Fender Emblem

[geswek]

I'm not fond of it -- thinking about having the Hot Rod shop whack it off and paint my fenders while doing my GT vents next month.

If you were curious, here's what it would look like if I choose to do it.

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[mjhpadi]

Looks too "plain Jane" without the vents.  I don't care for it.

 

[geswek]

Hah, I just realized why the non-functional vent is there.

It goes with the body line that fades away at rear door.

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[DJE624]

So, you are going to leave it?  I kinda liked the idea in "theory" but yeah, I don't think I'd mess with body work.  Some guys have switched their Gen 4 vents to the Gen 4.5 vents.  I like mine the way it is. 

 

[jomc111]

i don't like it

 

[bpd1151]

I definitely like the concept of it..... absolutely.

But to pull it off correctly, your body shop peeps would need to blend in the crease from the front door, into that front quarter where the vent previously used to be located.

If they can swing that, I think it'd look sick actually.

Gives the car somehow a more muscular stance in some odd way.

I'd give it a whirl. You'd be the 1st bro! k:

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[RedRocket327]

I like the clean look of it gone but I have no idea how much work would be involved.  Is it an actual vent or just a badge to look like a vent?

 

[bpd1151]

It's just a drop in faux cover (over the non-functional hole) that has either the 'TAURUS' badging plop'd in there, or the 'SHO'

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[DJE624]

GESWEK,  Can you take the rear end of the body line under the rear door handle, spin it around (or transpose/mirror) then shop it into the front fender?

 

[geswek]

Here it is with what bpd said -- I don't know if this will come out right; they'd have to get it just right in order for it to flow properly.

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[DJE624]

Yeah, that looks like it would be tough to get just right.

 

[geswek]

Yeah, I'm walking away from that -- rather put my money on other things.

I'll table it until after I do turbos and I get bored.

Maybe I'll throw some red underglow on it.

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[bpd1151]

Yea, chop off like the front 2/3rd's of the body line (where the vent used to be) and I think you'd have it right.

The crease (from the door) should really only extend just minimally into the fender.

Just enough to make it appear OEM/Factory, but not so much like you have it done in that latest image.



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[geswek]

Hmm; I was looking at your how-to on your emblem swap; the crease exists.

It would be a matter of filling the gaping hole from emblem and smoothing the crease at the bottom.

This might be a little easier than I thought; it's not like they really need to create a crease since it is there.

 

[DJE624]

Could you just fill the hole and leave the lower crease there?

 

[geswek]

I could but it's have this weird fish hook look to it LOL.

There would be an indention.

Let me take a photo of my mine without the emblem there and I'll fill in hole to see what it looks like.

Maybe tomorrow I'll try.

 

[DJE624]

Cool.  I'll be anxious to see what you come up with.

 

[geswek]

As always; stay tuned for more goodness --

 

[mjhpadi]

Actually if you could do some custom work with the emblem and put LED's behind it or blend it smoothly...but it really makes the car look really plain without something there.

 

[DJE624]

I was just wondering what's in that hole.  Could you actually use it to vent the engine compartment?