Debadging a car
Debadging a car
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Why would anyone be ashamed of owning a WRX STi?
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It’s actually a regular wrx with a sti wing and they don’t want anyone to know
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Yeah, usually the debadged cars I see around me are 3-series and other entry-level luxury sedans. I think the owners want to try and trick people into thinking they're actually driving an M3, etc.
If you debadge an M3, RS3, etc then I think that's actually a pretty cool flex
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If you debadge an M3, RS3, etc then I think that's actually a pretty cool flex
I guess it might slightly reduce the chances of getting stolen.
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Because of other STi owners?
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Those Subarus are cool though.
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The top reason: the badge fell off for some reason, and I do not care enough to replace it.
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Somebody tore the logo off my Honda Accord in a Chicago suburb parking structure
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Or in my case, half fell off and that just won't do... but then the glue still is half on and now it looks worse, so let's just cover it with a bumper sticker, eh?
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"Is this a subaru?"
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It’s a saabaru
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Drive it fast enough in reverse and urabus
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dead link
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The weird thing is that the SAAB version, that's supposed to share a lot of parts, had a different wheel base even, because they changed so many things. SAAB being SAAB, they lost money on most 9-3x and 9-5x
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It's so that people have a harder time saying "yes officer it was a Toyota Camry" unless they're familiar with the body style enough to know it isn't a Honda Accord without the markings. "A truck" is less descriptive than "A black Dodge Ram 1500."
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Look, avoiding Undercovers is half the reason I can tell a car by it's headlights or taillights, so sorry Nissan Altima with paper plates, I can tell you're a 2008 from 150m, day or night.
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Not everyone is as adept. (And that Altima was probably recently purchased used, tbf lol).
Also I've seen a ~25yo undercover minivan with the paint half worn to primer in my area, that trick is less reliable here since 2010ish.
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Even better if you put the badge of another car on it.
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Reliant
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Another reason to do it (in my area): you want to pay a fine for illegal car conversion!
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Cybertruck 2025: now with complimentary anti-vandalism Fuck Musk wrap
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it comes and goes but some years school age kids will gain a car emblem theft fixation. I lived on the same street as a high school and every second year or so any remaining emblems on cars parked outside would be stripped off
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Has Ford owner I can tell you debadging a Ford won't stop anyone knowing its a Ford. They design it specifically so you don't need the emblem. Hell it fades off on most trucks and cars in a few months.
What I remove is any mention of the dealership. That I will advertise for.
I'm usually anti dealer badges, but when we bought our Accord, the dealer said if we kept the dealer license plate frame on, we'd get free car washes for life. We took advantage of that many times. Seemed a fair trade to me.
Go a step farther and get more letters off of cars in the junk yard. Then stick them on your POS spelling out “found on road dead” or “fix or repair daily” (dead WRXs are helpful for the latter).
How would you even debadge a modern Ford truck? All the ones I've seen have FORD in massive letters on the front.
99% of the time I HATE advertising, however in this circumstance I can't relate, I love my Kia Soul and I really like how down to earth the old Kia logo was. More importantly it feels like a part of Sir-hops-a-lot's personality that id be removing and I don't want that.
(yes, I have named and personified it a bit so I'm not really the average customer lol)
beep beep frog car incoming!
nyooom! 🐸
I do agree on clothing, if it's not funny (apparently there's a brand named 'lorem ipsum' that makes shirts) or like a YouTubers merch or experience (ex. a museum tshirt I have), I don't understand why you would pay extra.
supreme is the supreme example of this tbh