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Debadged my 2010 Prius today, look what I found...

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by krisirk, Jun 20, 2009.

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    quillsinister New Member

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    Very small gun ports? Maybe a system that shoots tranquilizer darts at people who get too close when the car is parked? Rapid fire BBs from the aft holes at people who tailgate you?

    Infinite possibilities... :D
     
    #41 quillsinister, Jul 17, 2009
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    Why not paint the emblems the same color as the car? It will be more subdued that the flashy chrome and will cover the holes.

    I did this on a black car once. It looked real stealth.
     
    #42 NASCAR Mike, Jul 27, 2009
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    Debadging Fairly Common in Europe

    Interesting article in today's New York Times about how it's fairly common to debadge cars in Europe.

    For example, in Germany, the car companies offer factory debadged cars as an option, and 25% of Audi's are ordered with the debadge option.

    Here's the Times article:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/automobiles/11BADGES.html
     
    #43 Boo, Oct 11, 2009
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    garygid Senior Member - Blizzard Pearl

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    At least cover or plug the holes to keep the water out of the body panel until you decide how to fix the holes. Even a bit of tape or a white dot stcker, or another sticker of some sort.
     
    #44 garygid, Oct 11, 2009
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    Neat article Boo.

    I debadged the "TOYOTA" emblem from the back of my Gen II, primarily because it's redundant. Almost every other car manufacturer only has their logo on the back... Toyota is among the few that have both the brand name and the logo on most of their cars. When I saw the Gen III did not have the "TOYOTA" on the back, that cinched it and I ripped that sucker right off the following day. =P
     
    #45 tredstone, Oct 11, 2009
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    Envision whirled peas.
     
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    "Officer, I was just walking along in the parking lot when this white car snuck up from behind me and hit me- I didn't hear a thing- it was totally running in STEALTH mode...I'm not sure what kind of car it was- it didn't have any badges on it".
     
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    #48 Carnutt, Oct 13, 2009
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    Silly
     
    #49 xrangerrick, Oct 13, 2009
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    Go out and get some other decals like HEMI or Z06 People will think you have a race car.
     
    #50 Slovewell, Oct 14, 2009
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    The one in the front goes for what ... somewhere around $500 ?? It'd help sponser the whole re-do.

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    #51 hill, Oct 14, 2009
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    I'm thinking of prying my side badges off. I have a couple of TRD "Supercharged" emblems I can put in their place.
     
    #52 utah shrink, Nov 17, 2009
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    While installing my license plates I was poking around the rear emblem a bit. I noticed that "the blue" is just a thin piece of plastic trapped behind the chromed "T". Has anybody yanked the blue out of there? what is behind it?
     
    #53 creativeguy, Nov 17, 2009
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    Put on your own badge.

    Pentium Inside sticker. Don't tailgate, this car controlled by Windows 3.11.
     
    #55 Rhino, Nov 17, 2009
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    You guys are a bunch of amateurs....

    Duct Tape is what 9 out of 10 Professionals recommend.....

    Keith
     
    #56 Tech_Guy, Nov 17, 2009
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    Are you kidding? I think the most unique feature of my Prius is that it does NOT have an Obama sticker! I feared I'd have to pay a lot extra for that option.
     
    #57 rickdamon, Jan 14, 2010
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    You will.
     
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    Drilled more hole on the car so you can connect the dots afterwards.:p
     
    #59 Hy-Bird, Jan 16, 2010
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    check out this place bumperplugs dot com. They sell color matching plugs to fill hole's
     
    #60 Gwest, Jan 16, 2010
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