Where i work we have a laser engraver. I'm going to get the outer piece of the hatch latch engraved with something.

trouble is im torn between a plain jane rotary logo



and the fb rx7 logo. which i cant seem to find a basic image of. just the logo in a gif or jpg that i can send to laser engraver.



i'm leaning towards the rx7 one. but i cant find an image like the rotor one above. so if anyone has one or can make one that would be suuuper. so the rotor may win by default

-Nick

 

the single rotor by the time was scaled down the visual detail will not be as sharp

or do something different or personal like your screen name

 

haha. the screenname is something i came up with in like 5th or 6th grade. it sounded really cool when i was 10. now its kind of embarrassing. but ive just never bothered to get rid of it. its my screenname for just about everything that uses a screenname. its not going on the car tho.

speaking of personalizations tho. i could do the double T. Texas Tech. i may have to buy some spares and just swap them out every once in a while. hm...

 

Have it engraved with the Rx-7 that was there before, just more ornate.

 

we have on a couple of our cars ... has 3 rotors with a letter in each one S C R for SinCityRotary not super original but they look good

oh and they are on SA"s which were blank to begin with

 

I'd redo the FB logo. I want to try to replicate the original one on mine because it fades over time.

 

There's a gent been on the forms here a long time, from Argentina I believe, who used to make custom vinyl gauge faces and decals for our cars, including a dimensionally-accurate representation of the original rear hatch latch logo. He did a set of chrome-vinyl decals for my air-cleaner that were perfect reproductions of the original paint-on logos.

Perhaps if you find him and ask him real nicely, he'd share his vector graphic file for that sticker with you?

Goes by -xlr8planet- . Give him a PM, see what he says. May take him a bit to respond, though.

 

The range of talents of the folks on this forum never cease to amaze me.

 

I sure could use a couple of those stock RX-7 imprints for the hatch piece. Mine are all faded and I always get jealous when I see nice looking ones at the OGTA meets.

There must be a way.

In any case, I vote for "neither of the above". Not nearly as classy as the original, IMHO.

 

I came across this just now.

http://www.2rotorplus.com/Mazda.html

 

nice ! I am going to get one of those for my '79 project car

I have some of the xrplanet vinyl stickers . good quality but still just stickers , not a engaved in metal / painted piece like above

 

Just got an email from them, $50 including shipping from New Zealand. I'm ordering one too.

 

It's a pity that the scheme is not reversed; black chrome body with bright chrome lettering would be smokin' hot.

Am I weird for wanting that stuffed rotor critter?

'Cause I do.

 

^No, I would pick that up too lol. I also agree, I wish the lettering was chrome instead of the whole thing. Kinda thinking I might pick one up anyway, all of my original ones are pretty beat. The reproduction Savanna rx7 badges are pretty sweet too!

 

They do offer it in chrome only, that's what I went with.

 

I might order one anyway and scuff it and shoot some paint on. It looks like a much better part than the stock one, and the Rx7 looks to be actually engraved in it. On the stock piece its just some raised paint, if you try to sand it, the lettering just comes right off!

 

At www.2rotorplus.com we do a couple of things for the RX7 and are expanding the range soon
Have a look and send us a email if you are after anything.
We are also looking for a sole distributor in the US.
you will be in charge of sales in the us and ALL sales will be sent to you.
You will get a contact link etc on www.2rotorplus.com for people in your area to reach you and cost price for products. along with all new samples etc to try.
There is a min $ value for each order due to freight costs.

 

Holy crap. Lovin' the black anodized shifter on the website.

 

You might try contacting a friend of mine. Bryan at RotorSports racing. He is a forum member and here is a link to his website http://www.rotorsportsracing.com/

 

Ordered an all-chrome, then will use black Dip-It to black out all but the chrome lettering...

 

well i could get ahold of a vector file for the the fb logo. nor could i get one of the logo that was painted on. but since i was making this myself anyway, i didnt really want to reuse the one that was there.

i found a vector file on a logo website that had it in a decent looking font. so i sprung. resized it. and... viola!









i stripped the old paint with a wire wheel on a bench grinder, then spent a good 10 minutes on a polishing wheel with wax to give it a good shine and protect it.

the nice thing about the engraving its at a different depth and can be read clearly at almost any angle.

its slightly off center. i think due to placement in the machine, measurement error, and the rounds on the edges are of slightly different curvature.

anyway, im super pleased with it. one more small project to check off the list.

-Nick

 

Looks sharp. Nice work

 

meant to say "couldnt get ahold of"

 

Amazing. Im very impressed. Will try it myself someday.

 

That's really nice looking piece deadphoenix, how much would one expect to pay for such a service? I'd be intrested if the price is right. Any other custom fonts possible? Again nice work.