Badge differences
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
Badge differences
Anyone notice that the badges on the front and rear are different? I've been checking out C7 logos and badges before I paint my hood insulator.
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front is GM part# 23168616
rear is GM part# 23168615
After having xpel ultimate put on my car, I ordered replacements from Gene at Culturag Performanceand had them in two days.
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St. Jude Donor '15
Car is dirty, 12" of rain and it is my DD. Rear emblem the red is darker by a shade or so, because it is shaded. Pattern is the same, just sized a bit differently do to the size of the emblem.
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
On my car, stock emblems, the checked flag pattern is different, I just checked. One one the square at the top is silver on the other one it is black. On yours I see that the top square is silver on both.
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We need a picture of this.... Mine are like rcooper's
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St. Jude Donor '15
Wasn't suggesting of post more photos, just wondering if others had noticed the difference.
Nice to know that others are getting driven and DO get dirty!
Nice to know that others are getting driven and DO get dirty!
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Not to distract but I noticed the badge in the clear headlight covers. Transparent of course but they are there, very small, look closely. A little added touch by GM I suppose, FYI.
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Is it possible that this car has a chrome emblem on one end and a carbon flash emblem on the other end?
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That's what it sound like. I've never noticed the difference between badges until reading this post, but now that I pay attention, the chrome and CF emblems are consistently different. I wonder why GM would go to the trouble of making the 2 versions different?
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The checkered flag part is what is different...
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
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The checkered flag part is what is different...
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
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The checkered flag part is what is different...
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
Here's my guess, the chrome emblem was the initial design, and it has a black square in the upper left corner. Black was designed later, and it would look odd with the same black square in the corner (creating a large black blob), so they just switched the grey and the black. Problem solved
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