Note to vendors: please don't litter your products with the Bronco script

[bbow]

It IS getting ridiculous. I knew what I was going to be driving when I bought it. 27 reminders in the cab alone isn't necessary. I find the fender emblems sufficient to let everyone know what kind of vehicle it is. IIRC the original mat did have the script though.

And some moron will still call it Jeep.


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[ntsqd]

The Bronco script doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as the vendors putting their names/logos on parts.

I love the billet door window crank knobs and colored windshield knobs from NicksTrix but won't buy them because of the logo on them. Similar situation with the trac bar riser from Wildhorses. Why cut your logo into the metal? I don't want my Bronco to be a rolling advertisement.

As for the Bronco script stuff, many of the parts you posted pictures of can be purchased without it. The mat came with it from the factory originally so that reproduction makes sense.

The way I see it, if they're sponsoring me - meaning giving me the parts - then they get to put their name on it. If I'm buying it I'm not advertising for them for free. If I can't remove their name I'll send them an annual bill for the advertising. ;D

 

[Pa PITT]

... Funny I'm kind of the same way. But I didn't find the Bronco name offensive..
.. But I want wear a shirt or a baseball cap with someone advertisement on it. If a cap says Mossy Oak then they need to pay me to wear it.
As you can see I don't get to wear many caps. When I do they are usually just a camo skin.

 

[ntsqd]

I don't either, but I don't want a Bronco that looks like it repeatedly got shot with a "Bronco" script shotgun either......

 

[chuck]

Every few years Ford sends letters to venders that use their logo without permission so that comes and goes. Vender logos sometimes protects the venders. ie someone copies your product and sells it to someone who dies because of that copy how does the vender prove it is not his? If the track bar bracket fails you have no steering.

 

[broncodriver99]

Every few years Ford sends letters to venders that use their logo without permission so that comes and goes. Vender logos sometimes protects the venders. ie someone copies your product and sells it to someone who dies because of that copy how does the vender prove it is not his? If the track bar bracket fails you have no steering.

So if someone copies a product including the logo then what? I would imagine that if the scenario outlined actually happened one would need at a minimum a receipt showing the product was actually purchased from the vendor. Vendors putting their names on something is nothing but free advertisement. If safety and security was the goal each part would be serialized and traced as to whom it was sold to.

 

[ntsqd]

That a vendor might want to mark products they make is fine. It can be subtle and still work for legal purposes. It need not be ginormous and in your face. In the example of the floor mat in the OP the vendor's name could easily be on the bottom where it doesn't normally show.

An example of a project bicycle product that I no longer buy, for those unfamiliar with bicycle parts know that the smallest diameters are inside the frame and don't show:
This is their standard offering-

It used to be that you could special order them without the large "KING" engraving. The much smaller engraving is always there for reasons Chuck points out.
Can no longer make that special order. Now what they offer is this-

Which is obviously better, but not good enough for me. I now buy IRD headsets which do not have the engraving as standard, are sealed angular contact bearings, are available in the same range of colors, are nearly the same physical shape, and lack the Chris King surcharge. Ironically both come from Portland, OR.

 

[NCBeachBronco]

Boy, you are working on OLD SCHOOL bikes if you are still using those style headsets.

 

[chuck]

James Duff told me a story about being included in a law suit until he showed them that his had his name on them and the involved one did not.

 

[ntsqd]

Boy, you are working on OLD SCHOOL bikes if you are still using those style headsets.

No, that is how real bikes, bikes that you ride for a lifetime, are made. Bikes that you throw away after a season or two don't have easily serviceable components.

James Duff told me a story about being included in a law suit until he showed them that his had his name on them and the involved one did not.

I can completely see and agree with that! However, putting your company name on the product like the above pics is completely unnecessary. I'd call it Marketing or Ego driven branding. I did ask King when they turned down my request for no etching if I got a discount for advertising for them. Oddly they didn't think that was funny all!

 

[NCBeachBronco]

Like I said...OLD SCHOOL!
Got some myself

 

[blubuckaroo]

It's sort of a truck trend too.
Most 4X4 pickups have cheesy decals on the sides of the bed. I told the dealer to take it off before delivery, or the deal's off.

 

[sykanr0ng]

You really expect that product counterfeiters in countries where trademarks, copyrights and patents are considered jokes will respect a logo?
(you know the ones I'm talking about)

If they do copy your product including the logo does that mean you will stand behind the product or accept liability?

 

[NicksTrix]

thom, can you tell me where can i buy tires & shocks without a brand logo?
i respect your opinion & choice to use or not but i have my reasons to put my logo on my parts as well. no hurt feelings here.

 

[EricLar80]

You actually made his point exactly - he is saying he knows that companies are putting their logo on because it is free advertising placed on an item a customer paid for. Call it "brand awareness"...

 

[ntsqd]

I always put the BFG's on white letters in, never ever out! At least these Yoko's & Goodyears don't have white letting, all black and are nowhere near as garish as those King headsets!

Bilsteins usually got painted because that nickel plating sucks donkey balls for rust resistance. Not yet decided what to do with these Fox 2.5's.

I don't object to brand ID, tasteful etching of whom the mfg was is fine. I object to garish, blatant, obnoxious & loud.

 

[blubuckaroo]

I ended up with one of these some years back. I understand they quit carrying it because of a badge licensing issue.

I was ok with it back when I bought it, but I'm sort of getting tires of looking at it.

 

[BroncoBrandon]

I can see both sides of this argument. In the past I was drawn to parts that had the Bronco logo on it. But now I am looking for parts with no logos.

This has also carried over to the rest of my life too. I no longer want to be a walking billboard.

The logos on quality parts is hard to get away from though. I want to show support for the vendors that put out quality goods but don't to stare at logos every time I use it.