Not changing my badges.

[Never thought]

You can do it over.

I am not chancing they paint. Plus, I have PPF cut right around the circle E. Would look weird with the oval Kia badge

 

[Ozstung]

 

[Flameangel]

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That’s what StingerGTSS did and he got a bite in only 3 days time thread

 

[Flameangel]

That’s what StingerGTSS did and he got a bite in only 3 days time thread

Actually it was 3 more sleeps, oops !

 

[GenesisG70]

I agree keep it original, clean and nice.... To those who say the Kia bad is ugly please tell me if the toyota or Ford badge is pretty and spectacularly aesthetically speaking, you don't see them massively debadging their Fords and Toyotas LOL

 

[westcoastGT]

I agree keep it original, clean and nice.... To those who say the Kia bad is ugly please tell me if the toyota or Ford badge is pretty and spectacularly aesthetically speaking, you don't see them massively debadging their Fords and Toyotas LOL

in fairness one of the most boring and bland badges is BMW

I agree keep it original, clean and nice.... To those who say the Kia bad is ugly please tell me if the toyota or Ford badge is pretty and spectacularly aesthetically speaking, you don't see them massively debadging their Fords and Toyotas LOL

the Kia logo is no better or worse than this beauty ..................

 

[MerlintheMad]

in fairness one of the most boring and bland badges is BMW

the Kia logo is no better or worse than this beauty ..................View attachment 31832

KIA. BMW. Same number of letters. Not all Bimmer drivers have an attitude, btw. I saw an example of this yesterday. At a red light, across the intersection was this BMW in the left turn lane. I could see large, white, block letters stretching clear across the bottom of the windshield. What an idiot! I thought uncharitably: assuming that some "in your face" performance message was there, as if the car itself were not enough to get attention. Not true. The light changed and he started into the intersection and I went past him, and saw this: "ALWAYS BROKE". I laughed out loud and said as if he could hear me: "Good one! I like you already!"

 

[Stinger GT SS]

The Stinger should have been sold worldwide with the front E Badge & rear Script the same as it was sold originally in South Korea.

Hyundai puts different badging on the Genesis so it makes sense for Kia to do the same for the Stinger.

 

[Ozstung]

The Stinger should have been sold worldwide with the front E Badge & rear Script the same as it was sold originally in Soth Korea.
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Agree, that's how it was shown in all the pre-release motor show videos. I suspect quite a few expected that incarnation on receipt of vehicle.

 

[Kamauxx]

The Stinger should have been sold worldwide with the front E Badge & rear Script the same as it was sold originally in South Korea.
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Hyundai puts different badging on the Genesis so it makes sense for Kia to do the same for the Stinger.

I would have swapped out the "E" too.

 

[Sime]

The E badge is probably the ugliest badge on the market.

 

[19GT-AWD]

So I know I am probably in the minority on this one ... I want more gens of Stingers and I want people to know what an awesome car Kia has made ...

Why would you assume we're in the minority?

There's 9,000 members on this forum, probably half are Stinger owners and the other half just browsing.

Of actual Stinger owners, you'll see a tiny fraction who've rebadged/debadged/unbadged.

That demonstrates the vast majority of Stinger owners have retained the OEM badge. You make sense when saying everyone should know it's a KIA!

 

[Ozstung]

Why would you assume we're in the minority?

There's 9,000 members on this forum, probably half are Stinger owners and the other half just browsing.

Of actual Stinger owners, you'll see a tiny fraction who've rebadged/debadged/unbadged.

That demonstrates the vast majority of Stinger owners have retained the OEM badge. You make sense when saying everyone should know it's a KIA!

Perhaps create a poll as in who has v who hasn't and you can only vote once.

 

[westcoastGT]

The E badge is probably the ugliest badge on the market.

not so much ugly as misunderstood and without meaning . I think most people think it means Electric

 

[19GT-AWD]

Perhaps create a poll as in who has v who hasn't and you can only vote once.

That certainly would be a good start to determine how many people are doing what.

Anyone? Anyone?

 

[Stinger GT SS]

The first Stinger meet I attended in January 2018 of the 4 Stingers that turned up 2 of them had rebadged that’s 50%.
Of the 4 Stingers from NSW that I know who attended the ACT meet & cruise July this year all 4 had rebadged that’s 100%.
I wish I had more detailed pics from our largest meet in March so I could get an accurate count from those attendees.
There are also a lot of owners who want to rebadge but haven’t as they are nervous to do so because of fears of damaging the paintwork.

 

[Sime]

not so much ugly as misunderstood and without meaning . I think most people think it means Electric

It’s meaning has no bearing on its appearance.

 

[Mesmorino]

My problem isn't people knowing it's a Kia, it's the fact that the Kia badges are just plain ugly.

I don't quite think they're ugly, but I do share the sentiment, they could definitely look way better. Different font, different background, different shape, something! The E badges are only marginally better in my opinion.

 

[Sime]

The K badges are the only ones I’d consider if I was ever going to.

 

[westcoastGT]

The K badges are the only ones I’d consider if I was ever going to.

here , most Optimas have those badges ....................so to me they say Optima