Difference in rear badges - chrome and gold

[roseytvr]

I have a griff 500 with gold rear badges. I see you can get them in chrome as well. Was this just a matter of personal choice or do the colours of the badges signify any differences in models etc?

[fastandcurious]

I think the Gold badges were added later probably from Leven.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Gold badges were an option from the factory.
FFG

[PeteGriff]

FlipFlopGriff said:

Gold badges were an option from the factory.
FFG

My 4.3 Pre-Cat (1992) has gold badges, from the records they have never been changed. I have as of today sent them off to Leven (aka Prestige Performance Cars) to be refurbished. I saw a set on a Griff at my local club meet that had been done and they are stunning! Pete

[Goaty Bill]

Gold badges were an option; read "extra money".
As much as a couple of hundred extra iirc?

[EGB]

Seen some plastic gold on Ebay sometime. £20 about They looked good on a SC Chimaera.
Shall try another search, unless somebody beats me to it!

[RichB]

The gold coloured badges were on the performance tuned cars. First TVR designated these models as HC but then everyone claimed to have an HC so they painted the rocker covers purple, this was easy to copy so they quietly started fitting gold badges to those Griffs and Chimaeras where the customer had specified a 'blueprinted' engine.

[PeteGriff]

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[gavgavgav]

I had my tatty badges refurbished (i think they are really swapped) with the popular place for referb'ed badges a few years back. They were a huge improvement on the old, until the entire resin part started to lift off. I now have very limited edition 100% gold badges.

[FlipFlopGriff]

I have the 500 order sheet and one of the options is gold badges front and rear. Mind you it also states the car has PAS and a/c which it doesn't.
Maybe a blueprinted engine from new but you could order badges as an option so that is also flawed.
FFG

[Tavan]

gavgavgav said:

I had my tatty badges refurbished (i think they are really swapped) with the popular place for referb'ed badges a few years back. They were a huge improvement on the old, until the entire resin part started to lift off. I now have very limited edition 100% gold badges.

+1 Mine lasted 12 months before resin coating peeled. New owners unable to help. But I decided I quite like the bare shiny ally look, so leaving them like that.

[Doc Toad]

....i think my badges have a nice 'patina' - others may say they just look knackered. I'm working on the theory that you should always leave something for the next owner to do, (if I ever sell!)

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Doc Toad said:

....i think my badges have a nice 'patina' - others may say they just look knackered. I'm working on the theory that you should always leave something for the next owner to do, (if I ever sell!)

Its weird how different Chimaera and Griff owners are ! cars so similar but owners miles apart.

[7 TVR]

I think the arse looks better without a badge imho!

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Lets talk about silver and gold badges for another 50 pages

[haircutmike]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

Lets talk about silver and gold badges for another 50 pages

I had to look at your post Daz 'cause they make me laugh !

[neal1980]

I have gold badges.....Im superior

I remember seeing factory option somewhere...not so sure about blueprinted engine. If so the owner got a bargain on ebay

[Colin RedGriff]

I thought thatblueprinting was part of the standard build by Power?

[Rob_the_Sparky]

RichB said:

The gold coloured badges were on the performance tuned cars. First TVR designated these models as HC but then everyone claimed to have an HC so they painted the rocker covers purple, this was easy to copy so they quietly started fitting gold badges to those Griffs and Chimaeras where the customer had specified a 'blueprinted' engine.

So how to know if your car is an "HC"? Seeing as mine certainly has a 500HC badge on the engine, purple rocker covers and the gold badges.

[SILICONEKID340HP]