What do you think of this trend??

changes

I have started to see this more and more in donegal. Below is an example of it. They take the cars badge out of the front grill.

When i first seen it on a car it looked like the car had damage. I think it looks terrible and hope is passes soon.


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1452076

zero19

It's just a replacement Kamie grill, has been done for quite a while also

VinnyTGM

Its a badgeless grill, some people like the look, some don't.

corktina

bdages are mostly pointless anyway..who cares what engine or transmission or trim level someone else has!

Vertakill

A lot of cars look a lot better without the badge I think.

The badges is just like an advertisement. Most people will know what the car is regardless, unless they've no idea about cars.

I had a 190 Celica with a TRD front with no badge and the grill looked 10x better.

With badge:


Without badge:

Eric Cartman

corktina wrote: »

bdages are mostly pointless anyway..who cares what engine or transmission or trim level someone else has!

anyone who has a bmw below a 535 puts the m-badge on to over compensate, anyone with anything above that de-badges so they dont get robbed

Max Power1

looks terrible in most cases imo. If a car has no badge I wouldnt even bother viewing, let alone buying.

I saw an audi TT recently with no "4 rings" on the front. Ruined a good car imo.

Stephen

Another Donegal car with Irish reg on yellow plate. WTF?

Barr

Saw this yesterday on a Seat Leon , didn't do anything for the looks imo.Maybe he was embarrassed by the Seat badge

Bonito

a 13 year old A4 for €2,200. bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

hi_im_fil

I have one on my car. It smartens up the front of it imo, although it won't be to everyones taste. Thr grille on that a4 is too big to make it look good imo.

Before


After

neilthefunkeone

Some cars it looks terrrible on.. some it doesnt.. The audi looks terrible in this case.. But its been done for years,.. mate of mine did it to his almera a few years back.. We laughed too!!!!

Mr.David

hi_im_fil wrote: »

I have one on my car. It smartens up the front of it imo, although it won't be to everyones taste. Thr grille on that a4 is too big to make it look good imo.

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After

Each to their own of course, but to me that just looks like your car took one straight in the face and got its grill knocked out

hi_im_fil

Mr.David wrote: »

Each to their own of course, but to me that just looks like your car took one straight in the face and got its grill knocked out

Haha I like it anyway

Stephen

Love the cut out L-plate on the one beside it :pac:

changes

hi_im_fil i notice on that photo the black astra beside yours has got the badge taken off the back of it also.

hi_im_fil

Yeah debadging is done a lot on euro cars.

changes

If people are goin to debadge can they not come up with something nicer than a plane black grill.

hi_im_fil

What would you put there instead? The whole idea of debagding is to give a cleaner less fussy look to the car.

changes

An interesting chrome design against the black grill backround, now its become a trend i'm sure there are some artistic minds out there that could come up with some nice ones that would suit particular cars.

SV

changes wrote: »

An interesting chrome design against the black grill backround, now its become a trend i'm sure there are some artistic minds out there that could come up with some nice ones that would suit particular cars.

*shudder*
Shocking looking..Chrome doesn't belong anywhere, let alone on cars.

tossy

I hate de badged grilles with a passion,i much prefer a black badge - all personal taste though..

Owen

SV wrote: »

*shudder*
Shocking looking..Chrome doesn't belong anywhere, let alone on cars.

I spent days dechroming my MINI. Chrome only works on one colour - silver, they kinda blend together. I hate Chrome with a passion I'd normally reserve for Trad music.

changes

SV wrote: »

*shudder*
Shocking looking..Chrome doesn't belong anywhere, let alone on cars.

Most of the badges are chrome?? VW, Opel, audi etc, whatever that material is thats what i meant

dr.fuzzenstein

Mr.David wrote: »

Each to their own of course, but to me that just looks like your car took one straight in the face and got its grill knocked out

Looks more like an 11 year old Opel to me that's been souped up and handbrake-turned on every Dunnes Store car park in Ireland and the only thing it says to potential buyers is
STAY 17 MILES AWAY FROM THIS CAR!!!!!!

Evil_Clown

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Looks more like an 11 year old Opel to me that's been souped up and handbrake-turned on every Dunnes Store car park in Ireland and the only thing it says to potential buyers is
STAY 17 MILES AWAY FROM THIS CAR!!!!!!

So you're the car psychologist everyone has been talking about, can I book mine in with you I think it may have been abused as a shell :rolleyes:

EPM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Looks more like an 11 year old Opel to me that's been souped up and handbrake-turned on every Dunnes Store car park in Ireland and the only thing it says to potential buyers is
STAY 17 MILES AWAY FROM THIS CAR!!!!!!

FFS

hi_im_fil

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Looks more like an 11 year old Opel to me that's been souped up and handbrake-turned on every Dunnes Store car park in Ireland and the only thing it says to potential buyers is
STAY 17 MILES AWAY FROM THIS CAR!!!!!!

You think a car has been "souped up" and rallied around because a car has a set of aftermarket wheels and a different grille? :rolleyes::rolleyes:

SV

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Looks more like an 11 year old Opel to me that's been souped up and handbrake-turned on every Dunnes Store car park in Ireland and the only thing it says to potential buyers is
STAY 17 MILES AWAY FROM THIS CAR!!!!!!

yet your comment only says one thing to me...

EPM

SV wrote: »

yet your comment only says one thing to me...

Fookin snap!

I actuatlly think that grill improves the car. Alloys not my thing but looks tidy

Vertakill

Jesus christ is there any need to use that sized font? I wouldn't mind if it was a worthy post but your post was complete crap.

Now we have 3 more posts in quick succession quoting it!


Anyways, on some cars it looks god awful and it's probably a requirement for 'flet spec' cars like Audi's.

I think both Astras, new and old, in that previous picture looked good.

If you were to look at that Astra in your rear view mirror, it wouldn't be too easy to identify it quickly which adds a little mystery.

Most BMW's that are debadged indicate either that it's one of the lower specs (which are fairly easily spotted) and the owner is hiding that fact, or it's one of the better specs and the owner doesn't feel the need to willy-wag what they own (that or they don't want it stolen).

Either way, adds to the mystery! Would be boring if all of us had the same looking cars and I like people being a bit innovative.

bmw535d

Eric Cartman wrote: »

anyone who has a bmw below a 535 puts the m-badge on to over compensate, anyone with anything above that de-badges so they dont get robbed

you do know bmw add those msport badges on msport trim level bmw's from the factory(dealer) and you have to ask when buying the car to debadge it which most people do.

the real spanners are the people that have se class beamers change the wheels and msport badges(usually on the wrong side)

and then you have the 320d(m3) brigade. ill not even comment.

Vertakill

Eric Cartman wrote: »

anyone who has a bmw below a 535 puts the m-badge on to over compensate, anyone with anything above that de-badges so they dont get robbed

bmw535d wrote: »

you do know bmw add those msport badges on msport trim level bmw's from the factory(dealer) and you have to ask when buying the car to debadge it which most people do.

the real spanners are the people that have se class beamers change the wheels and msport badges(usually on the wrong side)

and then you have the 320d(m3) brigade. ill not even comment.

Agreed.
My mams got a 535D with an M on it but that's the way it comes as it has the M Sport package on it.

dr.fuzzenstein

Well, it's an Astra, anything that draws attention away from that fact can only be a good thing.
Debadging a car makes sense if it's the super sport V8 turbo version and you don't want to draw attention to that fact, but in Ireland it's more likely to disguise the fact that it's the 1.4l poverty spec version.
May actually be improved lookswise, but when it comes to reselling the potential buyer will think "modified bodywork, funky aftermarket wheels, wonder what kind of a life this car has lead".
So, the car may look better, it will reflect the owners individual taste and as long as he plans to never sell it on again, or for a price quite a lot below guide price, that should not be a problem.;)
If I took all the badges of my Focus, fitted a different grill, headlights, rear lights and wheels (to go for the complete look) it might actually look marginally better but I'd never find a buyer for it again.
Sadly those are the pitfalls of any modding.

Tragedy

I remove model badges from all my cars, however I leave the manufacturer one on. Prefer it that way.

bmw535d

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Well, it's an Astra, anything that draws attention away from that fact can only be a good thing.
Debadging a car makes sense if it's the super sport V8 turbo version and you don't want to draw attention to that fact, but in Ireland it's more likely to disguise the fact that it's the 1.4l poverty spec version.
May actually be improved lookswise, but when it comes to reselling the potential buyer will think "modified bodywork, funky aftermarket wheels, wonder what kind of a life this car has lead".
So, the car may look better, it will reflect the owners individual taste and as long as he plans to never sell it on again, or for a price quite a lot below guide price, that should not be a problem.;)
If I took all the badges of my Focus, fitted a different grill, headlights, rear lights and wheels (to go for the complete look) it might actually look marginally better but I'd never find a buyer for it again.
Sadly those are the pitfalls of any modding.

seriously do you not have the slightest clue? are you trying to say that if you modify your car it wont help you when your selling it. probably if you have a field day at halfords as most focus owners do. however some car owners know what they are at and modify tastefully which not only adds value to the car but makes it easier to sell. few and far between though. you seem to be suggestion modified cars are abused and live a tough life. however if you were looking to avoid abused cars the last thing to be looking out for is if its modified much. id stay clear of a bog standard astra/focus with missing hubcaps etc because i know the owner of that car sees it as an object to get from a to b. which is not a good thing

and dont comment on an astra when you drive a focus.



sigh

Tragedy

It's well known that modifying a car devalues it in the vast majority of cases.

No matter how tasteful/attractive.

Eoin

tossy wrote: »

I hate de badged grilles with a passion,i much prefer a black badge - all personal taste though..

There's a golf like that on my road, and every time I see it I think it looks like either the badge has faded, or some knick knack has pulled the front of the badge off.

@Vertakill - that's a good example (stick on body parts aside).

Ricardo G

I could live with a few tasteful modifications but this really bugs the life outta me !! When you see a car with Blitz, Mugen, Vtec, Veilside stickers plastered down the wings of a Nissan Micra/Toyota corolla 1.3xli etc etc
Its laughable !!

tossy

eoin wrote: »

There's a golf like that on my road, and every time I see it I think it looks like either the badge has faded

Faded to the exact paint code as the rest of the car?

Its all personal taste isn't it at the end of the day.

Eoin

tossy wrote: »

Faded to the exact paint code as the rest of the car?

Its all personal taste isn't it at the end of the day.

Yep, all down to personal taste. I'm not mad on that look, but it's pretty subtle - I went for monochrome badges on my yoke too.

conacur

Have to agree it depends on the car & model. Some can pull it off while others can't......different strokes for different folks I suppose...

bmw3d

Eric Cartman wrote: »

anyone who has a bmw below a 535 puts the m-badge on to over compensate, anyone with anything above that de-badges so they dont get robbed

i have a 320d msport with a sh1t load of extras all it has on the back is 320d, it has the m badge inside and on the sills, as for lads with m3 badges on 320 wtf, their nowhere even near the same car, losers

robdsherlock

imho de-badged cars look good except for the small few, i HATE vw cars with a black badge or whatever thay done to it, looks horrible! a lot of people are doing the back of the car too! also looks good imo.

@ dr.fuzzenstein
ROFL

man you make me laugh!! cheers tho coz you entertain me, you like a 40-45 year old that wishes he knew about cars and the different catagories, also thinks that the more executive the car looks the more its worth, but deep down knows nothing about cars. oh well, please entertain me more with the "super sport V8 turbo version" lol

Voodoomelon

bmw535d wrote: »

you do know bmw add those msport badges on msport trim level bmw's from the factory(dealer) and you have to ask when buying the car to debadge it which most people do.

As far as i'm aware, you still have to ask for the M-sport badge on the rear of the car, regardless of whether its an M-sport or not. I was under the impression they are not standard M-sport kit, just a silly option.

johndaman66

Ricardo G wrote: »

I could live with a few tasteful modifications but this really bugs the life outta me !! When you see a car with Blitz, Mugen, Vtec, Veilside stickers plastered down the wings of a Nissan Micra/Toyota corolla 1.3xli etc etc
Its laughable !!

Have to agree with that. Looks bloody awful and tasteless on all cars really but looks escpecially awful on the 1.3 corollas/ Micras/ Puntos etc.

Think the debadged grill looks good on certain cars such as 97-01 model passat, Vectra 2, Mk1 to Mk3 Golf. I think it doesn't generally work well on cars such as corolla, civics, accords to name a few. Its a matter of personal taste and opinion too though I suppose. For some reason I'm not a fan of make/ model badges removed on tailgate or boot lid regadless of make or model.

The asking price on the white Audi seems a bit steep to me. Guessing the mileage is something severe on it too seen as he doesn't mention what the mileage is.

Donnelly117

Vertakill wrote: »

Without badge:

why does the bonnet have a spoiler??? it looks retarded

Mr.David

Donnelly117 wrote: »

why does the bonnet have a spoiler??? it looks retarded

It really does look retarded. Isnt going to help drag either! And will probably not reduce lift one single bit!

Owen

Voodoomelon wrote: »

As far as i'm aware, you still have to ask for the M-sport badge on the rear of the car, regardless of whether its an M-sport or not. I was under the impression they are not standard M-sport kit, just a silly option.

The M badge on the back of a car is chavtastic. M Sport models don't come with it, there's enough subtle M badges on the kit without a big shouty loud badge on the back. Even the full M cars only get a small-ish M badge as part of the name.

Gurgle

My problem with the OP ad is this:

search aid: golf bora passat gt tdi gttdi is200 altezza mr2 levin corolla a5 a3 320d starlet gt glanza 97 98 99 01 02 03 evo colt toledo leon merc 320 polo integra dc2 dc5 civic type r vti vtec accord 180sx sylvia silvia skyline r33 r32 fto306 206 205 gti

If I'm searching donedeal.ie for a corolla, its not because I want an A4.

djimi

Theres a Golf parked beside me that I see a lot, newish model (mid 00s I think) that has the badge removed, but the bonnet and bumper still have the semi circular mould to allow for the badge so it really looks like something is missing. I have never understood this. Whatever about people who completely modify the front of their car and dont stick the badge back on, on a standard car I think it looks very out of place not to have the badge if its obvious there should be one.