Although we have the Courtesy Nissan badges, reen's carbon fiber inserts and now, chrome inserts, to replace/enhance our Nissan "burgers", real help is on the way.

As you know, Rick Hesel (Artsci) initially intended to make Z badges (with quality like the S2000 badges his company makes); he shut down that project when the Courtesy badge and the others came out before his was ready.

After a few weeks of my badgering him (pun intended), he has agreed to do a limited run of Z badges to test demand for his product.

Keep your eyes open for something special!

 

Just wondering what makes them any better than the courtesy parts badges ? His initial designs looked very similar.

 

Look at the quality of the S2000 badges at Ricks2k.com. The Courtesy badge looks like a blown up side badge, that is quite thick. Rick's will be a more polished product.

 

I must have missed this thread that shows some of his work. Great stuff!

 

just installed my badges from courtesyparts, and i think they are badass.

they arent blown up side badges

they are side badges with retainer rings to fill in the old nissan logo void

 

Well, I am glad you badgered him, I like his S2000 work it looks classy and like it belongs. I agree that the Courtesy badges are not great I have been holding out for a better one.

 

How about some pics toykila ???

will take a look at these others also if they get done.

 

courtesy badges

Front

 

rear

 

oh yeah, I'm gonna take the '350z' off the hatch, cause I;ve got too many Z's now back there!

 

Hey 2003z , How did you get the front emblem off ? I got a clear bra and don't want to apply any heat.

 

yeah, i took the 350z badge off, it looked odd with 2 z's on the back

sorry dont have a camera so cant take pics

 

It was actually a little loose on one side, and I tried to use floss, but it broke, so I just grabbed the end of it and gently pried. It came off, but left the adhesive tape. I used a blow dryer to warm that up and it came off, but didn't affect the clear bra.

 

But with Rick Hesel's design, it will be a custom Z. It won't shape the same as the Z on the car and without the 3 dots on the Z.

 

They look great. I like the courtesy badges - nothing wrong with those and I think I'd prefer the standard Z with the 3 dots to something non-standard.

Will wait for Rick's design (maybe they'd be good for the wheels in any case).

My only concern is "how many Z's are too many Z's"!