Car Badging - Page 2

GTStang · 07-14-2003, 03:21 PM

I guess I got to much bravado. My Stang has a big 393 badge and a my plate says STROKD. I want everyone to know what I have and good luck beating me.

Bluebird from the · 07-14-2003, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by GTStang
I guess I got to much bravado. My Stang has a big 393 badge and a my plate says STROKD. I want everyone to know what I have and good luck beating me.

You wouldn't beat my four-door family sedan

because I wouldn't race you after I saw the advertising

GTStang · 07-14-2003, 03:40 PM

But you like your car. Why would you wanna hide what it is?

Bluebird from the · 07-14-2003, 03:50 PM

To sucker people in to races who would normally wouldn't run. Back to the mustang example: I won't instigate with the 99+ V8's but I sure will instigate the V6's. Imagine the look on my face when I get my arse handed to me and I'm thinking I ran a V6 but I actually ran a debadged V8. I'd be laaughing my ass off if I were the guy in the Mustang.

This would really be key if you were the type to race for $$$.

Dominus_Servi · 07-14-2003, 07:23 PM

Whoa, got a lot of responses only 12 hours later, hehe.

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To sucker people in to races who would normally wouldn't run. Back to the mustang example: I won't instigate with the 99+ V8's but I sure will instigate the V6's. Imagine the look on my face when I get my arse handed to me and I'm thinking I ran a V6 but I actually ran a debadged V8. I'd be laaughing my ass off if I were the guy in the Mustang.

Yeah, thats why I want a V6 badge. I'd rather not be mistaken for a Gt when I slap on my SC. The suprise effect IS priceless.

DkShadow · 07-14-2003, 08:24 PM

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Yeah, thats why I want a V6 badge. I'd rather not be mistaken for a Gt when I slap on my SC. The suprise effect IS priceless.

Did i miss something, dont you already have a V6?
Also what i dont get is its not right to badge your car to look like its a better model but debadging your car to look like its the weakest is acceptable.

Jay! · 07-14-2003, 08:37 PM

It's akin to pool sharks who go out of their way to look bad, at least until you put your money where your mouth is...

It's an attempt to fool the uninitiated. Most cars have other visual and aural clues as to which model they really are. The badges are just the easiest ones to recognize.

If I had a black Civic Si instead of the trademark blue, I'd take all the badges off in a heartbeat.

Paonessa · 07-15-2003, 12:46 PM

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Also what i dont get is its not right to badge your car to look like its a better model but debadging your car to look like its the weakest is acceptable.

well, lets say i'm gonna race a v6 stang with v8 badges. and say i don't really know the tell-tale sigs of a gt stang. if i win i'm gonna go around tellin' my buddies about the race and saying i beat a gt stang when i really didn't. then one day i catch a real gt stang with one of those same buddies and get smoked. they're gonna think i'm a staight up liar. it's not fair, it's not like the person would be lying intentionally and they'd look like a chump.

if you're proud of your car and don't wanna hide it then why is it any better to say you have something that you really don't. be happy with what you got, don't bullshit people into thinking you have something you don't

DkShadow · 07-15-2003, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by Paonessa

well, lets say i'm gonna race a v6 stang with v8 badges. and say i don't really know the tell-tale sigs of a gt stang. if i win i'm gonna go around tellin' my buddies about the race and saying i beat a gt stang when i really didn't. then one day i catch a real gt stang with one of those same buddies and get smoked. they're gonna think i'm a staight up liar. it's not fair, it's not like the person would be lying intentionally and they'd look like a chump.

if you're proud of your car and don't wanna hide it then why is it any better to say you have something that you really don't. be happy with what you got, don't bullshit people into thinking you have something you don't

Hmm, first part of what you said... Sh!t happens... you thought you can beat one, turns out you didnt. Oh well

Second part... if youre proud of your car, you also wouldnt debadge it or make it try to look like its a weaker base model. Like take me for instance... I bought a GT wanting to get a Cobra... the Cobras are $10+k more than my GT. With the money I save for buying a Cobra, I can have something that looks like one for $1000-$2000. Who cares if its not a Cobra, sure as hell wont run like one anyways, as long as im happy with it... besides, its not like im going to be spouting off to people saying my cars a Cobra.

2of9 · 07-15-2003, 01:18 PM

im not sure, but when i went to Cub Foods, i saw a Mustang Convertible that had the badge GT, then under the GT said, SVT Cobra....ok?? i never knew they made a Mustang GT SVT Cobra convertible.

Paonessa · 07-15-2003, 01:53 PM

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Hmm, first part of what you said... Sh!t happens... you thought you can beat one, turns out you didnt. Oh well

Second part... if youre proud of your car, you also wouldnt debadge it or make it try to look like its a weaker base model. Like take me for instance... I bought a GT wanting to get a Cobra... the Cobras are $10+k more than my GT. With the money I save for buying a Cobra, I can have something that looks like one for $1000-$2000. Who cares if its not a Cobra, sure as hell wont run like one anyways, as long as im happy with it... besides, its not like im going to be spouting off to people saying my cars a Cobra.

how is that an example of debadging to look base? but anyway no i don't think that's cool either. here's an example. two of my friends have ex civics with B18 swaps, one's JDM. one's purple(yes purple) with normal ex badging and one's got an SiR sticker, the SiR's jdm. we all race around once in a while and their cars are damn near as fast as mine if not faster with the right driver and i can't help but thnk to myself that anyone wathcing us race is gonna think the new maxima's are slow as shit, runnin with seemingly base civics with simple modifications it's fucked up.

DkShadow · 07-15-2003, 02:22 PM

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how is that an example of debadging to look base? but anyway no i don't think that's cool either. here's an example. two of my friends have ex civics with B18 swaps one's JDM. one's purple(yes purple) with normal ex badging and one's got an SiR sticker, the SiR's jdm. we all race around once in a while and their cars are damn near as fast as mine if not faster with the right driver and i can't help but thnk to myself that anyone wathcing us race is gonna think the new maxima's are slow as shit, runnin with seemingly base civics with simple modifications it's fucked up.

Sorry for the confusion... I didnt meant that making it look like a Cobra was debadging... I was giving an example on why id make my car look like something else... which im planning to do anyways

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wathcing us race is gonna think the new maxima's are slow as shit, runnin with seemingly base civics with simple modifications it's fucked up

Its the same way some f-body people get when they get beaten by a seemingly unmodded GT

buymeabmwm3 · 07-15-2003, 03:19 PM

I just don't get the whole badging thing. Who are they trying to impress? The owner? It can't be because they know exactly what car they have. And little $5 badges don't dramatically improve the look of your car the way rims, exhaust, lower kits do. So it can't be the owner. Other random people on the road? Most people I know couldn't tell the difference between a Taurus and an Accord, let alone distinguish a stock civic from an Si or a GT Mustang from an SVT. Unless I specifically pointed out a badge, and they still wouldn't understand the significance of it anyways. So it can't be random folk. The car enthusiests? Anyone who knows a cars well can spot fake M3's, Mustang GTs, and others from a distance. Its more than some little badge, there are different wheels, body designs, and a hundred other cues to distinguish the performance models from the base models. So I just don't get it. You can wear a "Hi, my name is Antonio Banderas" nametag all day but it still won't change anything. Why not just embrace your car for what it is, stop playing boyish games, and spend your money on some real enhancements for your car. Be proud of your car, don't pose it for something it's not.

RazorGTR · 07-15-2003, 03:23 PM

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If I want to add a stupid "GTR" emblem or a damn little f-in Snake on the side of my Mustang... You know what? Its my right, Ill do it cause im the one paying for the damn car and want to make it look good for MYSELF only, not you or anyone else for that matter which is what these people are doing (unless its the ones that act like their car is the real thing ) . If you call it a "hunk o shit" go call classic replica cars a piece of shit also and tell them to "f'k off" with their fake, rebaged clones... Itll be about the same damn thing you people are doing right now.

For one that is a badge many respect on the proper car. Just like a ferrari emblem or the Corvette badge.

I had a Skyline GTS-t (2 litre turbo) which I rebadged to a GTS (2 litre na) because of the constant barrage of numbnuts who felt compelled to want to line up a GTS-t. Imagine the shock and horror they recieved when they thought there were lining up a na GTS.

I've considered on rebading my GTR as a GTS4 or GTS-t. Any decent person who knows what to look for will know it is a GTR but to the untrained eye I could get away with it.

Dominus_Servi · 07-15-2003, 07:34 PM

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Did i miss something, dont you already have a V6?

Yeah, but the only way to tell the difference between a 99 v6 and 99 gt are the bumper cutouts and dual exhaust. Im getting dual exhaust so...you see the dilemma. Yes Gts are badged but I want to avoid confusion...

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