gnx emblem

[tntdiablo]

looking for a gnx grill emblem,does no have to be mint or new,just something nice

 

[GNX 233 485]

50.00 new
75.00 new grill bracket (repro)

 

[my85grandnation]

How do you tell if you have a real GNX emblem or a reproduction one? I just bought some that are supposed to be the real deal, but is there any way to tell?

 

[GNcollectables]

The silver edge around the letters on a real emblem look like they have been sanded down and are flat, while the repros are high, rounded & shiny.

Also, real emblems have orange tape on the back while repros had blue tape (but this isn't as good an indicator as the above).

 

[GNcollectables]

real on top, repro on bottom:

 

[my85grandnation]

Also, real emblems have orange tape on the back while repros had blue tape (but this isn't as good an indicator as the above).

Thats what I was thinking that all the real ones I have seen have the orange back, while the repros have blue. The ones I have are orange backed tape, but the edges dont appear to be sanded down. Is it a possibility that not all the real ones have what appear to be a sanded edge? Can I email you the pics I took of mine so you can see?

 

[GNcollectables]

I've seen "some" of these emblems, but am not really that much of an expert on these....

Perhaps XRAY could be a better judge / give more info on this subject!

It's possible someone got a hold of the orange tape & used that on the repros though (instead of blue).

The one in the pic with the orange tape came from a GNX owner (#547!) who purchased it new from GM as a replacement, so perhaps the ones ASC actually had/used, were slightly different?

 

[my85grandnation]

Well these were supposedly left overs directly from ASC so maybe they were different than the ones that GM sold later. I will contact Xray. Thanks

 

[turbogronk]

Is it Real, or Real?

My four GNX emblems purchased a while back all have the orange backing & white removable area in the right of the X, not blue tape/corner. Like my85's, mine have the high round edges instead of the sanded-smooth look, though. I guess 4 for $76 wasn't bad either way, but knowing for sure where they came from would be nice.

Push comes to shove, I could always sand mine down carefully, right? These may be "unmachined" originals that simply weren't "sanded". Who knows! Thanks for the side-by-side photos, GNC!

 

[gnX405]

My orange backed emblems, and my original emblems on the car have the high edges (Not sanded smooth look).

Is it possible GNcollectables has them swapped in his post with photos?

 

[Project TNX]

TNX > *.*

Don't mind me, I'm just getting antsy, getting close now.

 

[SPOOLN]

So why didn't you do whX ?