New Kia Emblem. Please rate.

[jongkihong]

The material is aluminum.
The back side will be attached with double-sided tape.
All 5 colors are available.
Carbon aluminum type is being prepared.
There are currently 3 sizes.
Large: 16cm wide, 4cm
Medium: 13cm wide, 3cm
Small: 10cm wide, 2.5cm

Can it be installed on Stinger???

 

[NS_Stinger]

Quality looks really good.

 

[Luminary]

Personally I love them, and as a graphic designer I love the new Kia logo.

 

[Jayphil]

The material is aluminum.
The back side will be attached with double-sided tape.
All 5 colors are available.
Carbon aluminum type is being prepared.
There are currently 3 sizes.
Large: 16cm wide, 4cm
Medium: 13cm wide, 3cm
Small: 10cm wide, 2.5cm

Can it be installed on Stinger???

They look very nice, as for can they be installed on a Stinger it depends someone would have to check the 3 sizes to see if they cover the holes from the current Kia emblem front and rear and also confirm which size fit the best for front and rear.

For my taste the dark brushed aluminum would be idea to fit dark chrome of the car but might not fit with other badge on the rear of the car.

 

[Lynix]

Sign me up! Best badge I have seen yet!

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Looking good! Very nice new design!

 

[jongkihong]

Korean Stingers and North American Stingers are slightly different.
It is necessary to check whether the new Kia emblem can close the hole in the North American Stinger emblem.

 

[K8 Stinger Store]

Looks cool!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Holes. Ditto that. But filling the holes first shouldn't be a deterrent for anyone wanting this new badge. Making all color options available seems to make the most sense. I can see the same color as body color; it would be very subtle to have the KIA logo only visible as a raised feature. And of course contrast. If I were to replace the OE KIA oval, fill in the holes and choose one of these, it'd likely be dark chrome to match the existing dark chrome; or gloss black to match the existing gloss black pieces.

 

[Casey]

I've really wanted one of these since I heard about it. These look decent quality but yeah the holes is the question.

Here's the back of our badge, maybe someone with graphic design skills can overlay them to see where holes overlay. I'm not able to try that on mobile myself.

It's 11.9 cm wide, 5.87 cm tall, and the font itself is 3.17 cm tall.

 

[jongkihong]

I've really wanted one of these since I heard about it. These look decent quality but yeah the holes is the question.

Here's the back of our badge, maybe someone with graphic design skills can overlay them to see where holes overlay. I'm not able to try that on mobile myself.

It's 11.9 cm wide, 5.87 cm tall, and the font itself is 3.17 cm tall.

Because the hole location is different from Korea Stinger
It is not possible to check with photos.
You need to install it in the US to check the exact problem.
After installation in US vehicle
I think you need to adjust the size of the emblem.
This is because now only 3 sizes of samples are produced.
And when you install it on the stinger, you need to find a size that matches the size of the emblem.
If it is too large or too small, it will not look good because the proportions will not be right.
I'm going to send 5 sets to a friend on the Stinger forum.
He decided to install and give feedback.

 

[Blanco_k8]

If you need a volunteer to install and provide feedback I can do it

 

[Transmetal]

it'd likely be dark chrome to match the existing dark chrome; or gloss black to match the existing gloss black pieces.

^THIS

Why has nobody made a Kia overlay that actually matches the black chrome??? I'd probably swap out the regular Stinger script in chrome on the back as well in favor of all the badges matching the black chrome.

 

[Rynil2000]

They look very nice, as for can they be installed on a Stinger it depends someone would have to check the 3 sizes to see if they cover the holes from the current Kia emblem front and rear and also confirm which size fit the best for front and rear.

For my taste the dark brushed aluminum would be idea to fit dark chrome of the car but might not fit with other badge on the rear of the car.

So I've cast custom badges for my Stinger, as well as others, and have previously been asked to look at these new letters. From what I measured out, this new logo does not line up well in a way that will let you cover the existing holes in the hood of the Stinger unless you go larger than the stock ovals. The size and spacing of the three holes makes it challenging. Like @MerlintheMad said, you could fill the holes, but who wants to deal with that?

Because the hole location is different from Korea Stinger

I don't know about the Korean and NA markets having different holes. This claim doesn't really make sense to me since I installed the Korean E badge on the hood with ease because it uses the existing 3 holes to locate.

I've really wanted one of these since I heard about it. These look decent quality but yeah the holes is the question.

Here's the back of our badge, maybe someone with graphic design skills can overlay them to see where holes overlay. I'm not able to try that on mobile myself.

It's 11.9 cm wide, 5.87 cm tall, and the font itself is 3.17 cm tall.

Here's a drawing for you. The badge starts to line up once you make it a large size. 155mm (6.1 inches) across is the smallest I could manage to fit over the holes, but it's really close. For reference, the oval in the image is the size of the OEM KIA front badge.

Also, notice that even though the size above covers the holes - it isn't centered. It has to be shifted 8.2 mm to the right to cover the holes with the "I".

 

[MerlintheMad]

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"Oops!" Nothing there.

 

[Rynil2000]

"Oops!" Nothing there.

Technology must not be my friend this morning. I tried reloading the attachment.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Technology must not be my friend this morning. I tried reloading the attachment.

Man! That's freaking monstrous!

 

[Jayphil]

So I've cast custom badges for my Stinger, as well as others, and have previously been asked to look at these new letters. From what I measured out, this new logo does not line up well in a way that will let you cover the existing holes in the hood of the Stinger unless you go larger than the stock ovals. The size and spacing of the three holes makes it challenging. Like @MerlintheMad said, you could fill the holes, but who wants to deal with that?



I don't know about the Korean and NA markets having different holes. This claim doesn't really make sense to me since I installed the Korean E badge on the hood with ease because it uses the existing 3 holes to locate.


Here's a drawing for you. The badge starts to line up once you make it a large size. 155mm (6.1 inches) across is the smallest I could manage to fit over the holes, but it's really close. For reference, the oval in the image is the size of the OEM KIA front badge.
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Also, notice that even though the size above covers the holes - it isn't centered. It has to be shifted 8.2 mm to the right to cover the holes with the "I".

Wow great analysis, at that size and un centered I would pass...

 

[Manchuz]

So I've cast custom badges for my Stinger, as well as others, and have previously been asked to look at these new letters. From what I measured out, this new logo does not line up well in a way that will let you cover the existing holes in the hood of the Stinger unless you go larger than the stock ovals. The size and spacing of the three holes makes it challenging. Like @MerlintheMad said, you could fill the holes, but who wants to deal with that?



I don't know about the Korean and NA markets having different holes. This claim doesn't really make sense to me since I installed the Korean E badge on the hood with ease because it uses the existing 3 holes to locate.


Here's a drawing for you. The badge starts to line up once you make it a large size. 155mm (6.1 inches) across is the smallest I could manage to fit over the holes, but it's really close. For reference, the oval in the image is the size of the OEM KIA front badge.
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Also, notice that even though the size above covers the holes - it isn't centered. It has to be shifted 8.2 mm to the right to cover the holes with the "I".

The Korean and North American markets DO HAVE different hole placements for the bottom hole. If you installed the E badge, you would've shaved off the bottom peg. Top 2 pegs align just fine.

 

[Rynil2000]

The Korean and North American markets DO HAVE different hole placements for the bottom hole. If you installed the E badge, you would've shaved off the bottom peg. Top 2 pegs align just fine.

Now that you mention it, I vaguely remember doing something like that. It's been a couple of years, so memory is fuzzy.

Either way, the holes you see in the picture were measured from the posts on the NA front oval badge. So lineup with the new lettering logo may still be tough.