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[smkr3w]

So I've loved the OLD Toyota "TEQ" logo since I first seen it but wasn't sure if it would fit with the celica.
When I seen a sticker verion of it on Jon's (808celica) car I liked it even more.
But couldn't find any available for purchase and didn't want a sticker, though I considered it.
Finally decided to create one, but kept putting it of, but seeing as I've had free time recently I'm going to try to make one.

Found some triangular dowels, cut the to make the lettering and found a perfect sized ring.



Hopefully Monday-Wednesday I will be attempting to vacuum form and cast a resin/plastic mold of it..
I'm pretty excited to see how it comes together. And I'll post the results.

Thanks for reading
Let me know what you think

This post has been edited by smkr3w: Nov 10, 2012 - 4:14 PM

[CrimsonSTX]

I like it dude, it's different.

This post has been edited by CrimsonSTX: Jun 1, 2012 - 7:00 PM

[CAcelica29]

id love to see the final product! if its good ill be down to buy some

This post has been edited by CAcelica29: Jun 1, 2012 - 11:00 PM

[kurt95gt]

Iwant one

[Spider77]

It seems you might have something going here....workmanship is outstanding. Its been a long time since ive vac molded, but seems the "details" might get lost. Pull it off though and put me down for one.

[kurt95gt]

Actually if you pull it off ill take 3 as long as i can afford it lol

[Tigawoods]

i think this would look good without the ring too!

[smkr3w]

Wow! Thanks for the positive feedback

Just got my thermo-form sheets which is mainly for another upcoming project
Thought it'd work but the sheets are a little too thick for this application. I might head out this and find some molding clay, as it should hold the details much better.

And of course I'll share if it works out good enough

[CAcelica29]

so how is it coming?

[smkr3w]

so how is it coming?

Sorry for lack of updates!

I've been caught up with my headlight project that this got put aside..
Last Wednesday I tried making a mold with some liquid mold builder which sets to make a soft rubber form but had a mishap and the mold pretty much fell apart so next Monday ill try something else and hopefully get a good mold.

[CAcelica29]

cool cool, those headlights are so nice too!

[smkr3w]

cool cool, those headlights are so nice too!

Thanks

[Tigawoods]

hey mr. lazy. what have ya been up to with this project?

[smkr3w]

hey mr. lazy. what have ya been up to with this project?

LOL :sigh: not much, I re-did the letters a couple weeks ago as a couple of em broke when some stuff got shuffled around. Found some plastic rods online that might work nice but cant find the right size. I'm going to try to get moving on this project, which I did forget about abit.

[kurt95gt]

Hurry up!! I need these for my cars

[Lil-Joe101]

Hurry up!! I need these for my cars

Settle down buddy, ur getting over excited again.

[kurt95gt]

I'm sorry
I'll be good now

[smkr3w]

Hurry up!! I need these for my cars

Settle down buddy, ur getting over excited again.

I'm sorry
I'll be good now

lmao, okay mold attempt #1 is currently hardening, well see how this goes

[kurt95gt]

Sweet!!)
Fingers crossedv

[smkr3w]

here's the cured (reusable) casting putty:


poured in the casting resin and popped this out:


it's not done though, the mold held VERY GOOD detail, so well that the cast has wood grain in it
so once the resin fully hardens i can sand it smooth and fix any imperfections and cast it once more for a (hopefully) final product

will also add some small connectors between the letters so that it can be applied in one piece instead of individually.

[CAcelica29]

so far so good!!!! this is looking nice!

[kurt95gt]

Love it
Ill teke 5 lol

[Lil-Joe101]

Love it
Ill teke 5 lol

Down boy!!!!

[kurt95gt]

Geez Joe take the fun outa everything
It does look sweet tho

[Lil-Joe101]

Yeah it does look pretty sick.

[kurt95gt]

Yeah it does look pretty sick.

Look even better on your st202 lol

[Box]

Looking good so far.

[smkr3w]

This is where I am at now:


The plan as of now is touch up the lines and details. Order some (super thin) thermoform sheets and vacuum form the emblems. This way I can lose some of the super-fine detail that the putty/clay picks up. As well as make it easier to "mass produce" and make more than one at a time; because so far each cast I do takes about 30 minutes minus touch up time.

[smkr3w]

To help visualize, compared to stock front emblem size:

[kurt95gt]

Pretty.
Looking better each time

[Box]

Looking very good! Can't wait to see when it's finished!

[Kaizee93]

This is looking awesome mate keep up the good work!

[cms-gt4]

looking good. I am trying to make this emblem myself with shapeways for my gtfour, but I may give up and just buy an aluminum sticker and coat it in jewelers resin.

[smkr3w]

looking good. I am trying to make this emblem myself with shapeways for my gtfour, but I may give up and just buy an aluminum sticker and coat it in jewelers resin.

Thanks. If everything goes as planned i should be selling these next month

[kurt95gt]

Update??

[smkr3w]

No update
Still recovering my bank account from my Vegas trip..

[kurt95gt]

Ahh
Ok ill go back to waiting then lol

[smkr3w]

LOL hopefully after bills are paid next week I should be ordering some thermoform sheets and getting it moving again

[smkr3w]

Final product!


HOWEVER...

also got some of these in the works!



these are twice as thick as what the final piece will be.. also more expensive but I wanna get some interest for these aluminum peices

I have the Approval from Rusty and Presure on selling these, lemme know what you guys think!

[Box]

I really like the aluminum ones.

[kurt95gt]

The plastic ones turned out great too!!

[CAcelica29]

The plastic ones turned out great too!!

any pics of them on the car?! also those aluminum ones look sweet!

[kurt95gt]

I haven't got mine mounted yet since I was hold to hold off till he had the aluminums done
Now I'm waiting on a set of those!!!

[smkr3w]

any pics of them on the car?! also those aluminum ones look sweet!

I got some test pics (of the plastic ones) not mounted really but gives you an idea

[Tigawoods]

the front one looks great, the rear seems a bit too large imo

[malpaso]

the front one looks great, the rear seems a bit too large imo

agree to the letter...

[kurt95gt]

They are a little bigger than stock
You can just fit these over top the old stock emblems

[Tigawoods]

the oval shape of the rear emblem is what makes it visually fit better.

without the brake light and the trunk line so close to it, it wouldnt seem so large. Hence why it looks fine in the front

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Oct 16, 2012 - 12:20 PM

[kurt95gt]

That an the back emblem has the black chunck to make it set flush

[smkr3w]

the oval shape of the rear emblem is what makes it visually fit better.

without the brake light and the trunk line so close to it, it wouldnt seem so large. Hence why it looks fine in the front

Yeah thats been a concern of mine. Sadly the plastic ones cant be made smaller.
However since the aluminum ones are drawn with help of a computer they can be scaled down

[RabidTRD]

I can't wait to see what the aluminum ones look like smaller. I will pick up one for my rear if you can figure out a way to make it fit the concave!

[Tigawoods]

thought for rear emblem:
Where to place the mounting pins for the holes. Im not sure the diameter of the holes or the width of the outer ring, but if this is scaled down, the outer ring may be able to line up with the holes and you could have the pins come from behind the outer ring, making for a cleaner mounting look ( i know the way you have it mounted in the pics is just to see how it would generally look, and isnt a permanent mounting method)

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Oct 17, 2012 - 7:34 AM

[CAcelica29]

the front ones look good! let me know when you get the aluminum ones in!

[team_omega]

Aluminum looks great...I'm interested if you ever have production on it

[smkr3w]

the front ones look good! let me know when you get the aluminum ones in!

Aluminum looks great...I'm interested if you ever have production on it

Thanks! I'm really anxious to get these moving! Just waiting on my friend from the machine shop to get back to me..

[smkr3w]

WOOOOOT! Got the emblems in from my friends shop!!

Told the machine shop to scale it down to 2.75" instead of 3.25"

AND ITS PERFECT!



Rear: The Ring will cover the mounting holes and leave it at the perfect spot between the center brake light and edge of trunk


Front: The bottom of the ring and the cross of the "T" cover the front holes perfectly

I can't wait to see what the aluminum ones look like smaller. I will pick up one for my rear if you can figure out a way to make it fit the concave!

sadly couldn't adjust for the concavity

Monday I'll try to get a thread going in the 'For sale' section.
I have 28 pieces in hand that will be for sale

This post has been edited by smkr3w: Nov 10, 2012 - 4:12 PM

[Timmyface]

I'm in, just to have them! How much you thinking?!

[smkr3w]

I'm in, just to have them! How much you thinking?!

Was thinking 12 shipped for 1; or 20 shipped for 2 for anywhere in the us..

I've never shipped to another country, what's the best way to ship to aus?

[Timmyface]

I'm not too sure as I haven't sent anything from the US I Aus either! Haha. Best bet is to just look on USPS sites etc and put in the weight and see how much it is, and average time it takes.

Some of the other guys might have a better way though.

[smkr3w]

I'm not too sure as I haven't sent anything from the US I Aus either!

LOL.. never would have guessed
Alright USPS says it'll be about $18 to ship to NSW. or $10 for Parcel post. (padded envelope)
Just an estimate as I have not weighed them yet

This post has been edited by smkr3w: Nov 10, 2012 - 6:36 PM

[CAcelica29]

i must have 2 of these!!!!!

[Tigawoods]

i dont think Ill use them as emblems but I want them anyways. 2 for me

[RabidTRD]

I'm not too sure as I haven't sent anything from the US I Aus either! Haha. Best bet is to just look on USPS sites etc and put in the weight and see how much it is, and average time it takes.

Some of the other guys might have a better way though.

How'd you send me my splitters then? 0.o lol

When I sent him signal lights, it was like double cost of normal US shipping. Wasn't terrible.

[Timmyface]

I'm not too sure as I haven't sent anything from the US to Aus either! Haha. Best bet is to just look on USPS sites etc and put in the weight and see how much it is, and average time it takes.

Some of the other guys might have a better way though.

How'd you send me my splitters then? 0.o lol

When I sent him signal lights, it was like double cost of normal US shipping. Wasn't terrible.

Never used US shipping in my life I used Australia Post to ship to you.

Anyway, was that $18 for shipping alone, or including the price of the emblem? haha

[smkr3w]

Anyway, was that $18 for shipping alone, or including the price of the emblem? haha

Shipping alone
But that's just the online quote for a large padded envelope..
should be relatively cheap, the emblems weight 1 oz. total (w/o packaging)

[Julian_Navia]

I'd love 2 of these! How soon can I buy?

[Tigawoods]

its the second thread in the buying forum
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88068

[RabidTRD]

I'm not too sure as I haven't sent anything from the US to Aus either! Haha. Best bet is to just look on USPS sites etc and put in the weight and see how much it is, and average time it takes.

Some of the other guys might have a better way though.

How'd you send me my splitters then? 0.o lol

When I sent him signal lights, it was like double cost of normal US shipping. Wasn't terrible.

Never used US shipping in my life I used Australia Post to ship to you.

Anyway, was that $18 for shipping alone, or including the price of the emblem? haha

Good point. >.>

[Driver]

Hmm... my buddy has one of these: http://www.grimmspeed.com/catalog/images/3....fkuPCigUeD.jpg on his FR-S. What would the odds be to get one made with TEQ on it?

[smkr3w]

Hmm... my buddy has one of these: http://www.grimmspeed.com/catalog/images/3....fkuPCigUeD.jpg on his FR-S. What would the odds be to get one made with TEQ on it?

Honestly slim-to-none, unless we had a massive group buy maybe? The image rendering fee for the emblems was $50.. So something like an oil cap might cost a lot more.. but I can ask?