GT-R badge
12-13-2002, 06:29 AM
#41
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Originally posted by DA-MAX
why not?? you might as well since GTR has nothing to do with Maximas either...
why not?? you might as well since GTR has nothing to do with Maximas either...
12-13-2002, 06:42 AM
#42
As long as you dnt see me putting vtech stickers on a nissan then why bother b!tching about badges.
So it's as long as you stay within the same company, it's ok....I see...I should ease up on that 16yr old kid with the 92 hatchback civic with NSX Type-R VTEC badges on it then
(I would say I'm kidding, because I am, but there's probably IS that kid out there, so...)
hehe...justification is a beautiful mechanism...
12-13-2002, 06:47 AM
#43
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Originally posted by RSA_MAX
Okay, Your respone doesn't make much sense. You have a good response defending your badge, but please answer us, why do you have a gtr badge on a nissan maxima? it doesn't make sense to me or 99% of others on the board. Please, just explain why you would put something promoting one thing on a car which doesn't consist of that thing. I don't know I guess I'll always be confused over the gtr badge concept. If someone could explain it to me in a way that made sense, but it will never happen, why? because maximas aren't skylines! would you put a Type S badge on your max too? Or would you put a vtech badge on a camry? well, some might, as some max owners put the gtr badge on, just give me a reason...
Okay, Your respone doesn't make much sense. You have a good response defending your badge, but please answer us, why do you have a gtr badge on a nissan maxima? it doesn't make sense to me or 99% of others on the board. Please, just explain why you would put something promoting one thing on a car which doesn't consist of that thing. I don't know I guess I'll always be confused over the gtr badge concept. If someone could explain it to me in a way that made sense, but it will never happen, why? because maximas aren't skylines! would you put a Type S badge on your max too? Or would you put a vtech badge on a camry? well, some might, as some max owners put the gtr badge on, just give me a reason...
12-13-2002, 07:11 AM
#44
To each his own. If you want it, put it on. If you like how it looks, that is cool.
But you are not fooling anyone who knows anything about cars by badging it up. 2 examples:
Accord LX @ a light this week. Still had LX badges,. It was the late-80's-early 90's body style. Badging? SiR, Type-R. As said above, fartcan exhaust (and even maxspeeds) do not make an accord a Type-R or SiR. I browsed honda forums a while back, and they had actually compiled a list of mods (including a J-spec engine swap) to "allow" you to badge your car a Type-R or SiR. Basically, you had to make it similar to the REAL version. If not, you were horribly ridiculed (hmmm, we would NEVER do that here...
) As there IS no GT-R version of our Max, I suppose there is no real standard. But as a matter of course, this forum has not looked approvingly upon those badges- at least not since APC started distributing them in the US and every ricer or ricer wannabe could get them at pepboys...
Second example:
I used to be really into jeeps. Not for offroading, but to build them as street sleepers. I had 3 XJs (Cherokees), 1 of which ran 7.1 0-60 and 14.9 in the 1/4 @91. There were guys who ran in the 12s in ZJs (93-98 Grand Cherokees). One day this guy pops on the forum with "R/T" badging on his cherokee. Now we all know that Dodge makes R/T vehicles, and we all know that Chrysler makes Dodge and Jeep, but to cross-brand was really frowned upon. Some guys would change there "Limited" badging to read "Unlimited" (the name of the site was www.jeepsunlimited.com), but even that was looked at as ricey...even though most of out jeeps could outrun and outhandle any R/T version of Dodge vehicles.
The morale of the story? If your car is worthy of respect, it will earn it without false badging and false advertising.
But you are not fooling anyone who knows anything about cars by badging it up. 2 examples:
Accord LX @ a light this week. Still had LX badges,. It was the late-80's-early 90's body style. Badging? SiR, Type-R. As said above, fartcan exhaust (and even maxspeeds) do not make an accord a Type-R or SiR. I browsed honda forums a while back, and they had actually compiled a list of mods (including a J-spec engine swap) to "allow" you to badge your car a Type-R or SiR. Basically, you had to make it similar to the REAL version. If not, you were horribly ridiculed (hmmm, we would NEVER do that here...
) As there IS no GT-R version of our Max, I suppose there is no real standard. But as a matter of course, this forum has not looked approvingly upon those badges- at least not since APC started distributing them in the US and every ricer or ricer wannabe could get them at pepboys...Second example:
I used to be really into jeeps. Not for offroading, but to build them as street sleepers. I had 3 XJs (Cherokees), 1 of which ran 7.1 0-60 and 14.9 in the 1/4 @91. There were guys who ran in the 12s in ZJs (93-98 Grand Cherokees). One day this guy pops on the forum with "R/T" badging on his cherokee. Now we all know that Dodge makes R/T vehicles, and we all know that Chrysler makes Dodge and Jeep, but to cross-brand was really frowned upon. Some guys would change there "Limited" badging to read "Unlimited" (the name of the site was www.jeepsunlimited.com), but even that was looked at as ricey...even though most of out jeeps could outrun and outhandle any R/T version of Dodge vehicles.
The morale of the story? If your car is worthy of respect, it will earn it without false badging and false advertising.
12-13-2002, 07:37 AM
#45
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Originally posted by ThisMax2NV
In your eyes its a Maxima in my eyes it is the closest thing to a Skyline.
In your eyes its a Maxima in my eyes it is the closest thing to a Skyline.
That's like saying:
In some people's eyes, a Honda Civic is a little economical car. In some other people's eyes, it's the closest thing to an NSX.
12-13-2002, 08:11 AM
#46
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Re: Re: Re: Re: GT-R badge
Originally posted by djPlayboy
theres a guy around here with a V6 mustang with a GT-R emblem on it and he thinks hes fast he TRIES to race every one
theres a guy around here with a V6 mustang with a GT-R emblem on it and he thinks hes fast he TRIES to race every one
12-13-2002, 08:13 AM
#47
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Re: Re: Re: GT-R badge
Originally posted by blubyu2k2
not sure but I did see a V6 mustang with that same exact badge at the mall
not sure but I did see a V6 mustang with that same exact badge at the mall
So did I!!!! It was at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indianapolis. Rediculous!
12-13-2002, 08:16 AM
#48
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i thout it looked cool at first (replacing the hamburger on the grille), but its just plain dumb - dont do it
12-13-2002, 08:28 AM
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Originally posted by blizz20oma
But what if you thought a VTEC badge looked good on your maxima?
So it's as long as you stay within the same company, it's ok....I see...I should ease up on that 16yr old kid with the 92 hatchback civic with NSX Type-R VTEC badges on it then
(I would say I'm kidding, because I am, but there's probably IS that kid out there, so...)
hehe...justification is a beautiful mechanism...
But what if you thought a VTEC badge looked good on your maxima?
So it's as long as you stay within the same company, it's ok....I see...I should ease up on that 16yr old kid with the 92 hatchback civic with NSX Type-R VTEC badges on it then
(I would say I'm kidding, because I am, but there's probably IS that kid out there, so...)
hehe...justification is a beautiful mechanism...
12-13-2002, 08:30 AM
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Originally posted by phenryiv1
To each his own. If you want it, put it on. If you like how it looks, that is cool.
But you are not fooling anyone who knows anything about cars by badging it up. 2 examples:
Accord LX @ a light this week. Still had LX badges,. It was the late-80's-early 90's body style. Badging? SiR, Type-R. As said above, fartcan exhaust (and even maxspeeds) do not make an accord a Type-R or SiR. I browsed honda forums a while back, and they had actually compiled a list of mods (including a J-spec engine swap) to "allow" you to badge your car a Type-R or SiR. Basically, you had to make it similar to the REAL version. If not, you were horribly ridiculed (hmmm, we would NEVER do that here...) As there IS no GT-R version of our Max, I suppose there is no real standard. But as a matter of course, this forum has not looked approvingly upon those badges- at least not since APC started distributing them in the US and every ricer or ricer wannabe could get them at pepboys...
Second example:
I used to be really into jeeps. Not for offroading, but to build them as street sleepers. I had 3 XJs (Cherokees), 1 of which ran 7.1 0-60 and 14.9 in the 1/4 @91. There were guys who ran in the 12s in ZJs (93-98 Grand Cherokees). One day this guy pops on the forum with "R/T" badging on his cherokee. Now we all know that Dodge makes R/T vehicles, and we all know that Chrysler makes Dodge and Jeep, but to cross-brand was really frowned upon. Some guys would change there "Limited" badging to read "Unlimited" (the name of the site was www.jeepsunlimited.com), but even that was looked at as ricey...even though most of out jeeps could outrun and outhandle any R/T version of Dodge vehicles.
The morale of the story? If your car is worthy of respect, it will earn it without false badging and false advertising.
To each his own. If you want it, put it on. If you like how it looks, that is cool.
But you are not fooling anyone who knows anything about cars by badging it up. 2 examples:
Accord LX @ a light this week. Still had LX badges,. It was the late-80's-early 90's body style. Badging? SiR, Type-R. As said above, fartcan exhaust (and even maxspeeds) do not make an accord a Type-R or SiR. I browsed honda forums a while back, and they had actually compiled a list of mods (including a J-spec engine swap) to "allow" you to badge your car a Type-R or SiR. Basically, you had to make it similar to the REAL version. If not, you were horribly ridiculed (hmmm, we would NEVER do that here...
) As there IS no GT-R version of our Max, I suppose there is no real standard. But as a matter of course, this forum has not looked approvingly upon those badges- at least not since APC started distributing them in the US and every ricer or ricer wannabe could get them at pepboys...Second example:
I used to be really into jeeps. Not for offroading, but to build them as street sleepers. I had 3 XJs (Cherokees), 1 of which ran 7.1 0-60 and 14.9 in the 1/4 @91. There were guys who ran in the 12s in ZJs (93-98 Grand Cherokees). One day this guy pops on the forum with "R/T" badging on his cherokee. Now we all know that Dodge makes R/T vehicles, and we all know that Chrysler makes Dodge and Jeep, but to cross-brand was really frowned upon. Some guys would change there "Limited" badging to read "Unlimited" (the name of the site was www.jeepsunlimited.com), but even that was looked at as ricey...even though most of out jeeps could outrun and outhandle any R/T version of Dodge vehicles.
The morale of the story? If your car is worthy of respect, it will earn it without false badging and false advertising.
12-13-2002, 08:39 AM
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Originally posted by clee130
Aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *takes deep breath* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
That's like saying:
In some people's eyes, a Honda Civic is a little economical car. In some other people's eyes, it's the closest thing to an NSX.
Aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *takes deep breath* hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
That's like saying:
In some people's eyes, a Honda Civic is a little economical car. In some other people's eyes, it's the closest thing to an NSX.
12-13-2002, 08:59 AM
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Originally posted by ThisMax2NV
Hay not everyone can get what they want if they could Im pretty sure that they would. If I could get a real Skyline I would, but I cannot afford it. If you can afford it then go get it as for me sorry, laugh all you want just shows how much bad critizism and no positive responses comes from it. Oh well single minded people tend to defend things they often wish they had. Ok this is going no where I just keep getting ganged up on so Ill leave it as it is.
Hay not everyone can get what they want if they could Im pretty sure that they would. If I could get a real Skyline I would, but I cannot afford it. If you can afford it then go get it as for me sorry, laugh all you want just shows how much bad critizism and no positive responses comes from it. Oh well single minded people tend to defend things they often wish they had. Ok this is going no where I just keep getting ganged up on so Ill leave it as it is.
Putting a GT-R badge on a Maxima is akin to putting a SiR badge on a Civic DX - your Maxima ain't no Skyline, it ain't no GT-R ... hell, it ain't even RWD!
Just to quote phenryiv1: "If your car is worthy of respect, it will earn it without false badging and false advertising."
12-13-2002, 01:26 PM
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Though I woudn't put any badges on my Max, ThisMax2NV you don't need to defend your decision to put a GTR badge on your Max. We didn't pay for your Max or the badge so it's immaterial. (Admittedly, when I was younger I had an 'Accord Type R' badge on my Accord but I removed it before long.) Anyhow, it's your choice and you didn't commit a felony in the process: So, no harm, no foul.
To the rest: funny thing about this "United States" and this "freedom" concept, huh?. Maybe if we were in 1970s Soviet Union, we could have ThisMax2NV put into a Gulag.
To the rest: funny thing about this "United States" and this "freedom" concept, huh?. Maybe if we were in 1970s Soviet Union, we could have ThisMax2NV put into a Gulag.
12-13-2002, 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by F23A4
To the rest: funny thing about this "United States" and this "freedom" concept, huh?. Maybe if we were in 1970s Soviet Union, we could have ThisMax2NV put into a Gulag.
To the rest: funny thing about this "United States" and this "freedom" concept, huh?. Maybe if we were in 1970s Soviet Union, we could have ThisMax2NV put into a Gulag.
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