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Funny you should ask that. I have been trying to buy 3 original dark blue replacements for my roadster but all I can get is black. The black ones are sharper around the edges etc. Best as I can guess is that the change occured somewhere around mid 1999. However, it seems as if they had both black and blue at one time and it was hit and miss as to what got on the car. I think by late 1999 everything was black.Diablo4Ever said:Is the shield always in black, i thought ive seen some with dark blue shield but im not sure![]()
The dark blue really looks black at any distance. Its kinda subtle. As for changing them, the one on the front hood is pretty easy but the two on the side pillars on roadsters are are bitch since they are epoxied or something on.raymondo said:I've never seen it in anything but black, but it would be simple to change it to any color desired
gday said:Funny you should ask that. I have been trying to buy 3 original dark blue replacements for my roadster but all I can get is black. The black ones are sharper around the edges etc. Best as I can guess is that the change occured somewhere around mid 1999. However, it seems as if they had both black and blue at one time and it was hit and miss as to what got on the car. I think by late 1999 everything was black.
The dark blue really looks black at any distance. Its kinda subtle. As for changing them, the one on the front hood is pretty easy but the two on the side pillars on roadsters are are bitch since they are epoxied or something on.
-mick
I'm not sure I understand the "leather" bit?? The ones I'm talking about are on the door pillar right behind the doors glass ie embedded in the panel/paint. I would strongly advise against removing them unless you have a very good reason. The front hood one is secured by two or three screws (depending on how the installer was feeling that day). But the side ones are not - they are just epoxied on and thus you risk taking paint with you on the removal.sk90077 said:Is it very hard to do Mick? I dont want the leather to look lose after putting ot back.
I just figured out the leather bit... and thats the problem. Although the badges are the same and have three threaded lugs, the side ones ARE NOT normally secured by nuts (don't yell at me if yours are!). They are just epoxied as I wrote in my previous email.... be warned.gday said:I'm not sure I understand the "leather" bit??