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#1 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 02:03 pm

Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????

I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go thru
the trouble of
seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on Honda
one....

#2 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 04:25 pm

"firewolf" <firewolf@mailinator.com> wrote in
news:131qc7ioebit66@corp.supernews.com:

> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????
>
> I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go
> thru the trouble of
> seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on
> Honda one....
>
>
>

It's just an effort to be "different".

Since Acura models are sold in most other parts of the world as Hondas,
swapping badges is also a way of pretending to others that you've got a
foreign model, which I guess is supposed to be a status symbol.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

#3 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 04:29 pm

"firewolf" <firewolf@mailinator.com> wrote in
news:131qc7ioebit66@corp.supernews.com:

> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????
>
> I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go
> thru the trouble of
> seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on
> Honda one....
>
>
>

They aren't "buying" them,either;I had the "ACURA" name and badge peeled
off my Integra by thieves,but the first to go was the VTEC tag.
The cost was $25 and $45 for new ones. I filled in the holes and like that
better. I hate chrome badges;they are a PITA to wax around.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

#4 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 04:39 pm

BTW, it seems to me most of these people are kids, like under 20
I'd be surprised to hear people over like 30 still doing this uh mod

#5 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 04:41 pm

"Jim Yanik"
> They aren't "buying" them,either;I had the "ACURA" name and badge peeled
> off my Integra by thieves,but the first to go was the VTEC tag.

LOL, you think they put the Acura badges on an Civic or something ?

#6 (**permalink**) 11 Apr 2007, 06:28 pm

Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in
news:Xns990FB20BFD101jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.84:

> "firewolf" <firewolf@mailinator.com> wrote in
> news:131qc7ioebit66@corp.supernews.com:
>
>> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????
>>
>> I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go
>> thru the trouble of
>> seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on
>> Honda one....
>>
>>
>>
>
> They aren't "buying" them,either;I had the "ACURA" name and badge
> peeled off my Integra by thieves,

I lost my front Acura logo a few years ago.

The bastard tried to knife the rear one off first, but all he managed to do
was scratch the paint. He scratched up the paint on the hood too, but
managed to get the logo off. Asshole.

It was $50 Cdn for a new one.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

#7 (**permalink**) 12 Apr 2007, 09:39 am

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns990FB0EFE7BF9tegger@207.14.116.130:

> "firewolf" <firewolf@mailinator.com> wrote in
> news:131qc7ioebit66@corp.supernews.com:
>
>> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????
>>
>> I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go
>> thru the trouble of
>> seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on
>> Honda one....
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> It's just an effort to be "different".
>
> Since Acura models are sold in most other parts of the world as Hondas,
> swapping badges is also a way of pretending to others that you've got a
> foreign model, which I guess is supposed to be a status symbol.
>
>
>

Is there even an "Acura" namebrand in Japan?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

#8 (**permalink**) 12 Apr 2007, 01:26 pm

Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns99106C8A4274Fjyanikkuanet@
64.209.0.84:

> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
> news:Xns990FB0EFE7BF9tegger@207.14.116.130:
>
>> "firewolf" <firewolf@mailinator.com> wrote in
>> news:131qc7ioebit66@corp.supernews.com:
>>
>>> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????
>>>
>>> I mean what is the "logic" in these peoples brain to cause them to go
>>> thru the trouble of
>>> seeking out Honda badges, buy them, take off Acura ones, stick on
>>> Honda one....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It's just an effort to be "different".
>>
>> Since Acura models are sold in most other parts of the world as Hondas,
>> swapping badges is also a way of pretending to others that you've got a
>> foreign model, which I guess is supposed to be a status symbol.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Is there even an "Acura" namebrand in Japan?
>

Yep. Besides Canada/US, it's the only other place on earth where the
"Acura" brand is sold.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

#9 (**permalink**) 12 Apr 2007, 10:55 pm

"Tegger"
>
>
> Yep. Besides Canada/US, it's the only other place on earth where the
> "Acura" brand is sold.
>
China too, http://world.honda.com/news/2005/c050725.html

#10 (**permalink**) 13 Apr 2007, 02:59 am

On Apr 11, 12:03 pm, "firewolf" <firew...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> Why would some people re-badge an Acura to Honda ?????

who knows. maybe they think the Honda logo looks better than Acura? I
do.

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