De-Badging

[Mitcheh]

Re: De-Badging

Can I put 4 rings on my GTI, it does have an Audi engine

[Silverstoned]

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I'm not sure why everyone gets so up tight about what badges are on their car. The point of the other poster on badging it as a Bora is that it is not in fact the same car as a NA Jetta. Different options and parts on the Bora, although to an untrained eye, they are the same. I say put what ever badge you want on your car and don't worry what the haters think about it.

Jeff "badges, we don't need no stinking badges"

[DeanerF]

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If the "same" car is being sold overseas with a different name and you badge ur car as that, I don't see that as being tacky.

RSX -> Integra = tacky.


Jetta -> Bora = Tacky

[Coker Rat]

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"you can take a sh!t in a box and mark it 'guaranteed' but its still a guaranteed piece of sh!t"

...name that quote

[DeanerF]

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"you can take a sh!t in a box and mark it 'guaranteed' but its still a guaranteed piece of sh!t"

...name that quote

Hey, I'll tell you what. You can take a good look at a butcher's ass by sticking your head up there. But, wouldn't you rather to take his word for it?


I love tommyboy

[greenGS]

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When I debadged my WRX I used WD40 to clean up the glue. haha it worked perfectly but the car was still new so the glue came off easily.

Also badging a VW as an Audi is a lot worse than RSX -> Integra.

[BoraMK4]

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RSX -> Integra = tacky.


Jetta -> Bora = Tacky

Debadging your Acura as a Honda is tacky but I disagree with what u said here. Next thing you know you'll say putting Porsche or Audi rims on a VW is tacky.

[Mitcheh]

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Oh man I have porsche wheels

[Canadian Turbo]

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I personally prefer as little badges as possible, I think for the most part they cluter up a cars body, but thats just me.

[Canadian Turbo]

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A new article about badging....

Here’s one trend we’d like to see less of: “up-badging.” The term refers to the practice of slapping additional stickers and insignias on a vehicle to make it appear as if it’s something it isn’t. You know the drill—how many Civic DXs on the import scene are masquerading as Si models? It isn’t just the imports these days… Hemi-badged V6 Chargers, 300s and Magnums are apparently also gaining traction among the badge-swapping crowd. Hell, even commercial truck owners are falling prey to this stuff.
Well, apparently the trend is a growing one, provided the wonks at CBS 4 Boston are on their game. They even managed to get scribe Jamie Kitman of Automobile Magazine to comment on the trend: “”The benefit is telegraphing other people very quickly that you have more wealth than you really have.” Somehow we doubt that Kitman’s legendary stash of vintage iron is rocking different badges.

Admittedly, the article fails to mention how some enthusiasts are altering their badges to become more like their native-market cousins (the whole “JDM” craze, as well as turning Volkswagen Jettas into Ventos, and so on). It also makes the trend sound like a recent one, but the subtle art of “all mouth and no trousers” badge trickery has been going on for decades.

Either way, at least a few of us ‘round the office prefer shaving off badges altogether. Why not let ‘em wonder about what we’ve got under the hood?

[Mitcheh]

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Either way, at least a few of us ‘round the office prefer shaving off badges altogether. Why not let ‘em wonder about what we’ve got under the hood?

Good call, no 1.8T badge for meh..
The FMIC might give it away though

[BoraMK4]

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Well pretending to have differnt engines in their car is just wrong. (CX's badged as SI and I'm pretty sure we've all seen GSR Integra's marked as Type R's). But if you put on a Bora badge on a Jetta, the interior options are different but the engine is identicle. Some tuning sites don't even list Jetta as a VW model, they list the Bora. I personally prefer Bora on my car than Jetta, I figured euro car, euro name. Whatever works for you I guess.

[Mr. Burns]

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A good rule of thumb is to go by what your registration says. If you registration says you drive a Jetta, then you sure as hell arent driving a Bora.

[Mitcheh]

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A good rule of thumb is to go by what your registration says. If you registration says you drive a Jetta, then you sure as hell arent driving a Bora.

QFT

[BoraMK4]

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If you registration says you drive a Jetta, then you sure as hell arent driving a Bora.

Thanks!
For a moment I forgot what I was driving.