Why do people debadge cars-- esp BMW Mercs

[Deleted member 4644]

Is it because they want people to think their 325 is an M3?

 

[notfred]

What's a "BMW Merc"?

 

[Ameesh]

a bmw or mercedes

 

[Imported]

I saw a debadged RS6 the other day.. sleeeeeeeeeeeeper.

 

[SyahM]

I'd debadge car to make it a sleeper.

 

[dmurray14]

no.

The only reason people I know debadge their car is because they either have it heavily tuned or have a big engine, and they don't want people they will potentially race to know what's under the hood. It adds a little bit of "wow" to the opponent when you beat them, and keeps it mysterious.

My .02

Dan

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: Imported
I saw a debadged RS6 the other day.. sleeeeeeeeeeeeper.

wow.. lol.. just wow

 

[jpeyton]

Debadging is uber popular in Europe. I've seen debadged 996 Turbos. Usually, you want people to know you sprung for a Turbo, but not in Europe apparently.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: dmurray14
no.

The only reason people I know debadge their car is because they either have it heavily tuned or have a big engine, and they don't want people they will potentially race to know what's under the hood. It adds a little bit of "wow" to the opponent when you beat them, and keeps it mysterious.

My .02

Dan

i debadged my gti vr6 so people would stop trying to race me. did it work? somewhat. oh yeah, it looks pretty smooth too.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Debadging is uber popular in Europe. I've seen debadged 996 Turbos. Usually, you want people to know you sprung for a Turbo, but not in Europe apparently.

I pulled the turbo badge off my caravan
I'll probably put on new ones though. The only reason I did it was because I pulled the wood paneling off and the sticker was on it.

Some people do it just because it looks cleaner/smother without them.

 

[kermalou]

the car flows better

 

[Nyical]

Ya I debadge my Chevy, want people to think its a Ford

 

[Crazymofo]

I personally like the look of debadging a nice car... looks a lot cleaner...

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Debadging is uber popular in Europe. I've seen debadged 996 Turbos. Usually, you want people to know you sprung for a Turbo, but not in Europe apparently.

I pulled the turbo badge off my caravan
I'll probably put on new ones though. The only reason I did it was because I pulled the wood paneling off and the sticker was on it.

Some people do it just because it looks cleaner/smother without them.

:Q You have one of the Turbo caravans? The 89 or the 90? Man I've been looking for one of those things forever, but with the wood panelling.

 

[SilentZero]

I think its just personal preference on the look of the car. I think it looks alot cleaner without the badging, although in some cases the badging looks good.

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: LordSegan
Is it because they want people to think their 325 is an M3?

Anyone who couldn't tell a debadged 325 from an M3 wouldn't care if it was an M3.

 

[ElFenix]

people debadge their trucks all the time.

 

[thraxes]

Most people that I know who debadged their cars were just going for a sleeker look. But in another case it was meant to "stealth" the power of the car to avoid racing challenges... unfortunately those dual tailpipes of his M5 are a dead giveaway

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Debadging is uber popular in Europe. I've seen debadged 996 Turbos. Usually, you want people to know you sprung for a Turbo, but not in Europe apparently.

I pulled the turbo badge off my caravan
I'll probably put on new ones though. The only reason I did it was because I pulled the wood paneling off and the sticker was on it.

Some people do it just because it looks cleaner/smother without them.

:Q You have one of the Turbo caravans? The 89 or the 90? Man I've been looking for one of those things forever, but with the wood panelling.

Its an 89 I would have left the wood on it but the trim was tore all to hell and looked really bad. I just finished rebuilding and tweaking the trans and installed an intercooler but I haven't plumbed it up yet. Don't have any of the finished pics on the web yet but I do have a halfway finished pic of the intercooler . Thats a parts tranny setting in the floor. I took a little better care of the good one.

 

[Pr0Hawk]

I know a friend who bought his BMW from Germany when he was there. They don't badge their cars there.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Crazymofo
I personally like the look of debadging a nice car... looks a lot cleaner...

I agree, and if I did it that would be why. Badging breaks the symmetry of a good looking car IMO

 

[Babbles]

And I thought most folks debadged their cars to ebay those badges to punk kids who want to rice out their Civic DX.