DanDotDan

Those of you with silver hood badges, have you ever had a problem with the badge fading? One of the guys at Brandywine recommended against the silver badge for this reason.

Itzkirb

nope, I have 2 and no issues with fading. I've never heard of this before???

LVDell

What is fading on the badge? Can you please post pics?

BTW....the sun out here in Vegas is brutal and I haven't noticed anything.

GreggT

Yep........I have them on 3 dif cars and 2 are loosing it........pretty hard to get a decent pic but I'll try over the weekend.
If I recall correctly......it was like some of the areas that should be bright silver, now had a muddy-tarnished film over them.

TT Surgeon

Yeah, I saw one recently on a guys car, badly faded/tarnished looking, he said he only had it about a yr.

P-Car fanatic

i looked at mine yesterday and its definitely fading - not the metal parts but the coloured parts are becoming hazy

LVDell

My old gold crest that I replaced the silver one with suffered the same fate. Not so sure it is just a silver crest problem.

Itzkirb

ah, for about $85-89 bucks, it's still worth it IMO.

And we happen to have 2 in stock! hahaha

SANDOVAL

The earlier Silver crests had some peeling problems. I brought it to Ralph Boothe's attention when I purchased a used crest. You might want to ask him about it he might have some ideas on how to protect the badge. I installed a brand new crest it was on for 9 months and never had a problem.

GreggT

Should last longer than a year though ($80-90 silvers twice as much as OE gold?) .......so where does Pelican, Performance Products & others source these?
If I recall correctly, the silvers were actually OE golds that someone re-works and sells.

Itzkirb

Ralph Booth Designs makes them for everyone I believe. He's a great guy. I met him and his wife at several events...wonder if he rememebers who I am?

LVDell

How could he not?

GreggT

OK........you know him......might want to give him a 'heads up' on this thread.........looks like Perf Product, Pelican, etc are Sponsors here......I see he's sponsor over on 6speed.

LVDell

Not sure why RB hasn't sponsored this site??? We sure do send a bunch of business his way. He is a great guy to deal with. Nothing but great things to say.

DonW-Cape Cod

I've got his silver hood badges and his silver emblem embedded center caps and they look like new. Hood crest on my silver cab is 3 yrs old (Perf Prod), and Cindy's hood silver crest is over a year old.. and center caps from Ralph a year ago. Car is garaged tho, if that makes a difference.. If anyone has seen his center caps you'll know how good the construction is. Just my .02