Im thinking of painting my mitsu dimond emblems or badges or whatever they are called, red. Before I do though I have a question......

Did the older lancers in the past have the red diamonds or something? Please explain. Thanks alot.

 

You can buy the red diamonds off ebay, or just get a red vinyl sticker overlay for it. That way, the paint doesn't peel and you don't have to remove the stars/tape them off.

 

Yes the diamonds were originally red. They changed them in like 03 if I'm not mistaken.

 

they were smaller though, they came on the galants, monteros, and some others, their about half the size as ours now

 

They weren't three seperate pieces like they are now. The entire emblem was one piece. And I'm pretty sure it was the entire mitsu line that had the red diamonds.

 

I personally think the silver emblem is sharper looking... Although it could be a *little* smaller.

Mike

 

like this?

 

i went to a graphics place got the front and rear diamond and the ones on the wheels all for $15can and they have lasted a year through snow rain .i think their better than painting .

 

Do Not paint your emblems! I just was at a meet where one of the EVO owners painted his. Problem is, is that paint dosen't adhere to chrome well and it looked like a planetarium with all those silver holes poking through the paint. I made a special overlay for him to cover it up. I have red overlays that I made on mine and I've even fooled dealers into thinking they were stock.

 

Actually, if you take the time to do it right, the paint comes out much better than the vinyl... you just have to prime and cc... I used caliper paint on mine, so it is ceramic and THICK....

 

I'm sure theres ways to do it, you could even sand the chrome for better sticking surface, but more often than not, it looks really crappy in comparision to painting stock plastic parts. Overlays look stock and when you remove them you have a perfect emblem underneath. Can't do that with paint.

 

Shiroboi's prices are better. I probably will get Shiroboi's vinyl for the front, but have already done the rear on my RA. I believe it was from an "03" Diamonte. The diamonds are smaller and red.