I thought suvs got rounded emblems while pick ups got square emblems and yes after market garbage. Imo buy the gm oem ones before there discontinued and save it for a rainy day. That's what I'm doing
You could be right about that...but it could be as simple as what was close to hand, at the plant your truck was built in, on that day when it came down the line. GM did stuff like that a lot; guys on the GMSB square body trucks forum talk about this often.
Also, the rounded corners ones are jelly emblems(soft plastic with a foil backing that stick on) and the rectangular ones are hard plastic that are reverse painted on the back, and are glued on. Rawhide has(well, had, they fell off LoL) that kind, and Burb has one of the jelly ones, that couldn't handle the Texas sun and completely melted. I've seen several other 400 SUVs with those in similar condition. Also,the one on Burb is on the passenger side, and the other side looks like it never had one. That truck was in a minor wreck or two before we got it, so no telling how it originally looked. Eventually I'm going to scrape/peel it off....
And I have other plans for that area on Rawhide's cab.....
This is part of the appeal of the 400 design for me in the first place: that there's NOT 35 emblems all over it, to tell the world what you have. A reasonable sized Bowtie on the front, a discreet Silverado (or Cheyenne or Scottsdale) badge on each side of the cab, and the weight class on the front doors, and the Chevrolet lettering on the tailgate (if your truck has the stock 'gate that is!). And the SUVs just have the badge on the right side of the rear, that you have to look closely to even see the "Chevrolet".
My Dad always liked the conservative, debadged custom cars and trucks, where the "less is more" look was the ideal. So I guess that's why I grew up liking this look too...
There is a truck I see at the local Whataburger, that belongs to one of the workers, that I swear has to have at least 50 or so Chevy/Chevrolet/Bowtie emblems on it. It's a cateye NBS, I get that it's his truck and he's free to do as he pleases with it, but it just looks tacked on and tacky to my eyes.