so all this badge talk inspired me to get off my lazy butt and actually put on the badge that i got for christmas.

just a lil' touch that keeps her different from the other few z's i've seen here.

sorry for the crappy pix. it's late. (yes, i did it at 12.30am.) i'll try to get some better ones this weekend.

 

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awww, my two baby's all nestled up in their garage together (i told yall they were crappy pix)

 

YEA!!! I love those emblems on our cars!!!

 

its that little somethin extra that makes it oh so nice.

 

I wish I could get rid of that big NISSAN in the center. Any idea how to deal with two holes? Without repainting the whole hutch?

 

Black duct tape. That always looks classy. It goes well with holding a bumper on with bungee cords.

 

you're really pretty low on options here, if you don't want to do any quality painting.

or you could look at that other thread that has the replacement badges. it's a z badge that goes in place of the nissan badges.

and thanks jeff, i like em too. my bf was good to me for christmas. i'm such a boy sometimes, most of the stuff i got for christmas was all for my car at least i know where my priorities lie. heh

 

ha!


ya know what that reminds me of? some guy i ran into told me that my z33 "isn't a real z"

wtf? hehe, i can just imagine what he would say if he saw the fairlady badge. jerk.

so do you go into a full detailed history or the short and sweet "it's the japanese z"

 

i have no clue, but it sorta irked me. (i felt the need to post about it) heheh.

no matter, he didn't currently own any form of z either. so he can go hug a dick as far as i'm concerned.

 

There is a name for people like that: Snob. Or better: Ignorant Snob.

Purist is another word, but some pure things are good. Like the pure feeling of driving your Z.

Some links to Fairlady nameplate history.


http://www.mikepallonenissan.com/zhistory/history.htm

http://www.j-garage.com/2210.htm

http://dsoanews.tripod.com/cars.html

http://zhome.com/History/LMATHDAP.htm

http://press.nissan-global.com/EN/PH...S/history.html

As can be clearly seen from the history the 350Z is the perfect next chapter in this long story.

 

thanks for all the sites t.lowry! there's a ton of info in there that i had no clue about.
who says the internet can't make you smarter?

now i can give hte long winded version of why the hell i have the fairlady z badge on there. i'm being nostalgic heh

 

That is sweet. Where can I order the badge from?

 

Looks so nice! I am thinking about doing it to my Z.

 

as mine was a present, i have no clue. but i'm sure jeff from performance nissan could help you out.

they're super easy to put on too.

i heated the 350z badge with a hair dryer and used dental floss to remove it.

then i heated the excess goop with the hair dryer and got as much off as i could with my fingers.

then take NON-ACETONE fingernail polish remover and put it on whatever's left over. a soft terry cloth or detailer's cloth will rub all of it off.

i put a few coats of wax on then applied the fairlady z badge.
the backing that the badge comes on has a diagonal cut in the corner so that you can line it up with the edge of the tail light and the bottom edge of the trunk.

it was alot easier than i was anticipating

 

I got mine from www.courtesyparts.com. I think right now they are even on sale. It is definitely a conversation starter. I like having it on there. Although, unlike some of you, I left the 350Z on the left and simply put the "fairlady" on the right (did not include the "z". I also put the complete "fairlady z" on the lower right side of the dash. I get a lot of compliments on that. Looks like it was made that way, and very "retro";, i.e., takes you back to when it was common for the manufacturers to place the name of the car on the interior dash somewhere.

 

How long did the whole install take you?

 

Wow you have two Z's man the Tire Fearthering would suck having to deal with one is hard enough.