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Old 08-12-2011, 12:16 PM   #1
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Default Logo Projectors - The next big thing ?



" For the new 2013 Mustang, Ford has fitted a tiny projector lamp into the side mirror that casts the shape of the galloping horse logo onto the ground beside the vehicle when the driver unlocks the doors. This illuminated "Easter egg" seems simple enough, but apparently it took Dearborn's engineers quite a while to get it just right, going through six or seven designs before managing to get it to work. "

Sourced > http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/07/2...h-logo-projec/

Cool or Gimmick ?

I thought "wow, cool".
Now I'm thinking "****y"

(Imagine all of the aftermarket chev badge logo projectors on ebay!!!!)

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Old 08-12-2011, 12:18 PM   #2
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Extreme gimmick, but cool nonetheless.
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:24 PM   #3
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The Americans will love it
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:03 PM   #4
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I want one!

Oh and one where the legs move when the car is in motion.
Probably illegal.
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:14 PM   #5
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And all this time the Japanese have been focusing on build quality.
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:28 PM   #6
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Totally ****y in my opinion.
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:35 PM   #7
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And all this time the Japanese have been focusing on build quality.
Hahahaha..! GOLD..!!
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:45 PM   #8
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don't be surprised if this small gimmick helps sell vehicles.
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Old 08-12-2011, 01:51 PM   #9
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When I saw the title I thought it meant something like this.



But that is so much more ****y. It's great.
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And all this time the Japanese have been focusing on build quality.
Yet forgetting how dangerous a Nuclear powerplant can be....
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Old 08-12-2011, 02:44 PM   #11
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I'm surprised car makers arn't illuminating their logos on the front and rear of the car when you turn your lights on???

I think the Ford and FPV logos would look good illuminated at night on the front and rear.
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Old 08-12-2011, 03:53 PM   #12
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I'm surprised car makers arn't illuminating their logos on the front and rear of the car when you turn your lights on???

I think the Ford and FPV logos would look good illuminated at night on the front and rear.

That was done yonks ago by the UK marque 'Wolseley'. They had an illuminated logo badge on the radiator.
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Old 08-12-2011, 03:55 PM   #13
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I'm surprised car makers arn't illuminating their logos on the front and rear of the car when you turn your lights on???

I think the Ford and FPV logos would look good illuminated at night on the front and rear.
Quite a few manufacturers used to do that back in the early 1900's. In fact, I think Humber did it up till the mid 60's. Funny how everything old is suddenly new again !!
Don't know about this reincarnation though....
My bad - it was Wolsley.
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Old 08-12-2011, 04:11 PM   #14
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thats all kinds of ****y
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thats all kinds of ****y
In fact so ****y that its cool - I am intrigued and repulsed at the same time
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Old 08-12-2011, 05:07 PM   #16
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Want it!
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Old 08-12-2011, 06:10 PM   #17
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Id put one on my au to show the ford logo as its for me not for what some other douche bag doesnt like
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Old 08-12-2011, 06:51 PM   #18
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Default Re: Logo Projectors - The next big thing ?

1st Batman car had one, but adam west gave it to the cops and no doubt the cops will want them back, if we start using them - somehow..?
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:00 PM   #19
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May aswell have Neons under the car too.. in a marlbrow voice, "For 10 seconds i am free".. out the window.. along with claming you have a "Motec exhaust"..

Extreme ****age. Would like a "light up ford badge" better..
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:50 PM   #20
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kajinga kajinga.....

Very er.. ****y indeed
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Illuminated Ford badge? I saw an advert for that very thing in a magazine recently...but do you think I can find the damn thing? It was the standard Ford sized grille badge, but had a nice blue (or red) glow behind it around the edge and behind the letters. Looked pretty good actually, not too bright and showey, just subtle.
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looks pretty ****, may aswell put neons under your car.

But seriously, i would have thought manufactures would have put leds in badges by now.
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Illuminated Ford badge? I saw an advert for that very thing in a magazine recently...but do you think I can find the damn thing? It was the standard Ford sized grille badge, but had a nice blue (or red) glow behind it around the edge and behind the letters. Looked pretty good actually, not too bright and showey, just subtle.
een them on ebay.. and in an advert in the latest StreetFords mag.. on the sam ad page as for the "New" "Built in" DRL running lights for ba-fg falcons.
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:15 PM   #24
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And all this time the Japanese have been focusing on build quality.


Serves no purpose and looks like crap :
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