I might be able trade in our TL for this cheap looking car...

Cheap Ride

BTW, this is my first time on the TSX side of the forum.

Some sweet lookin' rides over here

 

Also... Some people in Europe dont want others to know that they have money. (one of the reasons why the VW Phaeton did well when it got out in Europe.)

Low key is the exact opposite of what is conveyed in a majority of hip hop songs...

J-F

 

I know the "cheap" ride you posted link ain't cheap but IMO it's damn ugly with badge or not...

 

You're right!

I should have searched for something else.

 

You mean, like THIS?

 

 

I just added 10HP!

I'm in da club!

 

i wonder at what price level, or perceived status, would someone not debadge a car?

i've seen acuras, lexus', infiniti's debadged.

never seen a bmw, benz, ferrari, lambo, etc. debadged.

 

Here is a discussion with some examples for you...

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=badge

 

How hard is it to re-attach the badges? Might debadging hurt resale value? Especially if you are trying to sell a "stock" TSX?

 

not terribly hard, you just need some two-sided 3m moulding tape

 

I used to think debadging was lame but now I love it! I did it to my car and I think it looks so much cleaner. I guess I used to not like it because I would see people debadge their car and then throw on some random like a 323 putting on an m3 logo wannabees!. Or no offense but I dont care for people debadging Acuras and putting the Honda emblem on it (cough cough, Accord Type R) but no thanks! My car is much nicer and much better than a regular Honda and I am proud it is made by Honda but for example, I would never throw a Ford emblem on a Jaguar or Aston Martin or a VW label on a Bentley! but to each his own... thats just my opinion!

 

Wow! A convert...let there be light.

 

Does anyone have a before AND after picture from the same angle to compare? Don't have a TSX yet, but already know I will tell the dealer he can keep the car if he dares to put his dealer logo on. I kinda like the clean look as well, but would like to see a good comparison?

 

Before:


After:

 

Thx alpinestar, that sealed it for me. Badges will be GONE!

 

nice pics alpinstr

 

This helped me decide on what to debadge and keep.

 

 

badges... we don't need no stinking badges

 

I think keeping the Acura emblem on is good. Did u fill in the holes virtualbong?

IMO dont need to go so far to take off the emblem too... but it still looks nice

your ride is vbong

 

less badges = less weight

duh

:troutslap

 

 

oh yeah :duh: I forgot!

BUT dont more badges = more HP!!!

Shit whats a girl to do!

 

i believe one of the Porchse Carerra's has a sticker emblem to save weight

 

I wouldn't debage my car. I happen to like shiny objects. It kinda makes it look a little cheaper to me. The only time I would ever debadge something is pulling the little red "V6" emblem off the Accord Coupe EX-V6 MT, so that people think they're up against a 4cyl if they don't notice that the 6MT has unique wheels.

 

Well, the Acura is held on by screws, its also 3M adhesdive.

I actually just removed the Acura and TSX emblems, not the A emblem. Those were photoshopped.

 

youre a sneaky little one

 

But keeping the A emblem is definitely clean.



Though I think the A emblem removed is kinda nice too...

 

what exactly do you need to do to remove these?

 

I used a hairdryer (put it right over the emblem) got the glue from the tape nice and warm and used some dental floss and a credit card to take the emblem off and as much as the tape as I could, of course there was still tape so i picked as much off of the thick parts off as I could with my fingers and then I used Goo Gone and wiped it with my finger to avoid scratching the paint at all.

Worked for me

 

My bro's gf had a hot air gun. I sprayed the emblems with WD-40 and then it took about 1 min. to get the emblem off with hot air gun. I then used some more WD-40 and rubbed off the excess adhesive.

 

Say...what rims are those? Sweet!