I have been wondering about this for quite some time. I bought my 06 Z used several months ago, and the area in my front bumper emblem is black, not actually black painted put feels like a paper substance, of sorts. My car is blue, and every other emblem I have seen has the body color in the middle areas of the emblem. Do you suppose this is how the car came new,and no one ever removed this substance, or is it suppose to be like that, on just 06 Z's, since ti was a transition year?

 

It is possible someone placed some plastic or some other product under the emblem to make the emblem black in the center. When I got my Z in 2003, one of the first things I did was put carbon fiber inserts under the emblems both front and back. It looked pretty cool but I have since replaced the stock emblems with Z emblems. Here is a picture of the carbon fiber insert......

 

I'm going to post a picture in a few mins, to give a better idea, and maybe someone can tell me if the substance can be removed.

 

Here's a picture to give a better idea of what I'm talking about. Can this black stuff in the center be removed, ya think. Any idea on what it is?

 

Those emblems are $25 or less on the forum, if it really bothers you just pull them off and put some new ones on.

 

Take off the emblem and find out what it is

 

Can you send me a link where the emblem like I have is for sale? I'd like to see if it really is just an aftermarket emblem.

 

Check courtesyparts.com for prices, they can be found cheaper on the forum though.