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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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)_/¯
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
I agree, people will know, but debadging even that little oval? Taking it out of the grille? 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.
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.
This is it for me
Why would anyone be ashamed of owning a WRX STi?
Because of other STi owners?
Why would anyone be ashamed of owning any Subaru?
I fucking love mine, best car I’ve ever had.
It’s actually a regular wrx with a sti wing and they don’t want anyone to know
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.
The top reason: the badge fell off for some reason, and I do not care enough to replace it.
Somebody tore the logo off my Honda Accord in a Chicago suburb parking structure
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?
Those Subarus are cool though.
Cybertruck 2025: now with complimentary anti-vandalism Fuck Musk wrap
“Is this a subaru?”
dead link
Drive it fast enough in reverse and urabus
It’s a saabaru
Reliant
KAnother reason to do it (in my area): you want to pay a fine for illegal car conversion!
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.
