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| twirqurky |
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The EF/EL has a Ford logo on the steering wheel.
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| comhelp |
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Age: 41 Posts: 638 Joined: 6th Nov 2004 Ride: 1994 Ford EF Fairmont Ghia Sedan Location: Melbourne |
this looks really interesting
twirqurky have u ever wondering WHY ford didn't put a badge there? this is because underneath that part is the airbag. I dont know about you but i dont think i would want a ford badge (or any badge for that matter) flying at my face at around 80kmph IF i have a crash and the airbag deployes.
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comhelp: BA's have a badge there.
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Age: 41 Posts: 638 Joined: 6th Nov 2004 Ride: 1994 Ford EF Fairmont Ghia Sedan Location: Melbourne |
yeha but i bet that the split for the airbag will be just below the badge and then this will send the badge into the eindscreen. the split on the EF/EL is right through the middle of the ford logo
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| twirqurky |
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Meh I firstly dont intend to crash my car, therefore no airbag deployment. Anywayz if it did deploy then think about it the cover doesnt fly off sepereately if it is elevated up and then the airbag comes out, so its no hassle.
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twirqurky wrote: Meh I firstly dont intend to crash my car, therefore no airbag deployment. Anywayz if it did deploy then think about it the cover doesnt fly off sepereately if it is elevated up and then the airbag comes out, so its no hassle.
lol I didn't intend to crash mine either... but here we are.
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comhelp wrote: this looks really interesting
twirqurky have u ever wondering WHY ford didn't put a badge there? this is because underneath that part is the airbag. I dont know about you but i dont think i would want a ford badge (or any badge for that matter) flying at my face at around 80kmph IF i have a crash and the airbag deployes. If the badge were going to fly at your face when the airbag deploys, then the entire plastic part would also fly at your face. I see nothing wrong with it really, as long as you stick it on properly so that it stays on one half of the airbag cover and doesn't try to stick to both. Oh, and airbags deploy at about about 250km/h, not 80km/h |
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we have some ford badges coming. i dont know about prices as yet but we have red and gold coming in a couple of sizes. i would think they will be about $65 each
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xr8 dismantler wrote: we have some ford badges coming. i dont know about prices as yet but we have red and gold coming in a couple of sizes. i would think they will be about $65 each
65 bucks for a blue one? whoa.... |
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Besides, isn't the airbag cover hinged so in the event of a deployment it comes down (or up) but stays attached to the column? If it didn't you'd have a problem with it breaking the very thing it was meant to protect due to the cover flying right into the face of the occupant at quite a rate of knots
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twirqurky wrote: xr8 dismantler wrote: we have some ford badges coming. i dont know about prices as yet but we have red and gold coming in a couple of sizes. i would think they will be about $65 each 65 bucks for a blue one? whoa.... where did i mention blue. $65 for red or gold. i have a sample on the way now. i will get them in the next couple of days. if we get enough intrest i will buy in a quantity and may make them FM exclusive. |
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I am very interested in a red one!
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unclewoja wrote: Try and find a place that does laser cutting or plasma cutting. How about a specially designed fordmads badge in the same shape as the genuine ford badges? Would be very unique.
They'll be expensive due to the setup fee, but they'll do whatever you want. I'm trying to convince the manager @ work to get a plasma cutter. It'll only be standard definition, but it should be good enough for doing badges. If I get my way, I'll post in here since I'll be able to design and cut custom badges. All you need then it to get it plated and some dbl sided sticky and you've got yourself a badge. EDIT: The plasma cutter I might be getting (I say I cause it's a family company and I'm 2 IC) has extremely powerful and cheap software that a lot of after market laser/plasma cutters don't have, or you need to spend $20,000+ just on the program and hardware to do the same job. Anyway, this plasma cutter I might be getting is capable of just cutting an object out of material from a scanned image. The software converts the image into cad for you. You might be able to find a plasm/laser cutter with that capability aswell.
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I would kill for a couple of red ones too...
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Does anyone have any pics of these red and gold badges?
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