10-13-2016, 06:48 AM | #1 |
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Porsche Trim Badge Delete
I notice a trend here in Toronto with Porsches, we have a lot of them on the street especially Cayenne, 911 and Panamara.
I do notice a lot of them especially Caynnes only say Porsche at the back, I think they have a factory trim line delete. But I noticed that the ones that have them deleted are usually the lower end ones. I don't think I've seen any GTSs or Turbo trims with their badges removed. Personally, I would not have the trim line removed because it would seem like I'm trying to pretend that I'm driving a higher trim model and I know someone who knows cars will be able to tell. Maybe I'm thinking too much. What's the mentality behind this? Make the car look more cleaner? Does BMW have this option? Last edited by samguan; 10-13-2016 at 06:59 AM.. |
10-13-2016, 07:15 AM | #2 |
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Buy the top of the line and you take the lettering off. What about that.... You will be driving the hell machine and people will think you are diving the toyota edition of the 911.. hahahahaha
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10-13-2016, 07:29 AM | #3 |
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i remove the badging from all my vehicles. cleaner. easier to detail and i am a stickler for symmetry.
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10-13-2016, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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Porsche offers a badge delete option on the build but you can always request the dealer to remove it.
I've done it on nearly all my cars. IMO, the X5 has way too much badging on it. They came off very easily the week I took delivery. |
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BMW has become way too liberal with the "///M" badges.
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10-13-2016, 11:59 AM | #7 |
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I did not think that was true for US-spec cars. For ROW, BMW does offer badge delete for no cost.
I removed ours too. I know what I bought, I don't need a badge. And it's easier to clean.
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10-14-2016, 10:22 AM | #9 |
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+1 First "mod" I do when I get the new vehicle home.
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10-14-2016, 11:30 AM | #10 |
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yep... i don't get if it's a real ///M badge or an /RS badge or anything in between... i know what i wasted money on and i do not need a reminder or a piece of plastic to advertise or flaunt. less is more. (IMO)
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10-14-2016, 12:27 PM | #11 |
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Being that today's Porsches have a complete sentence on the back of each model it's nice that they at least offer you the ability to order the car without the sentence.
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the excessive badging is in-line with the excessive amount of buttons found all over the interior... you would think of the engineers would turn around and say "ah, dietre, i think 183 thousand buttons is enough for the driver's side... how about we work on the RMS leaks?"
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i remove the badging from the X5M as well. again it's not for me. it is not a model or trim level issue... it's an aesthetic issue for me. i hate that on the x5m calipers there are M badges but on one side it's a w the other an m. it annoys me so much. perhaps down the road i will powder coat them body color.
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Will likely go full on debadge this weekend, since its going to be raining and wont be able to do much else.
And maybe to put up a M badge at the rear... Just kidding
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