Custom Car Badge Categories
Discover what makes each category special
Stamped Aluminum Car Badges
- Lightweight strength ideal for auto industry.
- Tight tolerances for consistent branding.
- Lower per-unit cost at production scale.
Forged Aluminum Car Badges
- Bring complex designs to life.
- Choose from a range of anodized finishes.
- Design attachments directly into the mold.
Injection Molded Car Badges
- Reduce costs for large-scale production.
- Lightweight solution without sacrificing quality.
- Optimize production for faster turnaround.
Domed Car Badges
- Maintains optical clarity under UV exposure.
- No fading, cracking or yellowing.
- Retains showroom gloss throughout vehicle life.
How to Order Your Custom Car Badges
Ordering custom car emblems made easy.
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Why Choose Trailblazer Badges For Custom Car Emblems?
Full Service Manufacturing Partner
We control every stage from design assistance to tooling, finishing, and quality control. That means tighter tolerances, faster communication, and reliable lead times.
Scalable Production
From prototypes to full production runs, we deliver repeatable quality and short lead times. Our tooling and QC workflows are built for precision at scale.
Custom Engineering Support
Our team works directly with your designers and engineers to optimize manufacturability, including mold integration, attachment methods, and material selection.
Superior Surface Finishing
We offer an unmatched range of surface finishes, including anodized, chrome plated, domed, or painted. Ensuring your vehicle emblem looks as refined as the vehicle it represents.
Try Before You Buy
See and feel the attention to detail in our custom auto badges up close and personal. Request your FREE quick quote & samples below. Compare them to the competition and discover why iconic brands use Trailblazer for all their product branding needs.
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Common Uses for Custom Car Badges
OEM Cars
Original equipment manufacturers use custom badges for vehicle branding, model identification, and trim level designation on new cars.
Aftermarket Cars
Enthusiasts and tuners customize their vehicles with performance badges, custom logos, and personalized emblems to showcase modifications.
Fleets
Commercial fleets use branded badges for company identification, vehicle numbering, and professional appearance across their entire fleet.
Restoration
Classic car restorers replace worn or missing badges with authentic reproductions to maintain historical accuracy and value.
Brand Marketing
Automotive brands use custom badges for promotional vehicles, special editions, and marketing campaigns to enhance brand visibility.
Custom Projects
Custom builders and specialty shops create unique badges for one-off builds, limited editions, and personalized automotive projects.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are custom car badges made from?
Custom car badges are typically made from die-cast zinc, injection-molded ABS plastic, stamped aluminum, or etched stainless steel, depending on the application and finish requirements.
We use a variety of premier finishing techniques, including chrome plating, full-color printing, doming, anodizing, PVD and more to achieve the exact look, feel, and durability your brand demands.
How much do custom car badges cost?
Pricing depends on size, material, finish, and production quantity. Most custom car badges require tooling costs and price per piece.
You can request a quick quote and receive pricing within 1-2 business days.
What are important factors to take into consideration for auto badge attachments?
Important factors to take into consideration include:
- Environment & Application
- Surface Material & Surface Energy
- Weight
- Surface Texture
Below are some common adhesives we utilize:
- 3M VHB
- 3M 467MP
- 3M 468MP
- 3M 200MP
- Avery, FlexCon & General Formulations
Do you have stock dies to reduce tooling costs?
Yes, we have a large array of stock dies that help reduce the price for you. If we don't have the exact size you are looking for, we can provide you with the closest sizes we have. Reach out to us to see how we may be able to help.
Do all your products meet automotive OEM durability standards?
Our badges are fabricated to meet your specific needs. If OEM standards are required, we can manufacture to those exact specifications and provide testing reports such as NSS, adhesion testing, and more.
Can your company reproduce any design? Intellectual Property?
When designing, developing, and manufacturing custom badges, we are required to ensure that the artwork/designs used are legally owned or licensed. This is because copyright and trademark laws protect intellectual property (IP), which includes logos, symbols, images, and any other original creations. Unauthorized reproduction of these protected designs can lead to serious legal consequences, including fines, lawsuits, and the potential for significant reputational damage to both us as the manufacturer and you the customer.
Copyright law protects the original expression of ideas, while trademarks protect symbols, names, and slogans used to identify goods or services. If you request the reproduction of a design that you do not own or have the proper licensing for, it could result in a violation of these laws.
For further reference, you can consult sources like the U.S. Copyright Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and legal firms specializing in IP law, which offer comprehensive insights into the complexities of copyright and trademark regulations.
What is the difference between trademark and copyright?
Trademark
A form of intellectual property (IP) protection that applies to symbols, words, phrases, logos, or other distinctive marks used by a business to identify and distinguish its products or services from those of others. The primary purpose of a trademark is to prevent consumer confusion by ensuring that a particular mark or logo exclusively represents a specific brand or product. Trademarks are protected under the Lanham Act in the United States, which allows the owner of a trademark to prevent others from using a similar mark that could cause confusion among consumers. Unlike copyright, trademark protection can last indefinitely as long as the trademark is in continuous use and the owner renews the registration periodically. Trademarks can be checked through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to protect against copyright infringement.
Copyright
A form of protection granted to original works of authorship, such as literary, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. Copyright protection automatically applies once an original work is created and fixed in a tangible medium, meaning that the work must be written, recorded, or otherwise documented in some permanent form. Unlike trademarks, copyrights do not protect ideas, procedures, or methods, but rather the specific expression of those ideas. The duration of copyright protection varies depending on the type of work and the date of creation, generally lasting for the life of the author plus 70 years for individual works, or 95 to 120 years for works made for hire or anonymous works. To ensure you are not infringing on the copyrights of others you can check this website here.
Here are some examples of items we cannot include on your custom badges due to copyright:
- Ford Logo
- Toyota
- Dodge
- Nike Logo
- Apple Logo
- Mercedes
- Lexus
- Adidas Logo
- Chevy