300+ USD for 3 emblems? Are they nuts?

[RaceRedder]

I wouldn't say necessarily that Ford doesn't care to be precise in their work. Before assembling the cars, Ford imports A LOT of components from overseas, and the reason they do that is because those parts are a fraction of the cost of being made in the US. If all those components were made in the US instead, the cost to Ford and therefore the customer of the mustangs would be significantly higher.

I worked in the corporate procurement department for a "US product" manufacturing plant for years, and that's what we had to do too, otherwise we couldn't compete with what our competitors who were selling similar products. We would still do all the steel-work and assembling of parts and the final product in-house, although if we wanted to step up the quality of many of the smaller parts (most of which nobody noticed the imperfections of) by either making them in-house or sourcing from a US manufacturer, it would have really increased our costs and we would have had to pass those costs on to the customer.

It sounds very disrespectful to say that things that are made overseas can't have good quality. Most of the quality cars in the world are made overseas.

For example, we always assume that Chinese products are crap. We have to change our brainwash minds, because most of the quality products are made in China as well.

Overseas says nothing about the quality.
There are premium Chinese products and there are crappy Chinese products.

Ford is not the only one who is cutting the costs by buying materials overseas.

On my previous car I bought all my aftermarket emblems from Aliexpress, super cheap, best quality.

On the other hand, Ford is using cheap products with bad quality and selling them voor 300 bucks.

Nothing to do with overseas my friend.

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[Wiley Marmot]

So the original Nite Pony emblems, a pair of 5.0 badges and the rear GT badge are over 300 USD in total.

These prices are insane through the roof.
Yes, there are cheaper blacked out badges, but they don't look the same as the original ones.

The original ones are gloss around the edges and matt from the inside with a diagonal line pattern.

Any way to find these emblems cheaper? Cause this is a terrible pricing.

These are what I used on my Rapid Red GT. There a slight dimensional and style differences between these and OEM badges; but they're close and you can't beat the price with a stick (compared to OEM pricing). They do not have the OEM locator pins on them, however my installer had no trouble getting them on straight/level and they did a fine job covering the locator holes.

Good luck with whatever you go with.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNJYJTF9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

[RaceRedder]

These are what I used on my Rapid Red GT. There a slight dimensional and style differences between these and OEM badges; but they're close and you can't beat the price with a stick (compared to OEM pricing). They do not have the OEM locator pins on them, however my installer had no trouble getting them on straight/level and they did a fine job covering the locator holes.

Good luck with whatever you go with.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNJYJTF9?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Oh no, those are not for the 2024. They look for the S550. The GT emblem is totally different.

The link from the @UAS Guy was the best and you can't tell the difference at all. Like OEM and 5 to almost 6 times cheaper.

 

[MustangMitch69]

It sounds very disrespectful to say that things that are made overseas can't have good quality. Most of the quality cars in the world are made overseas.

For example, we always assume that Chinese products are crap. We have to change our brainwash minds, because most of the quality products are made in China as well.

Overseas says nothing about the quality.
There are premium Chinese products and there are crappy Chinese products.

Ford is not the only one who is cutting the costs by buying materials overseas.

On my previous car I bought all my aftermarket emblems from Aliexpress, super cheap, best quality.

On the other hand, Ford is using cheap products with bad quality and selling them voor 300 bucks.

Nothing to do with overseas my friend.

I didn't say that things made overseas can't have good quality. While that is sometimes the case, it is, in fact, not the case most of the time. Most Apple iPhones are assembled in China and function perfectly fine. My point was that it often cheaper to import parts than to make them domestically, either due to higher manufacturing efficiency overseas, cheaper labor overseas, or a combination of both.

 

[RaceRedder]

I didn't say that things made overseas can't have good quality. While that is sometimes the case, it is, in fact, not the case most of the time. Most Apple iPhones are assembled in China and function perfectly fine. My point was that it often cheaper to import parts than to make them domestically, either due to higher manufacturing efficiency overseas, cheaper labor overseas, or a combination of both.

Ford has options. There are enough cheap options that have great quality overseas. Ford chose a different way. So it has nothing to do with cheap overseas labor.

 

[MustangMitch69]

Ford has options. There are enough cheap options that have great quality overseas. Ford chose a different way. So it has nothing to do with cheap overseas labor.

Fortunately with the US being a free market, anyone can create an alternative product and sell it for any price that he or she would like to, provided that doing so doesn't break any laws such as trademark infringement, counterfeiting, or fraud. It will be interesting to see if anyone is able to create and sell an alternative product with comparable quality for a lower cost.

 

[RaceRedder]

Fortunately with the US being a free market, anyone can create an alternative product and sell it for any price that he or she would like to, provided that doing so doesn't break any laws such as trademark infringement, counterfeiting, or fraud. It will be interesting to see if anyone is able to create and sell an alternative product with comparable quality for a lower cost.

There are already comparable options at lower costs. A person in this topic posted a link to his emblems. They look exactly like OEM and 5x cheaper.

But that was not the discussion. It was about quality and overseas. The word overseas doesn't say anything about quality.

 

[Mr Hyde]

It sounds very disrespectful to say that things that are made overseas can't have good quality. Most of the quality cars in the world are made overseas.

For example, we always assume that Chinese products are crap. We have to change our brainwash minds, because most of the quality products are made in China as well.

Overseas says nothing about the quality.
There are premium Chinese products and there are crappy Chinese products.

Ford is not the only one who is cutting the costs by buying materials overseas.

On my previous car I bought all my aftermarket emblems from Aliexpress, super cheap, best quality.

On the other hand, Ford is using cheap products with bad quality and selling them voor 300 bucks.

Nothing to do with overseas my friend.

Exactly ive had replacement parts from china for some of my 3d printers that exceed us and a swiss made high flow nozzles at a fraction of the cost. Swiss nozzle was 25.00 usd a piece. The same chineese made version was 10.00 usd and worked better. I know not auto related but its true.

 

[RaceRedder]

Exactly ive had replacement parts from china for some of my 3d printers that exceed us and a swiss made high flow nozzles at a fraction of the cost. Swiss nozzle was 25.00 usd a piece. The same chineese made version was 10.00 usd and worked better. I know not auto related but its true.

It is quite disturbing if you look at the real reason why we Americans or Europeans think that Chinese products in general are crap.

Our thoughts are mostly not based on our personal experience, but what we read and the reason behind is economical and political.

China is economically a huge threat for the western countries, especially with technology these days and we try to do our best to minimize this threat.

Extra import taxes, extra documentation, embargo's and all other stuff to make it difficult for Chinese products to reach the "open market".

And it's not only that. To protect our own economy, we also need our own people to embrace it. The best thing to do is spread information that people would easily believe.

"Chinese products are crap".

This is something we used to say many decades ago, but look at Europe now.

The largest car manufacturer in Europe is in a HUGE crisis. Why? Because the Chinese car manufacturers took over the lead in Europe which made the European car market crash.

Thousands of jobs are at risk now and Europe is trying to save Volkswagen and create more difficult rules for the Chinese markets to reduce the selling of cars in Europe.

I understand what countries are doing. It's to protect their own politics and their own economy.

But come one, I'm not a patriot that doesn't care about facts and defend my state or country blindly. I have my own eyes to see what is good and what is bad.

 

[Ryunker]

So the original Nite Pony emblems, a pair of 5.0 badges and the rear GT badge are over 300 USD in total.

These prices are insane through the roof.
Yes, there are cheaper blacked out badges, but they don't look the same as the original ones.

The original ones are gloss around the edges and matt from the inside with a diagonal line pattern.

Any way to find these emblems cheaper? Cause this is a terrible pricing.

Whatever you do, don't price a DH manual shift knob. The above stuff is like free.

 

[VTX CHF]

The “Real Deal”. Waiting until spring and a carbon fiber material on the section to break it up a bit.

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