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Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:38 pm
by geek
Have de-badged.....sporting its current shade of motorway beige the car looks pretty much like an oil burning A3 at a casual glance.
Now, leave badge-less or be a comedian / arse and add a TDI badge?
Discuss.
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:57 pm
by Batfinnk
I would be tempted to put a 1.6 badge on it then let all the boy racers try to out sprint you thinking it is just a bog standard A3 with big bumpers
Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:04 pm
by geek
Had a boy racer up my chuff on the M5 earlier through the 50mph average speed limit section past Bristol.....he was in a TDI A4 Avant though and about 40 years old........
End of the 50, traffic clears and pulls left, he edged closer to me, I give it the berries making him turn to a small spec in the mirror, then back off, he catches up and crawls past looking at the car looking v confused and disappears off in the distance. Love it.
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:26 pm
by P_G
If you must, leave it badgeless. Not may people know what an RS3 is anyway so better to have the badge on. Would be interested in swapping badges to have a black or carbon fibre background rather than the red given I have black optics. Hmmm...
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:31 pm
by JonG
I've debadged mine a while ago ... and I'd just keep it debadged.
I love being a wolf in sheeps clothing
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:32 pm
by bam_bam
This.
JonG wrote:I've debadged mine a while ago ... and I'd just keep it debadged.
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:43 pm
by geek
Sticking with the plain jane look.
Has anyone had a go at masking the graphic on the callipers without actually painting them?
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:51 pm
by Carrg
Would you go that far?
I'd guess the discs are a giveaway...but as we said some people are clueless.
Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:46 pm
by Dave_Hedgehog
Not much point debadging mine as the plate is RS03 lol
My R32 golf was badged 2.0 TDi for the 5 years I had it
Best one was my MTM tuned S4 with 620 torques badged A4 1.8
100-120 in 5 seconds in top gear lol
Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:48 pm
by Dave_Hedgehog
Any one with a smart phone and a car app can pull all the details on your car any way
Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:50 pm
by Dave_Hedgehog
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:52 pm
by Bacardi Jo
Dave_Hedgehog wrote:Any one with a smart phone and a car app can pull all the details on your car any way
By the time they've entered your reg into the smart phone you would be two miles ahead of them.
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:55 pm
by Bacardi Jo
[quote="geek"]Sticking with the plain jane look.
Has anyone had a go at masking the graphic on the callipers without actually painting them?[/quote
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... &_from=R40
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:55 pm
by Nickyboy
I think de-badged will make it hugely stealthy especially from the rear as it doesn't have quads or big ovals. Then yes, goodbye pretty much every car on the road!
From the front it would just be the grill and mirrors to be changed to go really stealth. From the side you can't really do much as the discs and calipers would give it away (to people like us that is).
Re: Sleeper
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:54 am
by Carrg
+ the RS3 stitching on the seats!?