cars w/fake badges

[Brutal SS]

Originally Posted by scrming

Huge pet peeve of mine! And will make fun of them mercilessly!

Like the guy who posted this picture of his car... which I quickly re-posted for him! LOL!

Poser = Epic fail!

[LimaCharlie]

I'm guilty of this. My old 1978 Camaro was only a Type LT but I gave it Z28 badges, Z28 fender grilles, Z28 hood scoop, Z28 wheels, Z28 front spoiler, and a Z28 steering wheel. Some Camaro or GM purists would laugh/smirk when I told them this. 99% of people never knew the difference though.

[jandaseve]

Originally Posted by scrming

Huge pet peeve of mine! And will make fun of them mercilessly!

Like the guy who posted this picture of his car... which I quickly re-posted for him! LOL!

I didnt catch the liscense plate the first time I saw this...... Monster torque? LMAO
he should at least get split exhaust. That single pipe is a dead giveaway

[Wild Bill NY]

Fake badges is like a dude saying he is tough dude in the room but in reality he can't fight his way out of a paper bag . Don't fake it !

[Brutal SS]

Originally Posted by LimaCharlie

I'm guilty of this. My old 1978 Camaro was only a Type LT but I gave it Z28 badges, Z28 fender grilles, Z28 hood scoop, Z28 wheels, Z28 front spoiler, and a Z28 steering wheel. Some Camaro or GM purists would laugh/smirk when I told them this. 99% of people never knew the difference though.

I've got to give it to you---you got guts to admit such a thing!

[Brutal SS]

Originally Posted by adamgl

Put an LT badge on my ZL1 when I get it, lol... After you smoke someone, No really it's just a V6. Lol

[Brutal SS]

Originally Posted by cheech4235

If I were to drop an L99 in my 2500 ram, can I put on SS badges??

Good one! ... Or, can we put "44th" badges on our 2011's and call it our 44th Anniversary Edition??

[2001ragtop]

I was at 7-11 and saw a green 1998 civic 4-door and it had on the rear panel a RED "SS" Badge normally where there would be DX, or LX or EX.

I swear I wanted to take a picture but they parked right out front and I thought the owner might see me and get angry.

This HONDA was not even modified. It was just a PLAIN honda 4 door civic
"SS".

IN MY MIND, I just told myself I am glad I am not involved in any fast-and-the-furious crapola.

[DuhKoDuh]

Originally Posted by velociSSimo

Like these two...

whats wrong with those people?

[Zabo]

Originally Posted by DuhKoDuh

whats wrong with those people?

No idea. Seen it in person.. it's worse.

Never get s**t for my Hurst badge though, since all I have to do is open my door, point to the BBS code and prove that my car (like 98% of all T/A 6spds after 99ish) is a Hurst 6spd.

All else fails I just pull up the shift linkage on my iphone and pull my shift boot for those ultra purists.

[f5journal]

Originally Posted by LimaCharlie

I'm guilty of this. My old 1978 Camaro was only a Type LT but I gave it Z28 badges, Z28 fender grilles, Z28 hood scoop, Z28 wheels, Z28 front spoiler, and a Z28 steering wheel. Some Camaro or GM purists would laugh/smirk when I told them this. 99% of people never knew the difference though.

Sorry, but I really do not have a problem with the above. Most of what is posted here...yes FAIL, but upgrading cosmetically is one thing, posing is another. Lima Charlie went to lengths to get it as close as he could. I have done similar things because I liked the appearance. Si wheels and spoilers on a Civic....SS trim along with a badass 350 small block on a 64 Chevelle 300..so what

[el ess A]

The strangest thing is that the people that put on the fake badges have no idea how much turmoil that causes in your life. It's neither dangerous to society nor personally affecting anyone else that I can see, so I don't understand how we need a badge police.

So here you are anguishing over a mis-placed badge, while they're enjoying their car. In a couple of months, only you will be the one still worrying about it.

This is a common affliction in the automotive enthusiast world, which bleeds over from everyday life of people just simply not minding his/her own business. I have no control over what badges people put on their car. And one day, you also will learn, although you don't have to accept it, you don't have any control over it either. Roll with it, get over it, move on, and work on curing cancer or at least something more meaningful.

[8cd03gro]

Originally Posted by el ess X

The strangest thing is that the people that put on the fake badges have no idea how much turmoil that causes in your life. It's neither dangerous to society nor personally affecting anyone else that I can see, so I don't understand how we need a badge police.

So here you are anguishing over a mis-placed badge, while they're enjoying their car. In a couple of months, only you will be the one still worrying about it.

This is a common affliction in the automotive enthusiast world, which bleeds over from everyday life of people just simply not minding his/her own business. I have no control over what badges people put on their car. And one day, you also will learn, although you don't have to accept it, you don't have any control over it either. Roll with it, get over it, move on, and work on curing cancer or at least something more meaningful.

People putting SS badges on a v6 is a cancer.

[scrming]

Originally Posted by el ess X

The strangest thing is that the people that put on the fake badges have no idea how much turmoil that causes in your life. It's neither dangerous to society nor personally affecting anyone else that I can see, so I don't understand how we need a badge police.

So here you are anguishing over a mis-placed badge, while they're enjoying their car. In a couple of months, only you will be the one still worrying about it.

This is a common affliction in the automotive enthusiast world, which bleeds over from everyday life of people just simply not minding his/her own business. I have no control over what badges people put on their car. And one day, you also will learn, although you don't have to accept it, you don't have any control over it either. Roll with it, get over it, move on, and work on curing cancer or at least something more meaningful.

Huh? Don't think anyone here is losing sleep over it... or spending countless hours patrolling the streets looking to ticket mis-badged cars... I think we were just expressing our dislike for the practice and offering up some of the ridiculous cars we've come across in our travels...