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Old 02-10-2006, 09:55 AM
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i don't get y it's so hard to imagine someone
wanting to de-badge for a cleaner look. my
previous 4Runner had 3 badges on the rear hatch.
to me, it looked as if Toyota just threw them on
w/o any thought as to how it looked. i de-badged
simply for a cleaner look. i wasn't trying to fool
anyone into thinking i had the Limited Edition.
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Old 02-10-2006, 07:51 PM
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My wife and I were talking about the challenge of debating via a forum--sometimes very casual remarks or points can resonate beyond their intent. The give and take of talking in person is lost...In any event, a friend of mine came by my office last week to show off his new Audi A4/S...his family is big into cars and the first thing they do is de-badge or re-badge...it has never ocurred to me to debadge, but it can be a very clean look...the X5 comes in what I call Residential, Commercial, and Industrial strength; they all get us from point A to B and except for folks here, 99% of the world does not know the difference...
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Old 02-10-2006, 07:58 PM
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OK here is a question. I like the clean de-badge look myself, alot of European cars are like that, but what if you car is 3 years old like mine. When you de-badge it will the paint be faded and the old badge still be visible because of that?
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Old 02-10-2006, 10:26 PM
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OK here is a question. I like the clean de-badge look myself, alot of European cars are like that, but what if you car is 3 years old like mine. When you de-badge it will the paint be faded and the old badge still be visible because of that?
I had a black Volvo V70R a couple of cars back and removed the badges to retrofit side markerlights and there was no fading at year three...I suppose you could compound the area.
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Old 02-11-2006, 10:39 AM
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I took my 3.0D emblems off!Maybe if I had a 4.8is ,I wouldnt?
I remember in the early 80s I had a company E30 316i and took the emblem off and stuck on a 325i one!No longer had an inferiority complex!
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Old 02-11-2006, 09:06 PM
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How about I get a 3-series badge, a 760il badge, buy powers1's badges, find another guy who debadges his diesel, and we gots an X5 36DD.
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How about I get a 3-series badge, a 760il badge, buy powers1's badges, find another guy who debadges his diesel, and we gots an X5 36DD.
Your X5 will be top heavy, may get lot of attention.
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