Well I'm tired of the 281 badge on the left of my car reading 182 so I want to put in a group order to get custom 281 badges made for the left side. I'm planning on calling tomorrow to see how many people they would need in on the deal before they'd consider making them and selling them for a reasonable price.

Here's a pic of the 281 emblem I'm talking about.

 

No,no... The right one reads 182 !!!

 

I'd be down for a set

 

Keep'um coming.

 

Umm... call me stupid, but post a pic of the other side... how does it read 182?

 

double post - some problem w/ TMS I think

 

Doesn't really read 182 but you get what I'm trying to say...I hope.

 

I honestly think it looks best as is. We read from left to right. If instead of the 281 badge, you used a Mach emblem - you wouldn't want one side to say Mach and the other to say hcaM.
I can understand wanting the running ponies to face forward on both sides of the car, but I wouldn't mess w/ the numbers.

 

If it was backwards I'd be trippin out I think. Looks normal now

 

OK OK then I must confess why I even started thinking about it. The other day I was at the track I heard the D-bag in the announcer booth mumble WTF is a 182? I'm sure he's a moron but it got me thinking. I'll still call Autobadges tomorrow but depending on the responses I get here I may or may not go through with it.

 

In English we read left to right.

 

I thought I was the only one who did not understand this thread either when I started reading it.
It looked fine to me but I thought I was just missing something.

 

So what's the new badge going to look like? What will be different about it compared to the ones in the picture?

 

I bought the 281 badges as well. I agree that since we read from left to right it should not be a problem. Look at the GT emblems on the sides of the Mustang GT.

 

StangNut after reading everyone's responses I've decided not to go through with it. Although had I decided to go through with it the emblem in post 7 would read 281 from right to left.

 

I have the 281 badges as well. Just because the announcer was dyslectic, doesn’t mean everyone else is… You definitely would have created more confusion by changing it. Wise decision

 

since when do you read from right to left?

 

I'm glad I wasn't the only one wondering about this....... for a minute there I was standing on my head staring at the screen, trying to picture what Leo was talking about.

 

I was wondering why someone would read that as 182 as well. I don’t think I suffer from dyslexia but I think it has to do with how it’s written (almost like an optical illusion). The font used tends to make the “1” stand out as the first digit. Maybe if it was italicized “281” the number “2” would grab attention first. Just a thought

281

281

 

It works with graphic elements like Flags and horses but not with type.