Reconditioning emblems

[shirazdrum]

There's no trick here but if you have 10 minutes this weekend, take off the old emblems and give them a nice coat of black paint. I used a very small water color brush and they turned out alright. You could sand the chrome part and clear it again but i thought that was just too much effort.

Before



And After

[chuck hahn]

Chris...all you need is a rag, a few Qtips, and some laquer thinner to remove the black off the letters. Then if you want the "gold" look, you can spary over them again with tinted clear coating.

[shirazdrum]

Will do. The pain shop owes me that much at least

[rustybronco]

And while you're at it, throw a bit of red into the groove that's inside the letter 'G'.

[shirazdrum]

Did the 850GZ have the red G? I don't recall ever seeing one.

[JEEPRUSTY]

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=gs850g+emblem&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=1agR_6wzDm9nCM:&imgrefurl=http://kz900.com/emblems-suz.html&docid=UQd5iHsLz2yd6M&imgurl=http://kz900.com/kz/body/emblems/suz/ss22.jpg&w=222&h=62&ei=KDPrUK7CLZKs0AGU64CgDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=908&vpy=306&dur=191&hovh=49&hovw=177&tx=79&ty=3&sig=107542144943595355205&page=1&tbnh=49&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:165

[rustybronco]

The GS850GZ emblem came with red in the groove.

[shirazdrum]

So they did have the red G. There isn't even a trace of it left.

[rustybronco]

I can assure you they most definitely did come with red in the groove.

http://thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=654467&postcount=1