Stainless Steel Emblems

I posted this on the SS forum, just thought some of you might be interested also.

The other day, I was talking to a man who decided to let me install a Radix on his '03 SS.
I was admiring the SS emblems on the side of the truck and he said they were sh!t. I asked why and he explained. They are hollow and just stamped tin. He took his to the car wash and one of those cotton strands got caught in his emblem and bent it back making a nice crease in it.
Well, my solution was to come up with some nice stainless steel emblems exactly like the prodcution ones (same idea he had). Maybe even with a slighter slant to them. He said the stock replacements were close to $100 bucks, lol, what a rip off.

He runs a water jet cutter and other various types of equipement and just hasn't gotten around to making some.
I'm not trying to make any money off of them, just thought some of you might be interested. I already have a few guys who want them.

Anyone?

thanks,

allen

You should be able to get some after market sales. I use the S-10 emblems on my 99 before the real ss come out.

ewww! ewwww! I want some, let me know how much? are they gonna be raised the same as the original, or is it going to be flat sheet of aluminum or equilivant

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Originally posted by 01Thunder@Oct 14 2003, 06:50 PM
ewww! ewwww! I want some, let me know how much? are they gonna be raised the same as the original, or is it going to be flat sheet of aluminum or equilivant

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They can be as thick as you want it, i figure 1/4 inch is borderline too thick, an 1/8 would be too skinny, so it's up to you, this guy can cut up to 3" of stainless so, whatever you want, however, i'd like to keep all the thickness the same size, may be cheaper that way instead of changing thicknesses out.

what about 1/4 inch thick, is that too thick for you?

i wanna get some made so i can check out the results, also , they'll come polished, so just slap some two sided 3M tape on it, and stick it on. Or you may want to clear coat it. he has plans to install a huge powder coating system as well, that'll be neat.

ah, just imagine how some black powerdered coated emblems would look on a black ss, or a blue emblems on a blue one, etc.

let me know,

allen

how much for three of them just polished. i can get them powder coated pretty cheap for me, if thats what i want to do

any word on this one too Farmtruck?

Im interested ... any more info on this?

cool, i'll have an answer in the morning, i faxed over a sketch on friday afternoon, i'm really excited about the emblems, they will look badass

cant wait, im thinking three of them.
ill be first in line to say i want them

So these are SS emblems, I thought it was a "no no" to put SS emblems on a non SS truck. I had wanted to do this at one time and was criticised (sp) pretty hard for it on another forum. If this seems to be a cool thing to do I might want some.

Randy

Are you only doing "SS" designs? I have a black Z28 with black "Z28" emblems that pretty much blend in with the background and can't be seen too well.t It would look real nice with some stainless steel "Z28" emblems on there. Just an idea.

I don't think it's that bad to put SS emblems on a non ss truck, jmo.

I posted this on the silveradoss.com forum and there seems to be ppl interested in it, so i figured why not here too.

I'll send over the Z28 emblem sketch too br1ev8, and see what he'll do them for.

well when my can out run a real SS. why shouldnt i be able to put them on.
its not my fault that they didnt have one when i bought mine, plus if they would have had a single cab version then i would have bought one. screw'em if they dont like it. i like the ss but i dont think and extended cab is the right way to go for a super sport truck just in my opinion. dont get me wrong im not nockin anyone with an extended cab. that was your coice as was mine of buying a single cab. its personall prefrence. and there are several extended cabs out thaere that are pretty damn fast. plus street scen offers a front bupper cover to turn the front of 99-02 front ends into an SS.i would have loved to of bought an SS but 40 grand is a bit much for a truck that runs slower than mine. and with all the things that i have purchased i still am not near spending that kind of money.
hey guys this is just my opinion not here to start anything . just wanted to make that clear. :smile: :hshake:

Sounds like you have the right attitude. I just wasn't sure how people perceived this, I see a lot of SS-350 decals on trucks, and I don't think chevy ever produced a SS-350 truck.

I got S10 SS badges on mine. No 1999 SS Silverado. I wish I would of did a reg. cab but needed the extra room so extend cab was my choice. People don't know the differant in body styles and the I hate the new front ends. :puke: :twocents:

I think I will put some SS emblems on my truck when I put in the LS1, at least then I would feel like I was closer to an SS. Yeah, I am not real impressed with the new front ends myself, but I think the SS front end looks real good with the bumper cover. It sucks, cause the aftermarket industry has taken a real liking to them.

I see older trucks with SS on them all the time! Install all the emblems you want and never mind what anyone thinks. I bet people think I'm crazy for installing a LS1 im my "OLD FARMTRUCK" but I could care less what they think, I'm having fun with it!! :taunt:

Yeah but with an LS1 under the hood I will have a reason to call it an SS. Theres nothing super about my 4.8.