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Debadging a car (lemmy.world)
submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

How would you even debadge a modern Ford truck? All the ones I've seen have FORD in massive letters on the front.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I blacked all mine out with plastidip, at least the ones I couldn't remove without leaving a massive spot open and look even worse

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I agree, people will know, but debadging even that little oval? Taking it out of the grill? That is very intentional, it doesn't occur by accident, it might even make some people go, "...huh."

I would refuse to have their emblems on my vehicle. I have my reasons. Unless somebody wants to buy me a nice one & leaving badges on was part of the conditions, by all means, drop thousands of dollars on me & make me a hypocrite. I am nothing if not practical. But if it's my money, on my Ford vehicle, all badges & emblems are being stripped off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

This is it for me

[–] [email protected] 42 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Why would anyone be ashamed of owning a WRX STi?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Why would anyone be ashamed of owning any Subaru?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, home would be a lot better with kia

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

I fucking love mine, best car I've ever had.

[–] __init__ 13 points 11 hours ago

It’s actually a regular wrx with a sti wing and they don’t want anyone to know

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Cybertruck 2025: now with complimentary anti-vandalism Fuck Musk wrap

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The top reason: the badge fell off for some reason, and I do not care enough to replace it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Somebody tore the logo off my Honda Accord in a Chicago suburb parking structure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 13 hours ago

Those Subarus are cool though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

"Is this a subaru?"

"No."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Drive it fast enough in reverse and urabus

[–] __init__ 2 points 11 hours ago

It’s a saabaru

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Reliant ~~K~~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Another reason to do it (in my area): you want to pay a fine for illegal car conversion!