csxfbird
08-19-2009, 01:54 PM
I posted this on collectorfbody.com, but had no replies to this.
The CETA has sat for the past couple years, largely unused, since I don't like leaving it parked unattended at school all day, and besides, school's kept me busy enough to keep me from doing any cruises or anything with it. To be honest, with the prices of C5 Z06s the way they are/were, I contemplated selling it many times to get one. But when I first started to realize that GM was on the fast track to oblivion, I figured I'd hang onto her until I got news of what was gonna happen. And, well, like we all know, Pontiac is gone now, and as such, we all own the last of the Trans Ams. So the way I see it, me and the CETA are committed for the long term now. So I decided to finally go through with all of the things I've wanted to do with the car.
Among those things are obtaining replacement inner door decals (VIN/RPO/Tire Pressure). If any of you recall, my car was t-boned by a 16 year old girl in a Cavalier back in 2005...the driver side side door was mangled pretty good, and the inner decals were torn apart as a result. Here's the car as she was in 2005 (it might hurt to look at):
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/215/dscn06457lw.jpg
You can kind of see in the picture where the door decals were caught up in the middle of things, quite literally. Being that I've resolved to keep the car, it really doesn't matter, but it's always bothered me that those decals are missing. For years I've searched to see if it's possible to obtain replacements from GM, and although I've never gotten a straight answer, it seems the answer would be "no". However, where OEM fails, aftermarket tends to succeed. See here:
http://www.ecsvin.com/
That's the closest I've found to obtaining replacement decals since the day I started looking for them. What they require are high resolution pictures of the existing decals, so they can create replacements. Unfortunately, as you could probably guess from the picture, I was never able to get some pictures. Would it be possible to ask one of you with a car, optioned identically to mine, to take such high-res pictures of your door decals, as well as an overall picture so I can see where they're positioned? Of course, I would replace the VIN with my own, provided ECS is able and willing to honor such a request. My car is a T-top, 6-speed, with traction control, Hurst shifter, and 12-disc CD changer. If one of you with an identical car could do this, I would be most appreciative.
-Chris
The CETA has sat for the past couple years, largely unused, since I don't like leaving it parked unattended at school all day, and besides, school's kept me busy enough to keep me from doing any cruises or anything with it. To be honest, with the prices of C5 Z06s the way they are/were, I contemplated selling it many times to get one. But when I first started to realize that GM was on the fast track to oblivion, I figured I'd hang onto her until I got news of what was gonna happen. And, well, like we all know, Pontiac is gone now, and as such, we all own the last of the Trans Ams. So the way I see it, me and the CETA are committed for the long term now. So I decided to finally go through with all of the things I've wanted to do with the car.
Among those things are obtaining replacement inner door decals (VIN/RPO/Tire Pressure). If any of you recall, my car was t-boned by a 16 year old girl in a Cavalier back in 2005...the driver side side door was mangled pretty good, and the inner decals were torn apart as a result. Here's the car as she was in 2005 (it might hurt to look at):
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/215/dscn06457lw.jpg
You can kind of see in the picture where the door decals were caught up in the middle of things, quite literally. Being that I've resolved to keep the car, it really doesn't matter, but it's always bothered me that those decals are missing. For years I've searched to see if it's possible to obtain replacements from GM, and although I've never gotten a straight answer, it seems the answer would be "no". However, where OEM fails, aftermarket tends to succeed. See here:
http://www.ecsvin.com/
That's the closest I've found to obtaining replacement decals since the day I started looking for them. What they require are high resolution pictures of the existing decals, so they can create replacements. Unfortunately, as you could probably guess from the picture, I was never able to get some pictures. Would it be possible to ask one of you with a car, optioned identically to mine, to take such high-res pictures of your door decals, as well as an overall picture so I can see where they're positioned? Of course, I would replace the VIN with my own, provided ECS is able and willing to honor such a request. My car is a T-top, 6-speed, with traction control, Hurst shifter, and 12-disc CD changer. If one of you with an identical car could do this, I would be most appreciative.
-Chris