Rebadging Cars

_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

~Barn~ wrote:The far cooler thing to do, would be to get your STi badge from badgestore.com, and then x-acto the "i" off, so that you can magically transform your XT, into the elusive XTi.

They sell those already hahah

_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

Saul_Good wrote:In defense of the STI badging. STI is a tuning branch of Subaru and sell quite a few "Tuned by STI" parts.

Saul is right, you guys arent making any sense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Tecnica_International that link explains it perfectly.

Website · Postby **Shadowden** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

So An STi subaru is like having a Spoon S2000 or ASM S2000 or J's racing S2000? None of those are badged though, but parts are built by well known tuners of the car and avaialble for users to build their own (including ECUs in some cases).
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_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

Shadowden wrote:So An STi subaru is like having a Spoon S2000 or ASM S2000 or J's racing S2000? None of those are badged though, but parts are built by well known tuners of the car and avaialble for users to build their own (including ECUs in some cases).
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Its still built by Subaru, but its the WRX STi version, like there's the Legacy STi version (Spec B i believe). And the Forester STi is a thing just not stateside, so making it into one and putting that badge on it makes perfect sense, imo. When that day comes for me ill post up my picture

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

It's not an "Impreza WRX tuned by STi" though. The STi is actually part of the model name. It's not the same as an aftermarket company like Spoon tuning a Honda. It's like people putting Type R badges on stuff that is not a real Type R. It doesn't matter that you did an engine swap, it's still not a Type R.

Unless you're actually driving a Forester STi, which you can't here in the US, it's rice. It's ok to like rice. But it's still rice.

_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

erod550 wrote:It's not an "Impreza WRX tuned by STi" though. The STi is actually part of the model name. It's not the same as an aftermarket company like Spoon tuning a Honda. It's like people putting Type R badges on stuff that is not a real Type R. It doesn't matter that you did an engine swap, it's still not a Type R.

Unless you're actually driving a Forester STi, which you can't here in the US, it's rice. It's ok to like rice. But it's still rice.

Rofls, your logic is flawed. Must be high.

:lol:

How is it rice?

Saul_Good · Postby **Saul_Good** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

I bought a JDM, Tuned by STI front lip for my Legacy -- these parts were available in Japan as options for the JDM Legacy. The lip had 'STI' attached to it. To be clear it was an STI part for the Legacy, not the WRX STI. Is/was that rice? Even if i wanted to take off the logo, there would've been an indention from the removal of the logo.

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

Not if it's on the part, no. That's obviously completely different than taking the actual model badge directly off of one car and putting on another car that is not that model.

So Alex, you're telling me that Honda guys putting Type R badges on everything isn't rice? Is this different somehow because it's Subaru instead of Honda?

I`m Batman · Postby **I`m Batman** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

It's like putting aV8 or GT badge on a V6 mustang... that's potato.

_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

I give up you're a stubborn f*ck. I dont agree.

Its not like putting a V8 badge on a V6 mustang cause its the same drivetrain in the Subaru case.

Done.

I`m Batman · Postby **I`m Batman** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:14

I'm definitely putting a V8 badge on my car.

erod550 · Postby **erod550** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:14

The Forester STi is more than just an engine and transmission though. The suspension is completely different, different seats, different brakes, different hood scoop, different center console, different instrument cluster, different wheels, different bumpers, etc. etc. etc. So just slapping an STi turbo and intercooler on an XT does not make it anywhere even close to an STi. Oh yea, and even if you buy all those other parts, there's still one feature of a Forester STi that you can never duplicate, and that's RHD.

Put stickers and badges on the car all you want. No one is going to stop you. But just like you're stubborn about it being cool and legit, I'm stubborn about it being rice. But people rice the shit out of their cars all the time. It's not really about what anyone else thinks anyway. Do what you enjoy.

Website · Postby **Shadowden** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:14

I`m Batman wrote:It's like putting aV8 or GT badge on a V6 mustang... that's potato.

Mr. Potato Head!

Learjet45 · Postby **Learjet45** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:14

_AlexTM wrote:like there's the Legacy STi version (Spec B i believe).

Similar to the Forester, Subaru did make an actual STi version that was made for the Japanese market only. The Spec.B is different.

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_AlexTM · Postby **_AlexTM** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:14

Learjet45 wrote:Similar to the Forester, Subaru did make an actual STi version that was made for the Japanese market only. The Spec.B is different.

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Blah blah blah.

Im aware thats the USDM version.

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