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Old 11-24-2007, 10:13 PM
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My wife is trying to buy me Red lettering for the bumper of my 2002 Z06 and she does not know which one to buy. I have a Silver Z06 and want the Red letter. I have seen some in Mid America that are "brake light red" and etc. Please post up pics of what red ones you have on your cars. Thanks for all the help!!!

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Old 11-24-2007, 10:21 PM
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Personally I'd say SS. Check COH or RPI. For red, I'm not sure.
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Purchased my set from www.ecklers.com/products. Mine are chrome and I believe I paid somewhere around $60 bucks, may be cheaper now with the Holiday sales going on.... Looks nice...Good luck..

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I saw brake light red at a car show last weekend. It looks good. And would really be nice on a silver car
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Check out: http://www.rpidesigns.com/index.asp had my "mirror" raised rear letter order delivered with no problem at a reasonable price. Nope don't work there, just giving him a hit cause he treated me right.
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Originally Posted by renegad44
Check out: http://www.rpidesigns.com/index.asp had my "mirror" raised rear letter order delivered with no problem at a reasonable price. Nope don't work there, just giving him a hit cause he treated me right.
Happy with his customer service and products.
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IMO, the brakelight red lettering from Mid-America is hard to beat.

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I got these on fleabay, I went for red reflective lettering looks good at night! Very resonable price about $8 and he sent me 2 sets!



This is with the camera flash but headlights have the same affect.

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I got these from Ecklers. I believe they are the same letters (same price) as Mid-America sells. I love the letters. I think the color looks great between the taillights.

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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
IMO, the brakelight red lettering from Mid-America is hard to beat.

I have the brakelight red on my car and it looks terrific. I few guys I know have gotten it after seeing mine.
Old 11-25-2007, 07:47 AM
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I guess mine is almost the reverse of the effect you want - silver on red

I think SS goes well on anything but the red on silver looks sharp

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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
IMO, the brakelight red lettering from Mid-America is hard to beat.

I have red ones also, have had trouble keeping them stuck on over the years,thinking about going cyberdine soon.let us know what you get and are you happy.Merry Xmas
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Originally Posted by renegad44
Check out: http://www.rpidesigns.com/index.asp had my "mirror" raised rear letter order delivered with no problem at a reasonable price. Nope don't work there, just giving him a hit cause he treated me right.


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I bought mine from Mid America and Ive had them in the car for over 2 years and no problems!
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Paint 'em


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I had the Brakelight Red letters for a couple of years - and I got a lot of compliments on them. But after a few years of Arizona heat and sun, the letter actually separated from the adhesive pad....so I removed them and installed the SS Inserts.



I don't think either choice is bad, but I do like the SS Inserts better.
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Red will show better!

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I bought some red acrylic letters from Corvettes Of Houston. They're more plastic like than most.
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i went with red and they look great

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Got my brakelight red bumper letters at www.corvettesouth.com and paid $52.50 for them. When they arrived, they came from Ecklers.

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