Accidentally debadged!

Dutch4x4 · 23-03-2005, 12:35

The Octy was hit from behind several weeks ago, during snowy conditions (see http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showp...2&postcount=12). Repair took place last week, and all seemed to look fine and dandy.

Then I got a call from the repair shop yesterday.

"Your badges have arrived, sir."

"Badges? What badges?"

"Well, didn't you have your boot lid resprayed with us last week?"

"Uh, why, yes."

"Well, we had to remove your Octavia and 4x4 turbo badges for that. The replacement badges didn't get here in time so we sent you out without them."

"Really? I hadn't even noticed! So you are telling me I'm driving a debadged car right now?"

"Yes sir, your car is incognito as of last week. Do you actually prefer it that way?"

"Do I? I'd need some time to think about that..."

"That's perfectly OK, sir. You can come by any time if you still want them put back on."

And I'm still thinking! I always found the de-badging thing a nonsense. Why hide the fact that I'm driving a 4x4 turbo? People have a right to know why they got beaten in a straight line or around the corner...

But having seen the Octy's badgeless behind, I now think it looks quite cool!

So shall I, or shan't I?

Joel_vRS · 23-03-2005, 12:56

Debage is the way forward....i like the term 'street sleeper'

Joel

lozgti · 23-03-2005, 13:02

No No No!!

People HAVE to know what obliterated them.So much fun when you can see passengers of following vehicles laughing at their embarrassed driver

Wear your badge with pride

Skodacious · 23-03-2005, 13:02

Rebadge!!! Just to balance things out

If you've paid for a 4x4 turbo let people know about it!!!

Andy Hames · 23-03-2005, 13:15

Just out of interest, do you have a picture of it debadged?

I've been wondering off and on for a week or two now what it would look like, but I keep coming to the conclusion that it would just look too plain.

ScoobyChris · 23-03-2005, 13:43

I like the cleaner debadged look and also the fact it's a street sleeper now

For ultimate street sleeper-ness get a 1.4-16v badge for it

Chris

***DGW*** · 23-03-2005, 13:52

Rebadge to 1.4 16V! It adds insult to injury when other drivers see what has just overtaken them!

WW_VRS · 23-03-2005, 13:52

Mine's debadged partially

. They'll work out it's the vRS as it still has the Fabia one, just the vRS bit has been removed. If they could get past they'd still see the vRS logo on the front though

Main reason I've done it - avoid boyracers. Don't mind a little laugh but for the normal commute it's something I can do without really

pbirkett · 23-03-2005, 14:19

I've debadged mine. Its great

Looks much better, no more tailgaters, and lots more surprised faces

RobClubley · 23-03-2005, 15:38

Mine's debadged - stops the Barries racing you as much.

Easier to polish too.

Jonny5ive · 23-03-2005, 16:23

Definately De-Badger !!

Dutch4x4 · 23-03-2005, 16:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Hames

Just out of interest, do you have a picture of it debadged?

I've been wondering off and on for a week or two now what it would look like, but I keep coming to the conclusion that it would just look too plain.

Will post one tonight.

Meanwhile, it's still a tussle between the clean look (which looks better than I thought) and the fact that I want people to know it's a 4x4 turbo, i.e. a serious bit of machine instead of some 1.6 poser with big alloys.

OTOH, I often had people wondering about the 4x4 and/or the turbo bit. They thought I'd been to Halfords and couldn't believe Skoda actually do a 4x4 turbo!

Ol!ver · 23-03-2005, 16:49

I hopefully pick my Octy VRS up tomorrow, and was thinking about whipping the badges off. Not sure how it would look with two round holes though.....

Apparently there's a Skoda badge on the engine cover, and if you take that off there's a VW one underneath ! I'll be looking for that tomorrow

Cheers

Andy Hames · 23-03-2005, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch4x4

... it's still a tussle between the clean look (which looks better than I thought) and the fact that I want people to know it's a 4x4 turbo, i.e. a serious bit of machine instead of some 1.6 poser with big alloys.

TBH, running an Elegance TDI I don’t really have that consideration!

HellFire · 23-03-2005, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobClubley

Mine's debadged - stops the Barries racing you as much.

Easier to polish too.

Does anyone experience this? ever since I bought my vRS every toy racer in Yorkshire seems to want a race, I purposefully drive at 50 mph on the motorway and they are still waiting with their cheesy fog lights on.

JUT · 23-03-2005, 19:24

Yes, I too have been a victim of this "skod-rage"...

I got it when I got the car... then when I had the boggo spec Octy and Superb, back when I had the bother with my Fab, I got no Saxos trying to hump my back bumper... so when I got the Fab back I removed the rear vRS badge, hey presto, no more w@nkers sitting on my back bumper. Plus far more amusing when you boot it, choke them and leave them wondering why a standard Fabia just ditched them

bengie · 23-03-2005, 19:28

i debadged to stop scrote messin with it. plain white estate with tow bar. no one suspects it

Ol!ver · 23-03-2005, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by HellFire

Does anyone experience this? ever since I bought my vRS every toy racer in Yorkshire seems to want a race, I purposefully drive at 50 mph on the motorway and they are still waiting with their cheesy fog lights on.

Where are yoou in Yorkshire mate?

FabiaTDi · 23-03-2005, 20:21

Mine was debadged, but decided I actually like the chrome "Fabia" badge against the black paintwork so its been rebadged but not with the vrs badge

It does seem to stop more people from wanting to race you, as the car looks fairly discrete from the back and i also think it might stop some unwanted attention from thieving scumbags.

Dutch4x4 · 23-03-2005, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch4x4

Will post one tonight.

So here it is...

RobClubley · 23-03-2005, 22:55

I like that - nice and clean

But I'd never remove the Skoda badge

pittVRS · 23-03-2005, 23:16

That looks really good. Keep it that way.

I want to debadge my vRS now, how do you do it? I heard someone mention soapy water and thread?

JUT · 23-03-2005, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by pittVRS

That looks really good. Keep it that way.

I want to debadge my vRS now, how do you do it? I heard someone mention soapy water and thread?

Hair dryer, heat the badge, lift it off, then various things will get the remaining adhesive off - bug and tar shifter is probably easiest, but WD40 works too if that's all you've got kicking around...

RobClubley · 23-03-2005, 23:41

I used a hairdryer too

pittVRS · 23-03-2005, 23:47

Marvelous! thaks guys, I'll try it tmrw.

23-03-2005, 12:35	#1
Dutch4x4 Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: kicking up feet in the Formula Stealth paddock Posts: 3,153 Members Car: 1.8T Elegance Hatchback 4x4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Accidentally debadged! The Octy was hit from behind several weeks ago, during snowy conditions (see http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showp...2&postcount=12). Repair took place last week, and all seemed to look fine and dandy. Then I got a call from the repair shop yesterday. "Your badges have arrived, sir." "Badges? What badges?" "Well, didn't you have your boot lid resprayed with us last week?" "Uh, why, yes." "Well, we had to remove your Octavia and 4x4 turbo badges for that. The replacement badges didn't get here in time so we sent you out without them." "Really? I hadn't even noticed! So you are telling me I'm driving a debadged car right now?" "Yes sir, your car is incognito as of last week. Do you actually prefer it that way?" "Do I? I'd need some time to think about that..." "That's perfectly OK, sir. You can come by any time if you still want them put back on." And I'm still thinking! I always found the de-badging thing a nonsense. Why hide the fact that I'm driving a 4x4 turbo? People have a right to know why they got beaten in a straight line or around the corner... But having seen the Octy's badgeless behind, I now think it looks quite cool! So shall I, or shan't I? __________________ Mrs D's Briskoda: Octavia 4x4 turbo (2003), Oettinger 210, Koni Sport, MAD Sportive, Dotz Le Mans 17", Bridgestone Potenza S-03, sports interior. And a Fiesta ST (2006) for myself...

23-03-2005, 12:56	#2
Joel_vRS Briskodian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Peterborough Posts: 1,658 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Debage is the way forward....i like the term 'street sleeper' Joel __________________ Everyday car: Pimp Black Skoda Octavia VRS, 230bhp, 250lb custom remap, blueflame stainless exhaust, lowered, Hyperboost Dump Valve, ABD tip. 1/4mile in 14.99 secs Project Car: Vintage Mk2 Golf, to be turned in to a 1/4 mile beast, 1.8T 20v engine conversion! Watch this space!!!!

23-03-2005, 13:02	#4
Skodacious Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: East Anglia (Cambridge) Posts: 428 Members Car: Skoda Octavia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Rebadge!!! Just to balance things out If you've paid for a 4x4 turbo let people know about it!!! __________________ 2004 Skoda Octavia vRS MK1 'The original and best' 2003 Peugeot 206 SW 1.1 LX 'It has a split tailgate!'

23-03-2005, 13:15	#5
Andy Hames Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 64 Members Car: Octavia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just out of interest, do you have a picture of it debadged? I've been wondering off and on for a week or two now what it would look like, but I keep coming to the conclusion that it would just look too plain. __________________ Octavia vRS

23-03-2005, 13:43	#6
ScoobyChris Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover Posts: 18,193 Members Car: Fiat Panda Thanks: 15 Thanked 335 Times in 289 Posts	I like the cleaner debadged look and also the fact it's a street sleeper now For ultimate street sleeper-ness get a 1.4-16v badge for it Chris __________________ Holding up the traffic in a little Italian..........

23-03-2005, 13:02	#3
lozgti Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: midlands Posts: 5,719 Members Car: Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	No No No!! People HAVE to know what obliterated them.So much fun when you can see passengers of following vehicles laughing at their embarrassed driver Wear your badge with pride

23-03-2005, 13:52	#7
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,295 Members Car: Octavia 1.8T 4X4 Estate & Fabia vRS Thanks: 51 Thanked 207 Times in 156 Posts	Rebadge to 1.4 16V! It adds insult to injury when other drivers see what has just overtaken them! __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.57 mpg...

23-03-2005, 13:52	#8
WW_VRS Escorted Estate Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oxfordshire/Berkshire Posts: 9,869 Members Car: Ford Escort 1.6LX + Fab Estate Thanks: 46 Thanked 85 Times in 75 Posts	Mine's debadged partially . They'll work out it's the vRS as it still has the Fabia one, just the vRS bit has been removed. If they could get past they'd still see the vRS logo on the front though Main reason I've done it - avoid boyracers. Don't mind a little laugh but for the normal commute it's something I can do without really __________________ WW --->> Project Journal (pic links in first post there) Lummox'/Ross thread on Unit18 Automotive progress on my car: here

23-03-2005, 14:19	#9
pbirkett Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,873 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've debadged mine. Its great Looks much better, no more tailgaters, and lots more surprised faces

23-03-2005, 15:38	#10
RobClubley Ta moko! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud Posts: 6,975 Members Car: 2004 Octavia vRS Estate Images: 1 Thanks: 154 Thanked 160 Times in 133 Posts	Mine's debadged - stops the Barries racing you as much. Easier to polish too. __________________ Corrida Red 2004 Octavia vRS Estate - It's the bestest Skoda in New Zealand! Whaia te mātauranga, whaia te māramatanga - Pursue knowledge, pursue the wisdom of knowledge www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk www.clubley.org Facebook

23-03-2005, 16:23	#11
Jonny5ive NAPPYMASTER!! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Stonehouse, Glos. Posts: 2,169 Members Car: Fabia vRS Thanks: 81 Thanked 45 Times in 36 Posts	Definately De-Badger !! __________________ Modified Fabia vRS & Roomster Scout THE FULL 8mins 39sec

23-03-2005, 16:49	#13
Ol!ver Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sheffield Posts: 55 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I hopefully pick my Octy VRS up tomorrow, and was thinking about whipping the badges off. Not sure how it would look with two round holes though..... Apparently there's a Skoda badge on the engine cover, and if you take that off there's a VW one underneath ! I'll be looking for that tomorrow Cheers

23-03-2005, 19:24	#16
JUT Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North London Posts: 1,204 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes, I too have been a victim of this "skod-rage"... I got it when I got the car... then when I had the boggo spec Octy and Superb, back when I had the bother with my Fab, I got no Saxos trying to hump my back bumper... so when I got the Fab back I removed the rear vRS badge, hey presto, no more w@nkers sitting on my back bumper. Plus far more amusing when you boot it, choke them and leave them wondering why a standard Fabia just ditched them __________________ Fabia has SOLD! Weekend car: Cooper Green TVR Chimaera Daily driver: Carmine Red Vauxhall Omega... 2.0 LS... Auto... Estate... with towbar & drinking problem

23-03-2005, 19:28	#17
bengie splash!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: planet earth Posts: 15,249 Members Car: 4x4 turbo estate Thanks: 17 Thanked 144 Times in 125 Posts	i debadged to stop scrote messin with it. plain white estate with tow bar. no one suspects it __________________ owner of a skoda octavia 4xvrs3

23-03-2005, 20:21	#19
FabiaTDi VT5 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,001 Members Car: Fabia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mine was debadged, but decided I actually like the chrome "Fabia" badge against the black paintwork so its been rebadged but not with the vrs badge It does seem to stop more people from wanting to race you, as the car looks fairly discrete from the back and i also think it might stop some unwanted attention from thieving scumbags. __________________ Was: 2003 Allard Tuned Fabia vRS VT5 Turbo Conversion Now: 2008 Audi A3 Sportback TDI

23-03-2005, 22:55	#21
RobClubley Ta moko! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud Posts: 6,975 Members Car: 2004 Octavia vRS Estate Images: 1 Thanks: 154 Thanked 160 Times in 133 Posts	I like that - nice and clean But I'd never remove the Skoda badge __________________ Corrida Red 2004 Octavia vRS Estate - It's the bestest Skoda in New Zealand! Whaia te mātauranga, whaia te māramatanga - Pursue knowledge, pursue the wisdom of knowledge www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk www.clubley.org Facebook

23-03-2005, 23:16	#22
pittVRS Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off The Wagon Posts: 5,257 Members Car: MX-5 Thanks: 148 Thanked 113 Times in 79 Posts	That looks really good. Keep it that way. I want to debadge my vRS now, how do you do it? I heard someone mention soapy water and thread? __________________

23-03-2005, 23:41	#24
RobClubley Ta moko! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud Posts: 6,975 Members Car: 2004 Octavia vRS Estate Images: 1 Thanks: 154 Thanked 160 Times in 133 Posts	I used a hairdryer too __________________ Corrida Red 2004 Octavia vRS Estate - It's the bestest Skoda in New Zealand! Whaia te mātauranga, whaia te māramatanga - Pursue knowledge, pursue the wisdom of knowledge www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk www.clubley.org Facebook

23-03-2005, 23:47	#25
pittVRS Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off The Wagon Posts: 5,257 Members Car: MX-5 Thanks: 148 Thanked 113 Times in 79 Posts	Marvelous! thaks guys, I'll try it tmrw. __________________

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