De/Re-Badging Mercedes
08-26-2005, 11:09 AM
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De/Re-Badging Mercedes
I guess a vanilla Mercedes is all too common around here now, so people are de/re-badging them. On my commute this morning, I saw 3 Mercedes with badging that wasn't standard. One looked like a C230 which was rebadged with "Brabus" Okay, they're a tuner, so it's understandable - even though the car looked worse than stock. One of them looked like a modified and/or tuned SLK, but only displayed "K70" on its rear. One of them was a larger S-Class sedan which displayed S4037 on the trunk. Now, I'm no MB expert, but I've never heard of such a vehicle being produced.
Anyone else running across similarly de/re-badged former "status" cars?
Anyone else running across similarly de/re-badged former "status" cars?
08-26-2005, 11:16 AM
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I was at the Acura dealer yesterday looking to recon a rear bumper A-Spec add-on to see if I want to get one. I found one on a silver TL that had the whole A-Spec pkg and, right next to the "TL" on the right of the trunk lid, it had a "Type S" badge. It looked almost like it was supposed to be there.
08-26-2005, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Xpditor
I was at the Acura dealer yesterday looking to recon a rear bumper A-Spec add-on to see if I want to get one. I found one on a silver TL that had the whole A-Spec pkg and, right next to the "TL" on the right of the trunk lid, it had a "Type S" badge. It looked almost like it was supposed to be there.
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08-26-2005, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by moeronn
I guess a vanilla Mercedes is all too common around here now, so people are de/re-badging them. On my commute this morning, I saw 3 Mercedes with badging that wasn't standard. One looked like a C230 which was rebadged with "Brabus" Okay, they're a tuner, so it's understandable - even though the car looked worse than stock. One of them looked like a modified and/or tuned SLK, but only displayed "K70" on its rear. One of them was a larger S-Class sedan which displayed S4037 on the trunk. Now, I'm no MB expert, but I've never heard of such a vehicle being produced.
Anyone else running across similarly de/re-badged former "status" cars?
Anyone else running across similarly de/re-badged former "status" cars?
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08-29-2005, 07:59 PM
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Ive seen alot of chumps that have S430s and de-badge it so people wont know they are too cheap to buy an S500. Also have seen countless non-AMG Benzes with AMG badging. Also seen a CL500 with CL65 AMG badges. Mercedes badges are a dime-a-dozen on Ebay.
There are three reasons to Debadge or Rebadge:
-you like the clean look without the logos
-you are ashamed that you bought the cheaper edition of a model and dont want people to know so you take off your badges.
-you bought the cheaper version of a model, and you want people to think you have the higher-end model by putting on higher-end badges.
At the Mercedes dealer in town, they had a Black SL65 AMG, and it was totally debadged...now thats class.
There are three reasons to Debadge or Rebadge:
-you like the clean look without the logos
-you are ashamed that you bought the cheaper edition of a model and dont want people to know so you take off your badges.
-you bought the cheaper version of a model, and you want people to think you have the higher-end model by putting on higher-end badges.
At the Mercedes dealer in town, they had a Black SL65 AMG, and it was totally debadged...now thats class.
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08-29-2005, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by heyitsme
Only reason to de/re badge a german luxury car is because you bought a 325ci but told all your friends you were getting an m3- hence the de/re badge.
You would have to do a little more that slap an M badge on to make people think it was a M#3.
08-29-2005, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy88
Ive seen alot of chumps that have S430s and de-badge it so people wont know they are too cheap to buy an S500. Also have seen countless non-AMG Benzes with AMG badging. Also seen a CL500 with CL65 AMG badges. Mercedes badges are a dime-a-dozen on Ebay.
There are three reasons to Debadge or Rebadge:
-you like the clean look without the logos
-you are ashamed that you bought the cheaper edition of a model and dont want people to know so you take off your badges.
-you bought the cheaper version of a model, and you want people to think you have the higher-end model by putting on higher-end badges.
At the Mercedes dealer in town, they had a Black SL65 AMG, and it was totally debadged...now thats class.
There are three reasons to Debadge or Rebadge:
-you like the clean look without the logos
-you are ashamed that you bought the cheaper edition of a model and dont want people to know so you take off your badges.
-you bought the cheaper version of a model, and you want people to think you have the higher-end model by putting on higher-end badges.
At the Mercedes dealer in town, they had a Black SL65 AMG, and it was totally debadged...now thats class.
08-29-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SeCsTaC
For the people that don't have AMG cars, but have AMG badging it's probably because they have an AMG package that Mercedes offers. My uncle has an S500 and the AMG package, I believe it adds the body kit, and the rims. He loves the sleekness the kit provides, and could care less about performance.
Yeah, like how BMW offers the performance package, which include M emblems on the car, but not on the back.
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