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Emblems - Painting / Filling Red

Old Mar 12, 2020 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Cat Man HHR
Try a red paint marker pen you can get from a hobby store.
No fuss, no muss.
Here's an example.
https://www.michaels.com/sharpie-oil...MaAthGEALw_wcB
Good product, Good idea!
I've tried those on other projects, for my personal use they don't flow enough paint to give a smooth "filled" look, mine have a brush or pen streak finish.
Haven't tried the Paasche Flow Pen, but looks like a neat way to disburse into a recessed inlay. They offer both a gravity or compression container.
Humorously, several of the YouTubes are Cake Decorator's using with the compression container for frosting.

Old Mar 12, 2020 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue
Wouldn’t model car enamel fade , no UV protection.
I don’t have badges or emblems but my rear bowtie is painted with automotive, base coat clear coat
What? No Badges.... No Emblems! Urrg!
Many like the de-badged look, other's like the all black out look.
That's what makes the Car World Go Round... expression & style.
I'm on old fashioned side... I like chrome accent, chrome wheels, emblems and even add small extra emblems.

Found some thiner smaller Chrome with Red inlay "SS" for door sills, adding the Chrome w Red 2.0L to rear.
Goal is to change all emblems over to chrome with red accents.
Excited when found the "Turbocharged" and the "GM" emblems in Chrome / Red.

The Hahn Intercooler is suppose to arrive with a Red "Hahn" Logo to peek through the grill.
I'll probably add a US Army or American flag emblem above the "2.0 L" emblem if I can locate smaller styles.

Ya, I probably bug the Younger car enthusiast in my neighborhood... they appear to be 100% black-out & de-badge types.

Old Mar 12, 2020 | 09:30 AM
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On mine, I choose to keep the stock look of the emblems. Added one to the front grille to have a SS on all 4 sides.
It's just owners preference on how you want to mod your own car.


Old Mar 12, 2020 | 09:49 AM
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If you have a red car, I would guess that painting the inside of the emblem red would make them nearly invisible.
Old Mar 12, 2020 | 11:32 AM
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Badges , we don’t need no stinking badges!


Old Mar 12, 2020 | 11:34 AM
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No LT or Flexfuel badges

And no little GM chiclets
Old Mar 12, 2020 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue

No LT or Flexfuel badges

And no little GM chiclets
Looks Great!!!
But on the humorous side... without the badges, is that a Mopar PTCruiser?
Old Mar 12, 2020 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by firemangeorge
On mine, I choose to keep the stock look of the emblems. Added one to the front grille to have a SS on all 4 sides.
It's just owners preference on how you want to mod your own car.

I noticed your Grill "SS"... in your ICON pic...
Very Nice!
I was planning to add a Grill SS, and playing with lower grill (Intercooler) center or offset... or upper grill.
I like your location... looks great!
Old Mar 12, 2020 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue
No LT or Flexfuel badges

And no little GM chiclets
Question, is it photo, sunlight, or are those wheels showing a black cast to their tint?
Center Hub looks silver / chrome... wheels polished great, but appear to have a tint?
Old Mar 12, 2020 | 01:25 PM
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The wheels are gun metal black chrome, the caps didn’t get the same treatment, they are from a Cobalt SS .
A PT , what! Comments like that can get you kicked off the site!! Don’t be poking fun at my HHR! Cause that’s not even remotely funny!

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