I have an 80 series and made a TEQ badge for my front grille. I own a 3D printer and am a mechanical engineering teacher. after posting some pics I got a LOT of interest from the 80's guys and decided to make a few batches of them. I have since gotten quite a few emails from the 40's guys and a couple from the 55's guys about making you guys some. I went ahead a made some prototypes of each and passed them on to members on this forum. I am now trying to decide if I should make a large batch of them. I need to know if there is any interest in these. I am not asking for any commitment to buy. I just need to know if you would be interested. If I do make them they will come in the red/silver combo or the black/silver combo. It will be up to the buyer to decide which one they want. I have already priced the cost to make the prototypes and I would have to be at $30 for each emblem (in hopes that I can at least sell around 20 to get to my break even point). I can also do custom color combos of any color combo you can think of, but that will come at a higher cost since that one part ties up my machine for multiple hours. They will also all come with the honeycomb pattern in the background. I decided not to make the traditional flat red/chrome badge since there is already a member on here making quality metal replica TEQ badges. This is more of a modern feel to a retro look and quite a bit less since these are made of plastic. The plastic will have no issues holding up in the outside elements. It should last for many years without issue. The FJ55 badge mounts along the 3 metal slots on the lower half of the grille. It matches the curvature of the slots and uses 4 strips of 3m automotive adhesive. (VERY sticky!!). The FJ40 badge uses a mounting plate that goes through the expanded metal grille giving a flat surface on the outside edge to attach the TEQ badge. It also uses 3M adhesive. Both attach with zero hardware and zero cutting or drilling. Install time is a minute or two tops and both designs have numerous mounting locations so you can pick the spot you like most. Here's some pics of the prototypes. Just respond to this thread or shoot me a PM if you are interested. If I get enough interest I will add these to my ETSY page and will start a "for sale" thread in the small business-merchandise forum. Please understand at this point I am not selling anything. Just gauging interest.
FJ40 TEQ Badge:
FJ40 TEQ Badge: