be somewhat crooked.
Whether its annoying enough to cancel the order and demand a refund only you can decide. I sympathize with you though...I'm sort of a 'symmetry nut' myself. I like things to be balanced and line-up correctly. Good luck!
Last edited by Wayne O; Jan 2, 2011 at 09:56 AM.
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The silver edge stitching on the right side is off by the width of that stitching. That's about the difference. Take a ruler and go straight across the emblem and you'll see. It's not much but the length of the pad itself it also a bit longer on the right side making it appear that much more off. I have the same pad in red. It's about the same.
Having said that, it's not enough you should worry about.
Having said that, it's not enough you should worry about.