Seeking How To Q : Installing the Kia Motors front badge instead of the E badge?

[SteveCo]

If I were to try and apply the older round KIA badge I'd make a black plastic backing plate with the necessary curvature on the bottom face to fit the nose of the car, with the top side square and flush to the back of the badge. By minimizing the thickness of the backing plate you'd eliminate any gaps and it would look stock.

Slow and steady working of the backing material (e.g. over sandpaper wrapped around a pipe of the proper radius) would yield a nice custom curved filler piece.

The badge was originally made for the relatively flat hatch surface of an early 2000's Sorento.

 

[Flameangel]

I went with the metal skin version which sticks right on top of the Kia badge. It looks perfect, doesn’t sit high and people are really surprised when I tell them it’s a skin. You won’t have to worry about pulling up paint and it takes less than a minute to install. Got it from Sal at the good old Stinger Shop.

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OEM Design Vintage K Metal Skin Hood Emblem - Kia Stinger dot com

Thanks, looks good, I like the vintage K badges

 

[StingerGT68]

My blue KIA Motors badge sat mostly flush but still bothered me that tiny bit. I have officially gone with the E badge.

 

[5below0]

I can't guarantee the one you are buying is the same one I have, but mine sits flush - it was designed for that area so it should. The slight gap you see is uniform all the way around.

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Where can I buy that?

 

[GT2inSeattle]

Where can I buy that?

I link to it at the beginning of the thread.. Here ya go..

OEM Kia Motors Badge in Chrome - Kia Stinger dot com

 

[AV8R]

Pair of pliers will cut off extra post but the other posts will help to keep the badge square when fitting. I have seen a few rebadged cars that took all posts off and they are all out of square.
The K overlays dont look as good as the picture shows. They stand proud of the original emblem and look like an after thought . I got some then sent them back to Sal. If you buy the genuine OEM korean E badge it should fit well after removing the extra post. At this point in time i have all the badges and have not fitted any as yet, due to worry about paint coming off with old badge. Besides im getting to like original badges.

 

[eflyguy]

Where can I buy that?

As stated, I don't know if the one you can buy here is the same as what I have. Mine fits flush, others have posted above that their did not.

I bought mine on eBay before I joined this forum (and long before I even had a Stinger)..

 

[cncBilly]

Nope its plastic.

Plastic = crap!! Toss it.