Why do people change Acura emblems to Honda?
12-27-2009, 03:43 PM
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Why do people change Acura emblems to Honda?
I have a 2001 TL, and I de-badged my entire trunk, no emblems at all. I also changed my tail lights to the 2002/2003 look and smoked the red part, leaving the white part alone, and it looks real nice. as im looking through some threads i noticed a lot of people changed it so instead of saying Acura, it says Honda. Why? whats the significance?
12-27-2009, 04:55 PM
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Look in the bottom left corner of your driver side window. It will say Honda, our cars are in Japan as the Honda Saber. The parts that go in our cars are made by Honda. At the end of the day Acuras are Hondas. They changed the name from Honda to Acura in North America so they can boost the price and have a more "luxury" market.
In Japan there is no Acura or Infiniti, its only Hondas and Nissans.
In Japan there is no Acura or Infiniti, its only Hondas and Nissans.
12-27-2009, 07:16 PM
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The UA4/UA5 TL (1999-2003) has equivalents under the Honda badging, whereas there is no Honda-badged equivalent of the UA6/UA7 TL (2004-2008).
Making the Acura TL into a Honda Inspire/Saber is the same thing as making the Acura Integra into a Honda Integra, and Acura NSX into a Honda NSX. It's a trend in the United States to make their Acura TL into their counterparts sold in Japan, vice versa (People in Japan make their Honda Inspire/Saber into Acura TL's).
The trend is popular for cars which have a JDM counterpart. If you put a Honda badge on a UA6/UA7 TL... that's just ricer, because there is no JDM counterpart with a Honda badge.
Making the Acura TL into a Honda Inspire/Saber is the same thing as making the Acura Integra into a Honda Integra, and Acura NSX into a Honda NSX. It's a trend in the United States to make their Acura TL into their counterparts sold in Japan, vice versa (People in Japan make their Honda Inspire/Saber into Acura TL's).
The trend is popular for cars which have a JDM counterpart. If you put a Honda badge on a UA6/UA7 TL... that's just ricer, because there is no JDM counterpart with a Honda badge.
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12-30-2009, 06:22 PM
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Also we (Acura 
Honda) arent the only ones who change our badges, some Infiniti dudes switch to the JDM Nissan Version, Dudes with Lexus's slapp on JDM Toyota badges as well.
The JDM game is deep, its really how far your willing to go.....
Honda) arent the only ones who change our badges, some Infiniti dudes switch to the JDM Nissan Version, Dudes with Lexus's slapp on JDM Toyota badges as well. The JDM game is deep, its really how far your willing to go.....
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12-30-2009, 11:40 PM
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Ive heard that the JDM game goes so deep enough that there are even "JDM gangs"
12-31-2009, 02:02 AM
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They sell Lexus in Japan now so the new generation Lexus don't have names under Toyota. (i.e. LS460/LS600hL are still LS460/LS600hL in Japan under the Lexus badging).
12-31-2009, 02:11 AM
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dont forget the IS-F too.. when i moved here it was weird seeing the Lexus, Nissan and Infinity cars
club lexus here in florida is mostly SC's converted to Soarers, GS converted to Aristo's and IS300's converted to Altezza's.... so many 2J's on boost down here that its not even funny.. dont get me wrong, it looks sick as hell when they do a meet
Nico is mostly G35's converted to skyline and the nissan primera conversions
dont forget the IS-F too.. when i moved here it was weird seeing the Lexus, Nissan and Infinity carsclub lexus here in florida is mostly SC's converted to Soarers, GS converted to Aristo's and IS300's converted to Altezza's.... so many 2J's on boost down here that its not even funny.. dont get me wrong, it looks sick as hell when they do a meet
Nico is mostly G35's converted to skyline and the nissan primera conversions
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12-31-2009, 10:39 AM
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glad to see we finally have smart people on this forum, when I swapped my badges I was like the only one defending JDM as a whole, I HAD LIKE 342432 people gettin at me saying why would u do that? Saying its retarded but when its really the shit
btw you guys make me proud
btw you guys make me proud
01-06-2010, 10:15 AM
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I have a 2001 TL, and I de-badged my entire trunk, no emblems at all. I also changed my tail lights to the 2002/2003 look and smoked the red part, leaving the white part alone, and it looks real nice. as im looking through some threads i noticed a lot of people changed it so instead of saying Acura, it says Honda. Why? whats the significance?
01-06-2010, 10:47 AM
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glad to see we finally have smart people on this forum, when I swapped my badges I was like the only one defending JDM as a whole, I HAD LIKE 342432 people gettin at me saying why would u do that? Saying its retarded but when its really the shit
btw you guys make me proud
btw you guys make me proud
And trust me, people were converting their cars to the Inspire/Saber 8 years before you came to this forum so dont act like you were the only one.
01-06-2010, 10:49 AM
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Look in the bottom left corner of your driver side window. It will say Honda, our cars are in Japan as the Honda Saber. The parts that go in our cars are made by Honda. At the end of the day Acuras are Hondas. They changed the name from Honda to Acura in North America so they can boost the price and have a more "luxury" market.
In Japan there is no Acura or Infiniti, its only Hondas and Nissans.
In Japan there is no Acura or Infiniti, its only Hondas and Nissans.
01-06-2010, 10:52 AM
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01-06-2010, 05:19 PM
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not that i have the cash to do it...lol..but anyone know how much it cost to get a Honda Inspire/Saber shipped to the U.S. or has anyone ever seen an offical Inspire/Saber?
01-06-2010, 07:42 PM
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01-06-2010, 09:58 PM
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Leather looks better. i dont find it to be cold in the winter. I only wish it was cooled, but its not bad. Cloth i just never could stand.
01-07-2010, 01:38 AM
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01-07-2010, 01:43 AM
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if u want cooled leather u gotta atleast step it up to a bmw 750il or an infinity M45, or make a mod with co2 or something for our cars, u could route a plastic tube filled with water or that stuff they put in cold packs and lead it the center console to conduct the ac from there
01-07-2010, 08:37 AM
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if u want cooled leather u gotta atleast step it up to a bmw 750il or an infinity M45, or make a mod with co2 or something for our cars, u could route a plastic tube filled with water or that stuff they put in cold packs and lead it the center console to conduct the ac from there
and have cooled seats.
