monte carlo ss emblem question
 

My wife has the 2005 tony stewart edition monte carlo. She is wanting to get the monte carlo ss emblems on the doors and trunk lid painted orange to match the orange trim on the car. My question is which is the best way to go about this? Option 1 buy new emblems have them painted orange, Option 2 remove emblems currently on car and have them painted orange and reinstall( not sure if they can be removed and reinstalled) Option 3 is remove emblems and have a vynal orange decal cut to match the factory emblems. I kinda like the last idea better, would make it a lot easier to clean but not sure how durable a decal will last and where to go to have a decal made or where to order one from.

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if you keep the emblems that are on it now then you need ot get new ones and have them painted.

If you do the vinal it would work but also keep in mind it will only go so long before it starts looking like crap. Granted it might be 7-10 years

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hey, welcome to the site..another tony stewart monte...where you from???

i was debating doing that too..but i kinda like the ghost look too

if your planning on doing this you need to remove the emblems and have them painted then reinstall them with 3m glue thats specifically for that...its like a clean plastic tape that you put on the back and it sticks to the car really good..or you could use spray glue as well...or just 2 sided tape..but that might not stick as close to the car as the glue and tape stuff...
post pics of how it turns out..i really want to see this :)

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if your talking the Monte Carlo scripts they are like 4.00 on Ebay. for that pric ei would just get new ones and change them out.
trying to get the 3m ape to go on them and then cutting all of the extra off etc,,, Ya no thanks LOL
but also not sure tha thtey spry glue would hold them on. havent worked with it recently but i knwo the older stuff was not desieg to be in a place that was high presure. this would beconsiderd this due to thecar washing, wind,rain snow etc... you get the point. \
Anothe rhting you can do is take them in and have a magnet put on the back side of them . and then have those painted. this will allow you to put them on and off as you wanted for showes etc. but then take them of fwhile driving so you dont have to worry about cleaning them

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http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...Picture006.jpg

no, thats what he's talking about i think...the supercharged in the writing and then the ss :)

lol..and no i'm not 2 feet tall like you would think by lookin in the pic ..lol
i've always wondered about painting those orange

even the spot on the truck might look good in orange too :)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...Picture001.jpg

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If you remove and re-install the "SS" or monte scripts you can contact cement them back on the car.

I did this to a car I painted a few years ago. I wanted the stock script back on the trunk and a buddy who worked at my local NAPA said the way they did this type of thing at the body shop he used to work at was contact cement them back on.

That's how I did it too and it stayed on till I parted the car out.

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Thanks for all the inforamtion, we are currently in eagle river, ak been here for 4 years and ready to head back to LA. I found some eblems on ebay and it is going to run around 100 + go get them. I am going to call a couple of body shops and see if they can remove them and reinstall them after being painted. I will compare their cost of doing that versus buying new emblems and having them painted.

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use masking tape and tape around them.
Then spray paint them

You can even get an air brush kitand do it

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that superchaged word on there would not be easy to tape around...i dont think anybody could do it..lol...not without about 20 hours labor anyway..lol

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Here is an very old trick that my dad taught me........

us grease like vasoline, paint does not stick to it.........
after what you paint drys.... wipe it off.........

BINGO......

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you are better off just getitng new ones and painting them. then it is done and you dont have ot worry about paint on the car, taping them etc..... jus tmakes life alot easier.

you could take those off all togeather to LOL
use a peice of fishing string and saw them off like a shoe shiner. Works great and dont hur thte paint etc..

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THERE ARE SOME ON EBAY THE COLOR YOU WANT,CHEAP, HAVE REPLACED MINE WHEN I WAS OVER THE BARE LOOK. WAY TO MUCH WORK TO PAINT UNLESS YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SPARE TIME AND INDOOR SPACE TO WORK

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I was unable to see your pics while I was at work wizz kid but that is the emblems I want to have painted orange. For some reason I thought it was monte carlo on the doors never looked close enough to see it was supercharged ss. My wife is excited that I am thinking about getting this done. Will try to go this weekend to get some estimates. I am going to recheck ebay also.

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ah hell testors model paint,
Now before you start laughing most of the emblems in this world for the restored cars were done this way LOL
it is a enamal paint and all ya have to do is clear over it and it will hold up. it is also wha ti use under the hood on my engin cover two years agao.and it is still there.
Just ge tthe cheap air brush they sell fo rlike 30.00 with the can of propellent and follow the destructions to mix the paint and shoot them your self.
they are not hare to do just get them real clean and also use a sctch brite pad on them till they are dull. This will allow the primmer ot stick.

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My Intimidator emblems got hand painted today. Black though, not orange. My car wash-detailer Joe did them while it was in for serviceand weekly cleaning.He also applied a plastic coating to help prevent stone chipping. They look great. I think I would want orange sprayed, though. I will post pics soon.

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I got a quote today for 230 for the emblems/paint/install. I looked on ebay but did not see any in orange, I will look one more time and if I can't find them this weekend Iwill have the bodyshop order and paint them up.

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let us know how they turn out...post some pics so i can consider this :)

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Had the body shop order the emblems yesterday 5-7 day ship time, so in about 2 weeks I should be able to get some pics up.

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Finally got the emblems on today, total cost ran about 250. This was the only way I could figure out how to post an image, will post some better pictures in a couple of weeks when I come back from training.

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I would buy a set off Ebay for a few bucks, paint them and apply them to the car... you can just use fishing line to pry the old ones off by working it like dental floss.