IM GLAD YOU TOOK THE TIME MAKE A NEW PRODUCT, BUT THE NUMBERS LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL. THE LETTERS ARE PRETTY CLOSE. IF THEY WERE SO POPULAR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH ANYTHING, YOU WOULD HAVE SOLD THEM ALL. OBVIOUSLY I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THAT WAY.
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND THE FACT IS THEY JUST LOOK LIKE A CHEAP REPRODUCTION. THE BADGES ARE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND EVERYONE WILL COMMENT ON. IM SURE THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT WILL NEVER NOTICE, BUT SOME OF US WITH A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO DETAIL WILL PASS ON THEM BECAUSE THEY JUST DONT LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL.
IF YOU HAD REPRODUCED THEM AS YOU STATED I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM BUYING 5 OR 6 OF THEM. BUT THE FACT IS THEY JUST DONT LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINALS. KIRBAN REPRODUCES THE 3.8 SFI TURBO AND IT IS AN EXACT MATCH TO THE OEM STYLE. YOURS SIMPLY ARE NOT. NO OFFENSE TO YOU BUT IF YOUR GOING TO OFFER A PRODUCT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL WITH JUST DIFFERENT NUMBER CONFIGURATIONS YOU SHOULD OFFER JUST THAT AND NOT BE UPSET WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN A PRODUCT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU STATED IT WOULD BE.
YOU EMAILED ME AND TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO BE AN EXACT MATCH TO THE ORIGINAL EXCEPT WITH 4.5 VS. 3.8. THAT SIMPLY WAS NOT THE CASE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A TEMPLATE FROM WHOMEVER WAS MAKING THEM AND POST A PIC FOR EVERYONE TO SEE BEFORE MISLEADING PEOPLE AS TO WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE!
POST A PIC OF THEM AND ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY THINK IT LOOKS LIKE THE ORIGINAL? TAKE A POLL AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE THINK....
Since when did " very close to the originals " and " exact copys" become interchangable ? http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/st...ges-engineering-drawings.html?highlight=badge Thats the post where it was explaned the design changes and everyone stepped up to say that they were fine. I made these for the buick community , i am not a biz. So far is hasnt been feasable for ANYBODY to make an injection molding for a 4.1 of 4.5 bade. Kirbans are a COPY of a stock badge, very easy to make. An original badge right down to your 100 point inspection costs thousands in tooling and engineering. Would you buy a $150.00 4.5 badge just to have an EXACT copy ?
IM IN THIS FOR THE FUN, NOT THE MONEY . Repeat :IM IN THIS FOR THE FUN, NOT THE MONEY. These are 95% of what they would look like and every chevy, ford, pontiac, and even some fellow buick guys coulnt tell these were not stock. You are free to bang you head against a wall like i did for almost a year and a half. http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2587
Like i said, if anybody wants a FREE example, shoot me a pm and i will ship one.
