2013+ Toyota Auris badge....

Thanks for testing the waters

Thank you

Anyone thinking of switching out their badge for something custom? Maybe a batman badge?

Better make sure they fit first. I ordered the Auris front Toyota badge from Japan... $35... doesn't fit. To get a refund I have to ship it back.... $29

I now have a Toyota badge on my desk at work.

Never really understood why people change the badges like this. I get removing the badges, but why change them to something else? At least its not being replaced by Ferrari badges or something.

Briggs said:

Never really understood why people change the badges like this. I get removing the badges, but why change them to something else? At least its not being replaced by Ferrari badges or something.

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Some people just like the look from other markets better. It also shows you know more about the car than the average Joe who thinks the iM is a completely new design and that you're an enthusiast. Think of all the people who converted their Integras to the JDM front end or the SilEightys from s13s. Just a preference of looks, only badges are a lot cheaper than conversions

Nick Prescott said:

Found out the hard way

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Considering the front end is completely different on the 2015, I'm not sure what exactly it is that you were expecting here.

Aprime said:

Considering the front end is completely different on the 2015, I'm not sure what exactly it is that you were expecting here.

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The headlights are the same, bumper cover and grill are similar. The Toyota badge was two big by about 2mm... very close. I was not expecting that I wouldn't get any douchebag remarks from douchebags, but ... it's the internet... it happens.

Briggs said:

Never really understood why people change the badges like this. I get removing the badges, but why change them to something else? At least its not being replaced by Ferrari badges or something.

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I looked for a Unicorn vomiting rainbows, but alas settled for a Toyota logo... you know, the manufacturer of the car.

Personally, it's a cheap inexpensive way to distance myself from others. It's the same reason people put Holden badges on Chevy SS's, Honda badges on Acuras, and so on... it's different.

A Pontiac Saturn Chevy GM is all the same thing just like a Ford Lincoln Mercury... No need to church it up Joe Deer-tay

Thanks Nick for taking the plunge. There are a few folks on this form taking some chances and using their own money to find things out about this car and I for one appreciate it.

That being said, the scion badges are growing on me.

Aaron

Briggs said:

Never really understood why people change the badges like this. I get removing the badges, but why change them to something else? At least its not being replaced by Ferrari badges or something.

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Removing the badges makes sense but changing them doesn't? I think it's just a similar matter of personal choice. I'm not a fan of de-badged cars, but it's easy to understand why people do it; aesthetic choice.

I'd like to switch to the Auris badges. Personally, if I had the option of a Toyota Auris or Scion iM badging when buying the car, I'd rather have the Auris. Since Moving back to Canada from Japan, a lot of the new models feel like they're lying about their names, lol. Prius C is still an Aquas to me, among many other models

Aprime said:

I mean **** bro, you're even confusing douchebaggery for just being a smartass.

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I'm not your "bro". Aside from being on this forum to just generally troll my posts and acting like a
c-u-n-t ... is there something you're attempting to provoke me to do? I'd gladly just slap the spit out of your mouth on general purpose, but your in another country and thousands of miles away. So troll on if you like, but it's annoying.

Yeah yeah, I get it, you're a Navy seal with 5000 confirmed kills.

Get over yourself, Jerry.

Aprime said:

Yeah yeah, I get it, you're a Navy seal with 5000 confirmed kills.

Get over yourself, Jerry.

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Information Systems Technician
Petty Officer 2nd class
Enlisted Surface Warfare Qualified for Arleigh Burke class Aeigis guided missile destroyers
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Expert with rifle and small arms
4 Mediterranean and Persian Gulf deployments... 0 kills personally, I just relayed the coordinates.

Jerrys were the German's slang name in WWII

You missed the part where I was making fun of your tough guy attitude and was purposely calling you something else than your name with zero historical referencing, but okay.

Patrick.S said:

****, now after looking at the difference in headlights, maybe down the road if the mod bug catches up to me and the necessary front end bits of the Auris are cheap enough... i might do an Auris swap. JDM for the win

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Isn't the shape of the headlights different? Will you need to cut into the iM to make it fit?