NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 My reply to all the debadgers on my own car is a simple one - it's the standard car - it comes with a badge on, so why on earth would I want to remove it? Shouting would be adding a badge - not leaving one on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Cars look cleaner with no badges on, I hate badges, stickers, dealers phone numbers on plates etc etc, it just clutters the look of the car IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Well you'll note there are no such dealer stickers etc on my car - only the main bodywork badge, as supplied standard, stays on the car. I specifically ask them not to put any of their homemade tat on it. Mind you, if they did I wouldn't be able to see out of the rear window anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccombie_5 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Well you'll note there are no such dealer stickers etc on my car - only the main bodywork badge, as supplied standard, stays on the car. I specifically ask them not to put any of their homemade tat on it. Mind you, if they did I wouldn't be able to see out of the rear window anyway. [/ QUOTE ] You mean you can now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markweir2000 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 DEBADGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I debadged the front of mine after I caught some little tosser trying to remove it in front of a busy cafe a month or so after I had bought it. He jumped a metre straight up when I re-armed the car (flashing the indicators and sounding the alarm chirp), then the silly twat tried to run through me. Looked good skidding on his face after I tripped him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspencex Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 What about the re-badge option?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspencex Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 appologies... I forgot something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Hmm, bit small don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjfr Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I put a quattro badge on the back of my S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si_GTi Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I've got black front and rear 'VW' badging to go onto my car at some point in time. Some people don't like it at all but I do Also planning to remove the 'POLO' lettering from the left-hand side of the bootlid mainly because the 'L' just accumulates polish deposits and is an pain in the arse just for that matter! I will keep my GTi badges on though! Funnily enough because the 6n2 Polo GTi's production run was so short, most people just think its a lesser car with GTi badging simply tacked on for effect. In fact a lot of comments go something along the lines of, "oh, is that a Golf?" If/when I change to black VW badges I will also consider blacking the front and rear GTi badges too for added stealth. Its not really de-badging then, just a few subtle tweaks. Back when the Golf mk3 GTI was out, it too had black badging so I'm not really straying from the VW path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazzy Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 i ended up debadging the TDI bit from my A4, mainly because the I fell off during a wash!!! and the TD left behing reminded me of a ford badge, so i took off the TD as well. looks smoother, have still got A4 though. Chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I've got black front and rear 'VW' badging to go onto my car at some point in time. Some people don't like it at all but I do [/ QUOTE ] Black badges? I like the sound of those. That's something I'd have considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Well oddly enough, my A4 was already debadged when I got it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 They forgot to take the circles off though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Yes, shame isn't it. Actually, this gives me an idea. I wonder what I should badge it up as. Do you think it'll pass as an RS6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Why not.......!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 RS6 Turbo Twinport V8 going a bit far do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Some time ago I posted about an A6 which had been modded and badged up as an RS6 - I suspect it was a 2.7T. Some parts were from the S6. One giveaway, for me, was that the roof rails were polished, not satin, finish - mismatched against the mirrors and grille surround. [/ QUOTE ] Hahaha. Well spotted. At present I really want a phantom black 2006 B7 RS4 Avant before swapping the wheels for OE RS6 5 arms, front and rear RS4 debage and put standard painted mirrors back on. 414 bhp of pure stealth. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I can supply the phantom black mirrors - just leave the RS4 with me for a weeks to fit them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 You have a deal! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmmlmmam Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 [ QUOTE ] My reply to all the debadgers on my own car is a simple one - it's the standard car - it comes with a badge on, so why on earth would I want to remove it? Shouting would be adding a badge - not leaving one on! [/ QUOTE ] Don't BMW offer debadging as an option? If so then the car is standard either with or without, so just choose which look you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Yes they do - but it's an option - so it's not standard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Classic little tale about down badging - or at least sort of. Back in the day I had a mate who was an Austin Rover salesman. The guys in the workshop often had a little pet project going to lighten up their lives (when you spend your working day servicing Maestros, you have to keep sane somehow). One such project was a Mini. It started life as a thoroughly standard Mini City in that wedgewood blue - just the sort of thing your granny would drive to the shops. They uprated the brakes and suspension with some fairly standard shop bits, but the piece de la resistance was squeezing an MG Metro Turbo engine under the bonnet. They even had to fashion a new, curved radiator to fit it in. Apart from a bigger bore exhaust (and later some decent seats), there was no outward indication of what the car was. The relevant bit to this thread, and I thought the finest touch of all, was leaving the "City" badge on the boot lid. Funniest little trip out in it was when we ended up in something of a race with an obviously fully rally prepped Mini Clubman that turned out to have the tuned 1370cc engine in it. Let's just say the driver was really keen to find out what was under the bonnet after several miles of trying but not quite managing to keep up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccombie_5 Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 LOL I've always fancied putting a turbo'd 1275 A-Series in a mini. otal sleeper of course, thus my post above about a 1.6 K-Series or a 1.8VVC K-Series in a Metro. I'd leave it as a totally standard Metro C externally. Underneath would be a 1.6 or 1.8 K-Series, uprated brakes etc but still leaving neat little touches like the orginal Rover Group wheel trims on it. Something that looked like this: With a 1.8 engine It can be done fairly easily because all moutning points for the K-Series are the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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