I did contact eric also, about 2 months ago and he was going to do a group buy toward the end of feb. but when i contacted him again he said his painter no longer works there. the black emblems are great, currently have have all the rear usdm emblems in black chrome, but i wanted to put my jdm emblems back on after i got them black chromed. i wont put reg chrome back one after seening how good the black chrome looks.

 

I had Cody at infiniti-parts do my rear mt. fuji from a G37 as well, and it turned out awesome...

 

do you know if hes still doing the emblems? i looked on the site and found nothing

 

^^^ what he said. and how much did he charge for painting the one item??

 

Yeah it was just sent to me about 1-2 weeks ago. It's a service he provides, which isn't mentioned on the website. It costs $35 including return shipping to do the black chrome plating for the Mt. Fuji emblem, but I have no idea what the cost is for the other emblems.

As I mentioned above, I went ahead and bought a Mt. Fuji emblem from a G37 (it's a bit larger than the G35c Mt. Fuji emblem for the trunk), and I think it looks great. I'll get pics up soon.

`John

 

You'd think someone would sell the powdercoated/painted emblems directly rather than having to have yours repainted...this is a good business opportunity for someone.

 

cool cool ill give Cody a call?
Klumzyee (Eric) was for a while but he wasn’t making much of a profit

 

I was researching much into this and it simple to get a "chrome black look" Just use a spray paint with translucent (transparent) coloring such as tint or smoke. This almost get you that color but for a perfect match to black chrome use this paint called hyperblack.

 

Looks interesting...I might get some to test out.

http://www.innate.com/Paint/Chrome/HyperBlack.htm

 

Black Chrome, how its suppose to be done.. Chrome is placed inside a container with a type of acide, different acide will result in different colors. Once placed inside with the acide the emblems are "zapped" using electricty. This creates an even "stain" on the emblems.. aka black chrome.. I believe anodizing is something simliar but I'm not too sure.

What I did. (I'm sure this will be profitable but I do not have the time to do this - so someone STEP UP!!!). Spray the emblems directly (WITHOUT SANDING) and light clear coat finish.. more clear coat = more cloudy.. The result is pretty nice.. The emblems I produced are DARKER then real black chrome but IMO a lot better when compaired side by side.. Actual black chrome can almost pass for chrome during sunlight. How the paint was mixed was a secret with the guy I work with.. I'm sure its a combo of black and green tho.

I have TWO NISSAN emblems left if you guys want them. I also have ONE infiniti emblem left without double side tape on the back. I used this one for a demo.

I wasn't making a big profit (Actually $5 per emblem) I did it more for fun then to make money since a lot of guys were asking for them =). If I were to do them again it'll be $40-$50 per emblem.

- Eric

 

Eric if you were to do this again, would that cost include the emblems or we would have to supply our own??

 

cost includes emblems.. but wont include shipping

 

Also I've done a complete front grill as well as emblems.. Guy drives his car daily and the grill holdes up just fine =)

deepdiver

 

WOW i need to see that grill in person. to bad i didnt make out to the meet last night.

 

^ mike with the SF-Challenge graphite G runs it.. along with my D-Spec Lip and Impul Sides