Why do people do this?

[Nissan_luver08]

I am curious. As a 3rd Time Nissan owner, and truly, my 08 Coupe has re-sparked my interest in cars.

But, now that I have been paying closer attention, I notice that some people de-badge their cars, ok, thats cool. BUT, why do some put the Nissan Logo on an Infiniti and Infiniti logo on Nissans? I mean, I know the difference, becasue of the Car itself. They are not fooling anyone

I saw a G35, debadged, with only the Nissan emblem on the rear in place of the Infiniti one.I saw a 300 ZX with an Infiniti logo on the front. Also, it had a god awful metal looking tail spoiler, that looked, well dumb. It was one of thsoe that stuck up like 2 feet, the car was faded yellow, and a beat up body kit, I felt bad for this car, it needs to be saved!

So what gives with the emblems? Am I missing some hidden message, or is just personal preference?

Or is it like that guy who owns a Hyundai Accent,. with hood louvers, fender louvers, and hub caps with spinners that he got from pep Boys? O, and dont for get the TURBO emblem glued to the side to!

UPDATELOL...OK, so after posting this, I go to take pics of the car...the guy is there with his car, he is selling it! It's a 1990 300ZX Twin Turbo 3.0, of course. SO...I ask him if he minds if I take some pics, and he offers me to drive it, so why not?? The steering is really stiff...is it supposed to be like that? It ran good, the leather seats have seen better days, it has 135K on the odo, original miles he says, he has had it since 100k. It needs work, but it had no engine leaks I could detect, it was fast, I will say that. He added a turbo boost monitor on the dash, and it has a small LCD screen TV. He is asking $7000 US dollars. The door ajar light stays on constantly. It's all stock, except the big old whale tale.Not sure what they are worth.I made a point of asking about the emblem, he said the previous owner did that...his friends all laughed at him. For me, I told him that hideous spoiler would have to go. He was a nice Hispanic guy named Tito, so if anyone is interested, lol, call him up! According to KBB, this is how it breaks down for Private party Value:

Condition Excellent $4,460 Good $4,035 Fair $3,510

NOTE the Infiniti badge on the front...this car is Fair at best, I would offer him 3 grand for it 3500 tops.



Modified by Nissan_luver08 at 1:57 PM 6/17/2009

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[mcheddadi]

I am curious. As a 3rd Time Nissan owner, and truly, my 08 Coupe has re-sparked my interest in cars.

But, now that I have been paying closer attention, I notice that some people de-badge their cars, ok, thats cool. BUT, why do some put the Nissan Logo on an Infiniti and Infiniti logo on Nissans? I mean, I know the difference, becasue of the Car itself. They are not fooling anyone

I saw a G35, debadged, with only the Nissan emblem on the rear in place of the Infiniti one.I saw a 300 ZX with an Infiniti logo on the front. Also, it had a god awful metal looking tail spoiler, that looked, well dumb. It was one of thsoe that stuck up like 2 feet, the car was faded yellow, and a beat up body kit, I felt bad for this car, it needs to be saved!

So what gives with the emblems? Am I missing some hidden message, or is just personal preference?

Or is it like that guy who owns a Hyundai Accent,. with hood louvers, fender louvers, and hub caps with spinners that he got from pep Boys? O, and dont for get the TURBO emblem glued to the side to!

infinitis don't exist in japan, it's all nissans so they do that for JDMness I guess. but infiniti badges on nissans is weird lol

[phobs]

What doesn't make sense is making your car into something it's not. 300zx with an Infiniti emblem doesn't make sense. 300zx with a Nissan Fairlady emblem makes sense.

[Dest556]

I've never seen a Nissan with an Infiniti badge. That would probably make me laugh pretty hard.

I did see a honda civic with some acura center caps and an acura emblem on the rear. But they still had the honda emblem on the grill...........

[toxik]

i saw pics of a mazda rx8 rebadged as a ferrari...

[Dest556]

YES!!!!!!!!!My brother actually saw that car. He sent me a text about it and then found info on it online. He has seen it a couple of more times since then.The car owner I believe went to a different high school than my brother. One of his friend's said that he would see it in auto shop class. And that supposedly, he was going to be taking off all the badges "soon."I need to ask my brother if he got any more info on the car. I've been dying to see it in person. Every time I visit my parents on the weekends, I secretly pray to spot this monster.

[phobs]

It's sad that those people think they are so cool. Makes me uber jealouz.

[saywat]

i see nothing wrong with infiniti cars being badged with nissan emblems since thats how its done in japan..now vice versa is a no no

[toxik]

found it: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/0...wners/

[Phaal]

The other day I saw a VW TDI Jetta with Mercedes emblems on the front and back, but the steering wheel still had the VW emblem.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

I did see a honda civic with some acura center caps and an acura emblem on the rear. But they still had the honda emblem on the grill...........

the nissan 350gt is the infiniti g35 in japan....japan doesnt have infiniti just nissan and its also considered the skyline........

civics badge it to acura for weird reasons but the acuras get the honda emblem the same way

[Ferguson]

Note to self.... take the Skoda badges off the AC right now!

[phobs]

Have you guys seen the "POWERED BY HONDA" decals before? Well, I don't know if it's still out there but I have seen "POWERED BY CIVIC" and "POWERED BY INTEGRA" before..

[phobs]

UPDATESO...I ask him if he minds if I take some pics, and he offers me to drive it, so why not??

Free joyride, nice! It doesn't look to bad minus the spoiler, 3.0 badge, and Infiniti emblem.

[BamaCoupe]

If I had a G37 or G35 I would probably rebadged it as a Skyline, but I probably would leave the Infiniti decals alone. As for the yellow 300ZX (Yellow is rare); I realize it's not the factory front bumper and factory diffuser or whatever the part is called between the headlight to access the air filter, but on the "90" models there actually was no Nissan burger on the front of the car (Nissan was spelled out in small lettering on the front and back, but no Nissan burger) it was not till the "91" model that they started placing them on the front of the Z's, but who ever thought that this car needed a decal and thought an Infiniti decal rather than a Nissan Decal would be cooler needs to be caned.
Modified by BamaCoupe at 4:41 AM 6/18/2009

[JIBRIL4life]

wasnt the upside down acura symbol on a honda considered the "racing" logo?

from the pics the body doesnt look in bad shape

[Kanard]

in canada, the civic is a acura CSX. Thats the only place its really "on purpose" lol...

and yea, same w/ acura in japan... honda integra.. not acura.. o well.. ppl do strange things at times. lol

[bina12834]

If I had a G37 or G35 I would probably rebadged it as a Skyline, but I probably would leave the Infiniti decals alone.

since there is no such thing as an Infiniti Skyline, G owners will either tell you to rebadge the entire car with the JDM badges, or debadge everything and put just Skyline on the back.