misbadging cars

[Baked_bean]

Heya there guys, I'm pretty new to the forum (Ive been a lurker for a while however) so first thigns first id like to say hi.
Anyways on with the topic, i know all of you guys hate people badging up 318i's as M3's and 1.9tdi A4's as RS4's but ive noticed recently people putting tacky halfords badges on their cars such as saxos with 16v or 'supercharged' badges plastered all over the bootlid. Another example that i saw yesterday was a tdi passat with a Porsche 'turbo' badge across the boot.
I was just wondering what your thoughts on this are or if you have any funny examples?

[andy-xr]

Spotted at Lotus on Track

Edited by andy-xr on Sunday 23 November 14:38

[DKL]

There was a page in Evo a few months back about reverse badging. Some chap had taken his E39 M5 badged it a 518 or something similar. He had deliberately chosen a model that didn't actually exist so it would just be the chavs who thought it was an inferior model but that those who knew would (in theory) see the funny side.
I can see some amusement in that!

[bertelli_1]

I'm in favour of 'reverse badging', in fact my Golf is badged as an 8v when its actually a 20v turbo.

[Baked_bean]

Im all in favour of reverse badging however i was referring more to just 'wrong' badging such as the 911 turbo badge on the back of a passat tdi or maybe a V8 badge on a corsa.

[Seesure]

DKL said:

There was a page in Evo a few months back about reverse badging. Some chap had taken his E39 M5 badged it a 518 or something similar. He had deliberately chosen a model that didn't actually exist so it would just be the chavs who thought it was an inferior model but that those who knew would (in theory) see the funny side.
I can see some amusement in that!

Ashok's old car.....

[youngsyr]

I was thinking of badging my Evo VIII FQ330 as an Evo VIII FQ300, but I'm not sure whether I would survive the ensuing laughter fit.

[sniff diesel]

youngsyr said:

I was thinking of badging my Evo VIII FQ330 as an Evo VIII FQ300, but I'm not sure whether I would survive the ensuing laughter fit.

Do the MR owners look down at you?

[youngsyr]

sniff diesel said:

youngsyr said:

I was thinking of badging my Evo VIII FQ330 as an Evo VIII FQ300, but I'm not sure whether I would survive the ensuing laughter fit.

Do the MR owners look down at you?

Yes, but the Evo IX owners look down on them.

[hollowpockets]

Wrongly badged cars look daft

Reverse badging is not going to be noticed by 99% of people so more than likely a waste of time, if your easily amused then go for it.

[TommyTT]

I saw an Mpower Peugeot 306 recently, it looked very fast indeed

[Blue160]

I was sat behind a Nissan Almera in traffic on Friday

Conpletely standard, except for plastic 'spinner' hubcaps, and a Type-R badge on the back

Yeah that makes it look cool

[Donut]

TommyTT said:

I saw an Mpower Peugeot 306 recently, it looked very fast indeed

Marmite in the glovebox??

A PHer has a 316 badge on his CSL....

[ipwn]

Saw a new shape M3 badged as a 320d the other day.

He gave it the beans on the slip road

[Sheriff JWPepper]

Seesure said:

Ashok's old car.....

Sorry, just spoils it IMO.

[melv]

Wish I'd taken a pic of my KaSi....

[bga]

Down-badging is a bad as up-badging IMO. It doesn't fool anyone who knows remotely anything about cars & that includes the intended targets, who will race anything. Debadging on the other hand is better in my book.

The best misbadged vehicle I saw recently was a blue van with V12, Cosworth, Turbo & NOS badges stuck all over it. Given the plumes of diesel smoke coming out of the back, I doubt it had either but looked badged up as a joke.

[Orb the Impaler]

Wasn't it some one on here that had some cock-end of a neighbour who had a Passat and had changed all the badges, wheel hubs, radiator griller and steering wheel for those of an Audi A4?

[JulesV]

I prefer no model badging at all.

[davemac250]

huh? ^