Debadging a car
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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.
How would you even debadge a modern Ford truck? All the ones I've seen have FORD in massive letters on the front.
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How would you even debadge a modern Ford truck? All the ones I've seen have FORD in massive letters on the front.
I blacked all mine out with plastidip
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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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Another reason not listed: fuck the manufacturer. I don't pay, I don't drive around town, I don't live my life to be an advertisement for you. ¯\(°_o)/¯
Ford has done me wrong. Ford has done America wrong. But for the right price, I still might consider driving a Ford. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? But you bet your ass I'd debadge that motherfucker. Ford doesn't deserve to be publicly acknowledged by me on my goddamned vehicle, bought with my goddamned money, to be seen by others. Nah. I'm not doing that.
Get a salvage Ford, or a really ugly/deformed Ford, debadge it? Hell yeah. Let's go.
I also don't like explicitly branded clothing. Why do we pay to advertise for these people, like it's some kind of privilege or status? 🤨 Especially the most basic bitch stuff out there, manufactured by foreign slave labor. Idk, it's all dumb.
Especially the most basic bitch stuff out there, manufactured by foreign slave labor. Idk, it’s all dumb.
supreme is the supreme example of this tbh
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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.
That is fair. You get recompensated for providing ad space.
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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."
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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Why would anyone be ashamed of owning (what looks like a) WRX STi…
Because of other STi owners?
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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.
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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How would you even debadge a modern Ford truck? All the ones I've seen have FORD in massive letters on the front.
Idk exactly what you're referring to, I see a bunch with FORD put in on the grille. And that's the easiest debadge-job ever; you just buy an aftermarket clean grille. I think it looks very nice & clean.
Same thing with the tailgate, either find a way to tastefully remove the logos or buy aftermarket. I like the look of the "air flow" tailgates, or the straps.
Especially if you're buying a junker, and you don't care if it looks super nice...that's just free license to get creative & rip 'em off, cover up any way you see fit. Fuck Ford badges. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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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
the hood ornament stealing days were cooler… but most cars stopped putting them on.
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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
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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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."
Even better if you put the badge of another car on it.
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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
