Badge conversion legality - Page 10 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

venturaII · 10-13-2016, 06:39 PM

My FRS had already been debadged and Toyota emblems added when I bought it (no GT86 badge...). While I don't care enough to have spent the money to do it on my own, I do think the Toyota badge looks a lot better than the Scion one. Their logo is kinda cheezy looking...

Shinigami301 · 10-13-2016, 06:44 PM

Every single time I see a '17 '86 front end i have a visceral recoil reaction.

Tcoat · 10-13-2016, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by venturaII

My FRS had already been debadged and Toyota emblems added when I bought it (no GT86 badge...). While I don't care enough to have spent the money to do it on my own, I do think the Toyota badge looks a lot better than the Scion one. Their logo is kinda cheezy looking...

Really? The Toyota badge isn't cheesy? There is only one thing that comes to mind when I see it:

nextcar · 10-13-2016, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Really? The Toyota badge isn't cheesy? There is only one thing that comes to mind when I see it:

Can. Not. Unsee.

Damn you!

Tcoat · 10-13-2016, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nextcar

Can. Not. Unsee.

Damn you!

As opposed to the Scion Badge:

nextcar · 10-13-2016, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

As opposed to the Scion Badge:

Nope! those are too cool... This is what I see when I look at the Scion badge...

(That is a food processor blade for you non-cooks)

venturaII · 10-14-2016, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

As opposed to the Scion Badge:

Ok, the Toyota badge isn't the best, but you've kinda made my point about the Scion one - it looks like a prop from a bad Kung Fu movie. Or something you'd see in some anime cartoon...

Tcoat · 10-14-2016, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by venturaII

Ok, the Toyota badge isn't the best, but you've kinda made my point about the Scion one - it looks like a prop from a bad Kung Fu movie. Or something you'd see in some anime cartoon...

LOL. Well Scion never really went for the badass image anyway.

Both are still better than having the Australian flag as a badge anyway.

yelsew · 10-14-2016, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Both are still better than having the Australian flag as a badge anyway.

Aaaand now were back to why everybody I've met thought Subaru was Australian.. This old outback commercial sure didn't help either...

Th3rdSun · 10-14-2016, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by FX86

what about rebadging the scion with subaru emblems?

To be honest,I don't understand rebadging a car anyway,but if anything,this would make more sense,considering that almost every single part of the FR-S is stamped or molded with a Subaru name or logo on it anyway.In essence,this car is more Subaru than Toyota.

Shinigami301 · 10-14-2016, 12:19 PM

Well, the Subaru logo is supposed to be the Pleiades, so you could go for an itasha treatment, with this sort of art...

Tcoat · 10-14-2016, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Shinigami301

Well, the Subaru logo is supposed to be the Pleiades, so you could go for an itasha treatment, with this sort of art...

Well you could condense that down to a hood ornament.

Packofcrows · 10-14-2016, 12:42 PM

Spoke to CHP where I sometimes work (CA-USA) about this and this is what he said:

Yes, its ok to change badges.

No, they cant give you a 'real' infraction.

Worse they can do is write you up a fixer ticket, which by his words in court would fail to hold.

Only time he ever did gave a fixer ticket for this was when someone placed a LS(??? forgot what make) badge that didnt belong to car on different engine. So basically, it was like a 4AGE with a F20 badge [example, so dont get mad], and he wanted to make sure the engine had all of its components oem and not 'Mickey Moused,' after he noticed many random cables and a custom intake/exhaust...etc

Basically its like having LED's. They catch people's attention so they may dig for any little thing they can if they so choose to.

I the asked, "so officer_______ would you do it?" And he answered, "absolutely! If it was my vehicle, i'd customize anything that did not void any warranties or obstructed my view while driving. Hell, i'd tint my windows all around. By the way Pack, you know I can give you a ticket for your tinted windows?"

So I thanked him and left. He hasn't noticed my windows and he's seen my car like 10 times.

Leonardo · 10-14-2016, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL. Well Scion never really went for the badass image anyway.

Both are still better than having the Australian flag as a badge anyway.

Pleiades star cluster...

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Packofcrows hey you, yeah you <3 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2014 37J FR-S Location: Monterey County, CA Posts: 2,715 Thanks: 905 Thanked 1,259 Times in 809 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Spoke to CHP where I sometimes work (CA-USA) about this and this is what he said: Yes, its ok to change badges. No, they cant give you a 'real' infraction. Worse they can do is write you up a fixer ticket, which by his words in court would fail to hold. Only time he ever did gave a fixer ticket for this was when someone placed a LS(??? forgot what make) badge that didnt belong to car on different engine. So basically, it was like a 4AGE with a F20 badge [example, so dont get mad], and he wanted to make sure the engine had all of its components oem and not 'Mickey Moused,' after he noticed many random cables and a custom intake/exhaust...etc Basically its like having LED's. They catch people's attention so they may dig for any little thing they can if they so choose to. I the asked, "so officer_______ would you do it?" And he answered, "absolutely! If it was my vehicle, i'd customize anything that did not void any warranties or obstructed my view while driving. Hell, i'd tint my windows all around. By the way Pack, you know I can give you a ticket for your tinted windows?" So I thanked him and left. He hasn't noticed my windows and he's seen my car like 10 times. __________________ Got my TRD wheels and TRD louvers. Thanks!!!

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10-13-2016, 06:39 PM	#127
venturaII Only users lose drugs. Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: All the time Location: Shrewsbury upon Worcestershire Posts: 1,834 Thanks: 888 Thanked 1,078 Times in 681 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	My FRS had already been debadged and Toyota emblems added when I bought it (no GT86 badge...). While I don't care enough to have spent the money to do it on my own, I do think the Toyota badge looks a lot better than the Scion one. Their logo is kinda cheezy looking...

10-13-2016, 06:44 PM	#128
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