Emblems - why so many woes???

So the speedster is almost mechanically sound, so now the search has started for the scripts/ badges and emblems.

I've tried Sierra Madre, VS and KLASSE 356 as well as NLA Limited.

I'd like to shop around between these guys and buy the cheaper parts from each one, but overseas shipping kills me as it's about $30-$40 on each order, not bad if I do it at one place, but between 3 places it gets pricey.

Now I'm looking for the following.

Porsche script x 2 front and rear
Super 1600 rear
speedster x 2
Porsche script for the dash.

Now the only place I can get the whole lot at is SM and it's over $300 without S & H.

Can anyone offer some advice?

in all honesty, get your wallet out.

JPS or Vintage should have all of the listed emblems.

VS doesn't or can't sell any "porsche" emblem.

also - i just ordered from KLASS356. Jim was friendly prompt and the cheapest.

You might want to give him a try.

Honest can't see why it costs $300 to sent a small package of emblems. I've sent and bought stuff from all over the world and not much is that expensive per size.

When I had ordered from Klasse356 few years ago they were out of stock and shipped couple items a month later. They just moved to larger place so may not be a problem now. I'm sure if you tell him to hold items for shipping until they are all in, you can do one shipment. If I recall their catalog wouldn't flip to second page for pricing info - I emailed Jim with the items I wanted and he promptly emailed me back with prices. Excellent to deal with. Other thought is to find someone in U.S. willing to accept your partial orders and rebox when all arrive on to you. This might make customs easier as it could be recorded as a gift and perhaps avoid pesky taxes.

Thanks for the advice, I have no problem whipping out the wallet as I've been saving for this since I bought the car.

I think that KLASS356 seems to be the better option, I've also heard a lot of good things about them.

Thanks.....

I took the plunge and chose KLASS356..........just waiting for a shipping quote and P & P and I'm good to go.

i ordered some script from klasse and it was dropped shipped from stoddard, stoddard was out of stock but they dont let you know..month and a half later it showed up

I had the same problem. To top it off, when the part came, it was the wrong one.

Well the price on shipping was a whopping $26.80, Jim got back to my questions in a few hours.

I hope all goes well, this is a big sticker purchase for the speedy as this is probably the 1 main purchase that I cannot make in South Africa. All local speedsters are missing the trim.

Gary your only other recourse is .... MOVE... we have plenty of room for a speedie lover here.. LOL.. that shipping cost is gonna kill you my friend.. LOL...

Speedster "D"

Gary,
Try www.stoddard.com. They have any emblems, decals, etc. This is a Porsche dealer...note that you'll very deep pockets for each piece!

Move?

Move from South Africa? Oh HELL no.....lol. pretty much 365 days a year that I can drive my speedy, even in the middle of winter, I can drop the top and just wear a beanie when I drive.....plus the labour rate this side of the globe to rebuild a 2.0 914 engine is about 1/3 of what you guys pay.....lol.

I'm having a look at stoddard now......I've pretty mucg decided to go with KLASSE356, but it doesn't harm to look around some more.

Gary, I'm based in the U.K England, and have ordered quite a few parts from Jim at Klasse, and have had what I can only describe as excellent service. I have also used Vintage and the service was equally impressive. Even with the cost of shipping and import tax, the saving I made was really worth it. Good luck with your project

Thanks Darren

Yup, I've decided to go with Jim as his prices seem to be the best and the fact that he actually took the effort to get back to me says a lot, Vintage seemed to be up there too, but there is too much that they don't have, what they do have is cheaper, but ordering from two places will cost me more in the long run.

Thanks for the input, if all goes well, I'll place my order this Friday.

Cheers

- G

order placed. Jim came back to me saying one items price had increased, but besides that the order is good to go.

Stoddards in Chicago has them all....or NLA limited, who gets them from Stoddard.

You get what you pay for in this area, be careful.

Also remember to be patient. The emblems seem to take a while, and some are almost always out of stock or on backorder.

Steven said "You get what you pay for in this area, be careful"

I think all the PORSCHE emblems and scripts are actually made by licensed Porsche AG companies --- I don't think there are boot legged emblems --- save the old no-longer produced ones on the TAIWAN hub caps. So quality would be the same - its just cost and service that would be variable. Could easily be wrong --- there maybe inferior CHINA POSRCHE shields out there.

i just got my hood emblem from KLASSE 356 after 6 (yes SIX!) attempts through STODDARD and NLA over a 6 month period.

best price too.

edit: in response to my post above - i thought you rwrote the $300 was for shipping. $300 for the emblem isnt that bad. i paid $60 for one carrera emblem alone.

I wasn't saying anything negative about Klasse and I'm sorry if it appeared that way. In fact I have bought from almost all of the vendors at some point. Some have sent me crap. I think it is the individual pieces that are sometimes not as good. Make sure they have a good return policy. You get what you pay for in service or no service....that is what I meant.

Sierra Madre is a NO.

Well I went with Jim and have been very impressed so far.

He gave me advice when I ordered a few *incorrect* items as I based most of it on price alone, not if the part is correct for my car.

We mailed each other to and fro a few times and with the exception of the porsche emblem, he has my order complete and ready to go, I have about a 1-2 week wait on the front and rear emblem, but that's all good, I've been waiting 2 years for this a week or two isn't going to make a difference.

My reason for choosing Klasse was simple. Jim actually got back to my questions, 3 other companies saw South Africa and just didn't reply I guess.

:-(

The main reason for going with Jim was that he has everything that I need, he was a bit more expensive on a few items, but that was fine with me. VS also impressed me, but they didn't have the porsche scripts, otherwise I would have tried them, I will be going to VS for my mirror and rear licence plate light though.

From what I've learnt it appears that the porsche script is made under licence from porsche and is in fact a genuine item.

I could have ordered the whole lot from Porsche South Africa, but then the price would have been almost $1000.00. This all has cost me about $380.00.

Just thought that I'd give everyone an update on this.

My stuff from Jim arrived this afternoon, great quality, great guy to work with, he's not the cheapest out there and there was a price mark-up when I ordered, but I'd deal with him again, just for the pure fact that it was pretty hassle free and the fact that he was willing to work with a South African over the web.

The only thing that I had to wait on was my front and rear porsche script, I ended up taking chrome and a local plater friend of mine is going to gold plate them for me. ( I just couldn't wait any longer)

I'll buy from him again..............