raptorduck

I posted this on the RS4 board and thought I should here as well.

I have always had this bias against folks who debadge. My assumption has always been that they were trying to hide the car they were driving and fool the rest of us into thinking they were driving the best model of the line etc. I do not think debadging is as bad as putting fake badges on to really fool folks, but I just always thought it was cheesy in the context of my assumptions.

I have noticed that lots of folks on this board debadge and so thought I should would ask folks why they do so. Maybe my assumptions are off and I don't mind having my bias changed.

K2audi

it is the high end cars that are debadged

V10_MAN

The back badges were "GMC" and "Yukon XL" I just always preferred the cleaner look that badgeless gave me on that vehicle. Plus, those badges made it much harder to wash/wax and detail the vehicle.

That said, I've no intention of removing them from my Q7.

arkbbq

Your niece looks very sweet.........

raptorduck

Yea, my wife is sweet indeed

DM-S4

Cleans up the look of rear on certain cars.

Rahooo

got first one in area by 4 weeks, didn't want people to know what it was ...so debadged !

raptorduck

and for making me less biased.

lada

I like the cleaner look of the car without badges.
I live in Bay Area, and I still have people asking me what car is that.
Previous debadged cars:
2001 CLK55 (sold)
2001 A6 2.7T (sold)
2004 VW Touareg V8 4.2(Lemon)
2005 LandRover LR3 HSE
2006 IS350 (Lemon)
2007 Q7 4.2

raptorduck

Still my favorite all time car. I miss it.