Nismo Badging on a Nismo Conversion?

CDepp · 02-19-2013, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatOne

Meh, Nismo is Nissan's performance line, similar to Mugen for Honda, TRD for Toyota

Although the difference is there is no "Mugen" model Honda...so a tricky one, I think having some Nismo badging/decals is no biggy, but if u are trying to tell people it is a Nismo, that's a whole different story.

2008 Civic Si Sedan-Mugen

Hard to see it, but the badge is on the facia:

//I'm an a$s, sorry

CDepp · 02-19-2013, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CDepp

2008 Civic Si Sedan-Mugen

Hard to see it, but the badge is on the facia:

I almost bought it. Went with the EX coupe MT, and got the fiance a C300 sport thinking she would let me get another bike. (that's how I ended up with the Z - no bike, I get the car I want)

TheGreatOne · 02-19-2013, 08:42 PM

Oh and leaning to no badging whatsoever, keep em guessing lol

RoshDawg · 02-19-2013, 08:58 PM

Put on a NISMO R badge!

On a side note, I would love to paint my 911 Calipers yellow, but I'm restraining myself from doing so as yellow calipers on 911's means carbon ceramic brakes... Now, if I swaped out my rotors for carbon ceramics, then you better believe I would change my calipers to yellow. Same thing you did, you changed it to a nismo after the fact, you have every right to put on a nismo badge. And I agree with the idea that putting on a GT500 badge on a 5.0 is VERY different from a Nismo on a Nismo conversion. Its impossible to make a 5.0 a GT500, but it is VERY possible to make a 370Z Sport/Touring a Nismo, with just a better interior.

Mike · 02-19-2013, 09:08 PM

I'm more into debadging myself, but I don't see a problem with it. Nissan sells Nismo S-tune body kits and Nismo stripe kits that say nismo on them. At least its not like putting a GTR badge (or 3 actually) on a Mitsubishi.

CDepp · 02-19-2013, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

I'm more into debadging myself, but I don't see a problem with it. Nissan sells Nismo S-tune body kits and Nismo stripe kits that say nismo on them. At least its not like putting a GTR badge (or 3 actually) on a Mitsubishi.

Mike, be easy. We all know how it is there in GA. Be grateful he got a Japanese badge on a Japanese car. Any badge with more than 3 letters might have been a real task, I assume. He could have made Georgians look bad (worse

) by putting an AMG badge or a SS badge on the Mitsu.

/I'm an a$s

lemon-fresh · 02-19-2013, 10:50 PM

Is i-vtec still cool? Try putting that on it.

MJB · 02-19-2013, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

I'm more into debadging myself, but I don't see a problem with it. Nissan sells Nismo S-tune body kits and Nismo stripe kits that say nismo on them. At least its not like putting a GTR badge (or 3 actually) on a Mitsubishi.

That reminds me of the Mustang GTR guy...

DEpointfive0 · 02-20-2013, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MJB

That reminds me of the Mustang GTR guy...

That's awesome!!!

That reminds me of:

Cuban Z · 02-20-2013, 12:07 AM

OP...do what you like. Just be straight-up with folks as to what it is and you'll be fine. Noone on here (myself included) should sway you one way or the other with our opinions. That said here's mine. You've got enough Nismo **** on your car that badging it is fine in my book.

IMO it's not the same as GT500 or an M because the Nismo upgrade, if you can even call it that (I've got one) is not comparable to those upgraded packages. I love my Niz, but I don't think that mine is better than a non-Nismo Z (better looking yes, but taste is subjective), but performance wise, not really. They could've/should've done better. What my Nismo is that a non-Nismo with exhaust mods isn't, is legal in CA...and since my goal was not to mod, the Niz is what I went with...and I couldn't give a rat's *** what anyone has to say about that. Plus I don't have to take **** off every time I have a dealer issue. But to each his own.

Putting a Nismo emblem on your car given all your Nismo mods IMO is definitely more relevant and appropriate than putting a Fairlady Z badge on any USDM Z car, which many of my friends have and it looks fine and I'm not hating...you do you, you Fairlady Z badging people! But if people want to get picky and give you **** for badging your car with a Nismo emblem, if it wasn't built as a right-hand drive car for the JDM, then illegally imported into the US, it is not a Fairlady and shouldn't have the Fairlady emblem. If we're going to say that you're rice because its not "a real Nismo from the factory" then anyone with a Fairlady emblem in the US that doesn't meet the conditions above is automatically even more rice than you.

I'd be interested in hearing what Waizz, our resident Nismo freak, thinks about all this badging business. This whole discussion and argument just cost me about 20 IQ points! Damn my head hurts. Do what you like man! Good luck.

UNKNOWN_370 · 02-20-2013, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Cuban Z

OP...do what you like. Just be straight-up with folks as to what it is and you'll be fine. Noone on here (myself included) should sway you one way or the other with our opinions. That said here's mine. You've got enough Nismo **** on your car that badging it is fine in my book.

IMO it's not the same as GT500 or an M because the Nismo upgrade, if you can even call it that (I've got one) is not comparable to those upgraded packages. I love my Niz, but I don't think that mine is better than a non-Nismo Z (better looking yes, but taste is subjective), but performance wise, not really. They could've/should've done better. What my Nismo is that a non-Nismo with exhaust mods isn't, is legal in CA...and since my goal was not to mod, the Niz is what I went with...and I couldn't give a rat's *** what anyone has to say about that. Plus I don't have to take **** off every time I have a dealer issue. But to each his own.

Putting a Nismo emblem on your car given all your Nismo mods IMO is definitely more relevant and appropriate than putting a Fairlady Z badge on any USDM Z car, which many of my friends have and it looks fine and I'm not hating...you do you, you Fairlady Z badging people! But if people want to get picky and give you **** for badging your car with a Nismo emblem, if it wasn't built as a right-hand drive car for the JDM, then illegally imported into the US, it is not a Fairlady and shouldn't have the Fairlady emblem. If we're going to say that you're rice because its not "a real Nismo from the factory" then anyone with a Fairlady emblem in the US that doesn't meet the conditions above is automatically even more rice than you.

I'd be interested in hearing what Waizz, our resident Nismo freak, thinks about all this badging business. This whole discussion and argument just cost me about 20 IQ points! Damn my head hurts. Do what you like man! Good luck.

totally.

"Mah carne, ni mah carne!!! Asi viene el sangwish mang!!!!"

lol:

Mt Tam I am · 02-20-2013, 08:51 AM

Since Nismo's are numbered, what number will yours be? You could get a plaque that says counterfeit.

scruffydog · 02-20-2013, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuban Z

OP...do what you like. Just be straight-up with folks as to what it is and you'll be fine. Noone on here (myself included) should sway you one way or the other with our opinions. That said here's mine. You've got enough Nismo **** on your car that badging it is fine in my book.

IMO it's not the same as GT500 or an M because the Nismo upgrade, if you can even call it that (I've got one) is not comparable to those upgraded packages. I love my Niz, but I don't think that mine is better than a non-Nismo Z (better looking yes, but taste is subjective), but performance wise, not really. They could've/should've done better. What my Nismo is that a non-Nismo with exhaust mods isn't, is legal in CA...and since my goal was not to mod, the Niz is what I went with...and I couldn't give a rat's *** what anyone has to say about that. Plus I don't have to take **** off every time I have a dealer issue. But to each his own.

Putting a Nismo emblem on your car given all your Nismo mods IMO is definitely more relevant and appropriate than putting a Fairlady Z badge on any USDM Z car, which many of my friends have and it looks fine and I'm not hating...you do you, you Fairlady Z badging people! But if people want to get picky and give you **** for badging your car with a Nismo emblem, if it wasn't built as a right-hand drive car for the JDM, then illegally imported into the US, it is not a Fairlady and shouldn't have the Fairlady emblem. If we're going to say that you're rice because its not "a real Nismo from the factory" then anyone with a Fairlady emblem in the US that doesn't meet the conditions above is automatically even more rice than you.

I'd be interested in hearing what Waizz, our resident Nismo freak, thinks about all this badging business. This whole discussion and argument just cost me about 20 IQ points! Damn my head hurts. Do what you like man! Good luck.

Well said and I couldn't agree with you more. Thank you for expressing your feedback. It's definitely a sensitive topic as like you said everybody somehow just do whatever they like like getting away with rebadging their 370z to a Fairlady Z (or rebadging their Lexus IS to a Toyota Altezza, change their Scion FRS to Toyota GT86, Acura Integra to Honda Integra) most are pretty hypocritical with this, and rather giving grief to others, they actually would egg them on by what they did was "cool". I don't want this to be a hater or drive headaches to others or piss off other Nismo 370z owner thread; so I appreciate every feedback anyone gives.

Cheers

It's always nice to have a good crowd that can keep a discussion going.

DEpointfive0 · 02-20-2013, 12:21 AM

Cuban_Z, well said!

Waiz · 02-20-2013, 01:03 AM

NISMO decals are perfectly fine, now if you walk around telling everyone that you have a NISMO when you don't that's a different story

02-19-2013, 08:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheGreatOne A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Age: 47 Posts: 1,980 Drives: E60 BMW M5 Rep Power: 22	Oh and leaning to no badging whatsoever, keep em guessing lol __________________ 2017 SUBARU STI 2008 E60 M5 - SOLD 2010 40th Anniversary 370Z - SOLD (and missing her)

02-19-2013, 08:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
RoshDawg Track Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: NM / CA Posts: 981 Drives: '13 911 C2S Rep Power: 15	Put on a NISMO R badge! On a side note, I would love to paint my 911 Calipers yellow, but I'm restraining myself from doing so as yellow calipers on 911's means carbon ceramic brakes... Now, if I swaped out my rotors for carbon ceramics, then you better believe I would change my calipers to yellow. Same thing you did, you changed it to a nismo after the fact, you have every right to put on a nismo badge. And I agree with the idea that putting on a GT500 badge on a 5.0 is VERY different from a Nismo on a Nismo conversion. Its impossible to make a 5.0 a GT500, but it is VERY possible to make a 370Z Sport/Touring a Nismo, with just a better interior. scruffydog and CDepp like this. __________________ \| EVO X MR \| '11 WRX STI \| 370Z SPRT \| 911 (991) C2S \|

02-19-2013, 09:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	I'm more into debadging myself, but I don't see a problem with it. Nissan sells Nismo S-tune body kits and Nismo stripe kits that say nismo on them. At least its not like putting a GTR badge (or 3 actually) on a Mitsubishi. CDepp and SAmilitaryman like this. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

02-19-2013, 10:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
lemon-fresh Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Calgary Age: 40 Posts: 471 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 14	Is i-vtec still cool? Try putting that on it. CDepp likes this.

02-20-2013, 12:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cuban Z Track Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: SoCal WestSide Posts: 557 Drives: 11 370Z Nismo #0384 Rep Power: 15	OP...do what you like. Just be straight-up with folks as to what it is and you'll be fine. Noone on here (myself included) should sway you one way or the other with our opinions. That said here's mine. You've got enough Nismo ** on your car that badging it is fine in my book. IMO it's not the same as GT500 or an M because the Nismo upgrade, if you can even call it that (I've got one) is not comparable to those upgraded packages. I love my Niz, but I don't think that mine is better than a non-Nismo Z (better looking yes, but taste is subjective), but performance wise, not really. They could've/should've done better. What my Nismo is that a non-Nismo with exhaust mods isn't, is legal in CA...and since my goal was not to mod, the Niz is what I went with...and I couldn't give a rat's * what anyone has to say about that. Plus I don't have to take ** off every time I have a dealer issue. But to each his own. Putting a Nismo emblem on your car given all your Nismo mods IMO is definitely more relevant and appropriate than putting a Fairlady Z badge on any USDM Z car, which many of my friends have and it looks fine and I'm not hating...you do you, you Fairlady Z badging people! But if people want to get picky and give you ** for badging your car with a Nismo emblem, if it wasn't built as a right-hand drive car for the JDM, then illegally imported into the US, it is not a Fairlady and shouldn't have the Fairlady emblem. If we're going to say that you're rice because its not "a real Nismo from the factory" then anyone with a Fairlady emblem in the US that doesn't meet the conditions above is automatically even more rice than you. I'd be interested in hearing what Waizz, our resident Nismo freak, thinks about all this badging business. This whole discussion and argument just cost me about 20 IQ points! Damn my head hurts. Do what you like man! Good luck. scruffydog, UNKNOWN_370, cv129 and 2 others like this. __________________ 処女 / Shojo Audrey Blue Series 1 240Z (10/70)

02-20-2013, 08:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mt Tam I am A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: California Posts: 10,709 Drives: 370Z T/S/N 6MT & XKE Rep Power: 3843	Since Nismo's are numbered, what number will yours be? You could get a plaque that says counterfeit. scruffydog, kenchan, RoshDawg and 1 others like this. __________________ "Does the carpet match the drapes? NO!!! I don't date bald women." Nissan Motorsports 34R Oil Cooler. Stillen CBE. Hotchkis Sport Sway Bars. KW Variant 3 Coilover System. Stillen Gen3 CAI. Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Stillen Brake Ducts. Carbotech™ XP10/XP8 Pads. Z1 Front Rotors. Z1 Stainless Brake Lines. Two degrees of camber

02-20-2013, 12:21 AM	#14 (permalink)
DEpointfive0 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 14,824 Drives: a lot Rep Power: 17152	Cuban_Z, well said! __________________ Do YOU want to know what/where I got my username from? ( Click to show/hide ) NSFW due to language:

02-20-2013, 01:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
Waiz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 9,262 Drives: Z33 & GE8 Rep Power: 460	NISMO decals are perfectly fine, now if you walk around telling everyone that you have a NISMO when you don't that's a different story

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