Re-badging
03-09-2012, 03:04 PM
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So many posts with opinions about debadging 
when the thread really never meant to be about that, rather just about the correct positioning and the obvious related question: can it be done with the original letters and will it pass inspection? and what I really wanted to point out: will it look good?
You can gain one more post by posting the revealing pics like you just described and originally said you would if anyone asked. I did. And now you need someone else to ask too? Whatever.
Would someone be so kind as to ask the OP to post additional pics, the ones that show the job at it's worst so people can see what I was talking about and predicted in post #24?
when the thread really never meant to be about that, rather just about the correct positioning and the obvious related question: can it be done with the original letters and will it pass inspection? and what I really wanted to point out: will it look good?Would someone be so kind as to ask the OP to post additional pics, the ones that show the job at it's worst so people can see what I was talking about and predicted in post #24?
03-09-2012, 03:12 PM
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[/quote]You can gain one more post by posting the revealing pics like you just described and originally said you would if anyone asked. I did. And now you need someone else to ask too? Whatever.
Would someone be so kind as to ask the OP to post additional pics, the ones that show the job at it's worst so people can see what I was talking about and predicted in post #24?[/quote]
Ok ok I will post some more pics. I didn't realize it was that important for you to prove your point.
Would someone be so kind as to ask the OP to post additional pics, the ones that show the job at it's worst so people can see what I was talking about and predicted in post #24?[/quote]
Ok ok I will post some more pics. I didn't realize it was that important for you to prove your point.
03-09-2012, 03:19 PM
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Ha ha... it's VERY serious business, yevi. 
There's a mind-set here that we all (most) seem to have overlooked, and that is, yevi is returning a leased car. While he probably had tons of pride-of-ownership (sic) for the last few years, now that the lease is ending, so is the love. And all he wants to do is re-badge the car so he doesn't get nailed for the repair expense.
I've said it before, this is an odd thread.
There's a mind-set here that we all (most) seem to have overlooked, and that is, yevi is returning a leased car. While he probably had tons of pride-of-ownership (sic) for the last few years, now that the lease is ending, so is the love. And all he wants to do is re-badge the car so he doesn't get nailed for the repair expense.
I've said it before, this is an odd thread.
03-09-2012, 04:00 PM
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I agree that such actions are shameful. But I wasn’t talking about adding false badging, rather, the absence of badging to suggest a different model. I wonder if some observers, not knowing much about cars in general, may look at a debadged car and think that’s the reason they did it. So instead of observing the rear of a debadged car and saying, “That car has a nice, clean look,” may think, “There goes a phony trying to hide something.”
But who cares what other people think? Debadging is a legitimate mod and you can't really control how people interpret things.
03-09-2012, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by yevi
Ok ok I will post some more pics. I didn't realize it was that important for you to prove your point.
In the future, when another member inquires about doing this, this would be a good thread to refer them to, assuming you post some good, revealing pics.
03-09-2012, 04:22 PM
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03-09-2012, 04:30 PM
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I must disagree with that. The whole purpose of most cosmetic mods is because the owner does care what other people think. They want the car to be unique and to show it with pride through such mods. Now there’s nothing wrong with that, but let’s not suggest an owner is not sensitive to how others view their car. That’s been proven many times around here by threads with pictures that start with, “What do you guys think?”
03-09-2012, 04:35 PM
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That's how I play, obviously.
03-13-2012, 10:30 AM
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03-13-2012, 05:06 PM
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Last pic... I just returned the car today. As far as I know they will not inspect it again, but I will post an update.
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03-13-2012, 05:22 PM
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Considering all the trouble you went through to re-badge the car, and knowing that you only had it for a limited time, I’d be interested to know if you still think debadging the car was worth it. 
03-13-2012, 05:43 PM
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So now that you are no longer renting the G... what's next? And are you planning on debadging that, too?
03-14-2012, 02:07 AM
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I actually just picked up the new 37xs coupe today and I do intend on debadging but only the infiniti letters on the trunk. It really wasn't a big deal taking the letters off and putting them back on considering I had the car for three so to me it was worth it but to each his own...