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How's it look? (Finally Rebadged)

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Old 12-02-04, 05:49 AM
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I finally ditched the gold emblems. How does it look?
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Old 12-02-04, 05:50 AM
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looks much better....
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I think it looks much better....but that's just IMO. Maybe "better" isn't the correct choice of word, but, I think it looks much sportier.

To me, gold has a more luxurious look to it while silver/chrome has a sportier look to it.
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gotta agree.much better!!!
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good work... did you incur any problems when doing it?
Old 12-02-04, 06:23 AM
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Originally posted by BigMoNYC
good work... did you incur any problems when doing it?
Thanks,yah, a blister on my thumb I used blue painters tape and outlined the old emblems for a reference point before removing them although the residue left from old badges helped too, but the tape helped even more. 12lb test fishing line sawed through the glue no problem. Then I used my finger to rub off most of the old glue.

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Old 12-02-04, 07:24 AM
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much much better...gold chrome was good in the early 90's...
Old 12-02-04, 07:51 AM
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i agree with everyone else, one simple mod that looks much better
Old 12-02-04, 08:07 AM
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Looks a lot better...
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looks better . then again, i like silver better than gold anyway
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Looks 100 times better with chrome!!!

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Oh yeah!!! I am with the concensus. Much better.
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Agree with everyone that chrome looks far better than gold. Do you have a pic of the front with the chrome 'L' on the grille?

EDIT: Never mind, I saw your other thread

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Old 12-02-04, 02:34 PM
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i always like the chrome much better than the gold, so good move there man


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