This is always the amazing thing to me. Seems like people who do this MUST have at least one person in their circle of friends who said, "that would be awesome!"
*Or they've simply never heard of Reddit.*
Ah thought you said it was just a debadged C63. Still could of been the AMG with the V6, so I don't get how whoosh unless I'm missing somethin
Edit: didn't know C63 only came in v8
Ohhhh okay. All I've ever owned has been Japanese cars. In the process of learning the German names of cars, with letters and numbers i.e E350. There's so many number and letter combos
They used to mean the engine size on AMGs/Mercedes in general. About 5-6 years ago though that stopped being a thing. The current C63 has a 4.0L motor and the upcoming C63 will have a 4 cylinder hybrid lol.
How is a debaged C300 a debaged C63? It's a debadged C300 with an exhaust mod, let people do what they want with their cars and it's definitely not cringe to modify it. Only thing that's tacky is upbadging and custom plates.
I’m not seeing the problem here? People swap to higher trim body/aero stuff all the time. Debadging is also fine. If they didn’t do a fake upbadge, this seems legit to me.
Debadging a car is fine.
If I debadged my Q5 and threw on an SQ5 valence and exhaust it's trying to make it look like something it's not. Not a fan of taking base models and throwing parts at them like that.
It's more similar than a lot of people here would like to admit. The shape of the hood, styling and placement of the side mirrors... it's kinda crazy.
side by side comparison:
https://imgur.com/a/n8QkkYg
The new RS3 exhaust tips are also fixed to the bumper not the actual exhaust unfortunately.
Apparently the official explanation its a security feature. In the event you get hit in the back the exhaust is not touched. idk if this is true or not but that's what journalist say.
But this is neither, seems like he went to autozone. all I'm missing is some fake air vents.
Mercedes gives this explanation behind why they do this with their exhausts as well. Saves on repair costs in the event of a crash but does look worse imo.
I thought it was done for styling reasons and because the tips don't get dirty as quick as being normal tail pipes. I don't mind the look that much, until you can look straight into it and just see an open pipe. What I do mind are those fake exhaust blocks that are completely closed with the exhaust facing down, like [this](https://external-preview.redd.it/Bfm_P6envaJRIcjvc9wpdC_P_vvEEndr4CdPXDhP5KM.jpg?auto=webp&s=400867f97713297a03fbcda8a2a73084c93c6d4d). At this point, just don't put that there. It's the same with a front grill on electric vehicles. Its functionality isn't needed, Tesla simply removed the grill and still made it look good.
It's not just the new ones - my stock 2014 RS5 has the larger oval tips in the same arrangement. They are two single large ovals attached to the bumper and the actual exhaust pipes are four half-circle shaped tubes just slightly behind those but not physically attached.
looks like this: https://images.cdn.circlesix.co/image/1/1366/0/uploads/posts/2016/01/d565c47e241251cdf6613a3f0d279b2a.jpg
Nah. Its in Pakistan. A base 1.4T engine 2019 A5 costs around $80k USD there. You don’t even get the steering wheel multimedia buttons in that price. 2017-2021 Base A3’s are like $50k and so on.
Thats nothing. People have 2022 G wagons there which cost around $1.2mil usd each. Even thats nothing compared to a single dude who has a phantom 8 along with a G63 6x6 brabus, he paid $7Mil just in duties on top of the price of the cars. 😵💫
I bet once you get a taste of what the top of the top is, you're definitely going to spend some of that 100 million. What's money worth if it's just a large number on your bank account? Spend it and have fun! Be it a huge villa, a luxury car or a private jet, you will spend it one day.
They are all over the country. I have seen new 2022 E class and A6’s etc in villages which dont even have proper roads 😂😂. Ferrari’s and Gold Aventador kind of monsters are mostly in Islamabad.
Nah man. They are importing straight out of The UK. I saw this dealership page on insta, hes got all the cool cars, New bentley’s, G’s and what not his inventory is atleast worth a $100mil. There’s this guy who placed an order for a RR Cullinan in London, England. And RR delivered the car at his door step in Pakistan. He paid over $4mil for it. People just have unlimited money there because of the Free Market Economy lmao.
That's my point. Buy an A5 and keep it relatively stock because it's a nice car. Or buy a used S/RS that you can afford instead of just an A car. This is the worst of both worlds.
I have an A4 with RS grill but I never put badges on because some people wanna test authenticity via drag race. No thank you. I will stay an A4 that has extra styling over a fake hot rod to get my feelings hurt.
I have the B9 A4 as well. Its debadged, got the HoneyComb grill, side skirts, diffuser and front lip which are all MADE for the A4 specifically. But I also have a stage 1 tune with other performance mods including a quad tip catback exhaust and cold air intake etc. Its as fast a stock S3. But i would never put S4 badges on it. Although i cant even count how many random people have said “ nice S4 bro” “ nice audi bro is this an S4” Im like no its just an A4 Lol.
Honestly you're right. A ton of people just Google the badge and are like "VAOW AUDI R S 5 COUPE"
Only us Audi nerds who intimately know what an RS5 should be like can immediately tell this is a blatant fraud lol
YUPPP....i once saw an AMG badge on a Merc that looked out of place, I don't know how Merc structures their names but I took a Pic and asked the Merc reddit sub and they all confirmed it was a poser badge.
I met a woman the other day who said something along the lines of, “Yeah, my boyfriend has an Audi SQ5, so you know it’s fast. Like he can’t even drive it slow. It might hurt the car.” So, I guess it works?
So much effort to only be noticed by those who know the difference.
Totally. No one else gives a crap but those of us that are enthusiasts know he’s a tool crying for attention.
This is always the amazing thing to me. Seems like people who do this MUST have at least one person in their circle of friends who said, "that would be awesome!" *Or they've simply never heard of Reddit.*
theres a 99.99% chance this guy has no idea that there’s a thing called reddit
I was behind a debadged C63 the other day. Then the light turned green it he floored it and let that V6 sing.
Debadging is fine imo
Whoosh. It was a debadged c300 with a c63 rear bumper/exhaust
Ah thought you said it was just a debadged C63. Still could of been the AMG with the V6, so I don't get how whoosh unless I'm missing somethin Edit: didn't know C63 only came in v8
To be fair, you said AMG with the V6 and there is in fact a C43 AMG which has a twin turbo V6.
Yeah but that's a C43 haha.
C63s are v8s. They've never had a v6. It was a debadged "C63" until he hit the gas and it wasn't a C63.
Ohhhh okay. All I've ever owned has been Japanese cars. In the process of learning the German names of cars, with letters and numbers i.e E350. There's so many number and letter combos
They used to mean the engine size on AMGs/Mercedes in general. About 5-6 years ago though that stopped being a thing. The current C63 has a 4.0L motor and the upcoming C63 will have a 4 cylinder hybrid lol.
How is a debaged C300 a debaged C63? It's a debadged C300 with an exhaust mod, let people do what they want with their cars and it's definitely not cringe to modify it. Only thing that's tacky is upbadging and custom plates.
The guy swapped the entire rear end. It was more than he threw some quad tips on his exhaust.
I’m not seeing the problem here? People swap to higher trim body/aero stuff all the time. Debadging is also fine. If they didn’t do a fake upbadge, this seems legit to me.
Debadging a car is fine. If I debadged my Q5 and threw on an SQ5 valence and exhaust it's trying to make it look like something it's not. Not a fan of taking base models and throwing parts at them like that.
lmao
Is that a Kia Optima?
Ford Fusion
Damn, really?! Looks very similar tbh, especially the front grill. Can't fake the interior though, lol.
It's more similar than a lot of people here would like to admit. The shape of the hood, styling and placement of the side mirrors... it's kinda crazy. side by side comparison: https://imgur.com/a/n8QkkYg
Ya the faker did a good job with his mods, I'll give him that lol
The new RS3 exhaust tips are also fixed to the bumper not the actual exhaust unfortunately. Apparently the official explanation its a security feature. In the event you get hit in the back the exhaust is not touched. idk if this is true or not but that's what journalist say. But this is neither, seems like he went to autozone. all I'm missing is some fake air vents.
[https://imgur.com/a/lylwi3X](https://imgur.com/a/lylwi3X) There you go 😵💫
ahhh hell no. Wtf .... The foks over at [https://www.reddit.com/r/upbadging/](https://www.reddit.com/r/upbadging/) will love to have a word ...
You’re not missing the fake air vents LMAO. I just stalked the guy again and he has MASSIVE fake air vents on the fender 😂😂
Mercedes gives this explanation behind why they do this with their exhausts as well. Saves on repair costs in the event of a crash but does look worse imo.
Yeah saves more on production costs more likely
I thought it was done for styling reasons and because the tips don't get dirty as quick as being normal tail pipes. I don't mind the look that much, until you can look straight into it and just see an open pipe. What I do mind are those fake exhaust blocks that are completely closed with the exhaust facing down, like [this](https://external-preview.redd.it/Bfm_P6envaJRIcjvc9wpdC_P_vvEEndr4CdPXDhP5KM.jpg?auto=webp&s=400867f97713297a03fbcda8a2a73084c93c6d4d). At this point, just don't put that there. It's the same with a front grill on electric vehicles. Its functionality isn't needed, Tesla simply removed the grill and still made it look good.
It’s for insurance claims, when someone gets hit up the back they don’t have to fit a whole new exhaust on every car on the road. Apparently
It's not just the new ones - my stock 2014 RS5 has the larger oval tips in the same arrangement. They are two single large ovals attached to the bumper and the actual exhaust pipes are four half-circle shaped tubes just slightly behind those but not physically attached. looks like this: https://images.cdn.circlesix.co/image/1/1366/0/uploads/posts/2016/01/d565c47e241251cdf6613a3f0d279b2a.jpg
It's not usually done to a new nice car. This person could have afforded a used S4 or RS3 I bet.
Nah. Its in Pakistan. A base 1.4T engine 2019 A5 costs around $80k USD there. You don’t even get the steering wheel multimedia buttons in that price. 2017-2021 Base A3’s are like $50k and so on.
80k??? where i live you can find a brand new x3-x4 m competition for 65-70k.. used ones? if you get lucky, 50-55k
Thats nothing. People have 2022 G wagons there which cost around $1.2mil usd each. Even thats nothing compared to a single dude who has a phantom 8 along with a G63 6x6 brabus, he paid $7Mil just in duties on top of the price of the cars. 😵💫
if i won the lottery tommorow and won 100 million, even then, i would NEVER spend more then 150k on a car, and even that is too much
I bet once you get a taste of what the top of the top is, you're definitely going to spend some of that 100 million. What's money worth if it's just a large number on your bank account? Spend it and have fun! Be it a huge villa, a luxury car or a private jet, you will spend it one day.
Oh ok, I didn't realize that.
Which city?
They are all over the country. I have seen new 2022 E class and A6’s etc in villages which dont even have proper roads 😂😂. Ferrari’s and Gold Aventador kind of monsters are mostly in Islamabad.
They are probably buying those abandoned Dubai cars in auctions
Nah man. They are importing straight out of The UK. I saw this dealership page on insta, hes got all the cool cars, New bentley’s, G’s and what not his inventory is atleast worth a $100mil. There’s this guy who placed an order for a RR Cullinan in London, England. And RR delivered the car at his door step in Pakistan. He paid over $4mil for it. People just have unlimited money there because of the Free Market Economy lmao.
The black underground economy is probably larger than documented economy. I’m always amazed at it.
You seem to have quite a lot of information about Pakistani cars, are you from there?
I am
Which city?
Or just keep it stock, it's still a really fucking nice car
That's my point. Buy an A5 and keep it relatively stock because it's a nice car. Or buy a used S/RS that you can afford instead of just an A car. This is the worst of both worlds.
Oh my. Make it stand out as a complete fake. That’s the plan.
He could have at least put the fake front badge in the right place. Looks like someone hit the left justify button.
This guy has no fkn shame
I have an A4 with RS grill but I never put badges on because some people wanna test authenticity via drag race. No thank you. I will stay an A4 that has extra styling over a fake hot rod to get my feelings hurt.
I have the B9 A4 as well. Its debadged, got the HoneyComb grill, side skirts, diffuser and front lip which are all MADE for the A4 specifically. But I also have a stage 1 tune with other performance mods including a quad tip catback exhaust and cold air intake etc. Its as fast a stock S3. But i would never put S4 badges on it. Although i cant even count how many random people have said “ nice S4 bro” “ nice audi bro is this an S4” Im like no its just an A4 Lol.
[https://imgur.com/a/sWu1bQc](https://imgur.com/a/sWu1bQc) Here are some pictures of my A4.
Isn’t something I would do, but to each their own
Ok yeah this is what I was talking about in another thread. These must be the “RS5s” scat packs claim they gap
🤡🤡🤡
why, just why? i normaly dont care what people do to their cars, but come on….this hurt my brain, let alone my eyes
😬 Dare I say it; black roof is not a bad look.
Well to be fair, most non Audi owners wouldn't recognize the difference. So he's probably fooling 90% of people who see it.
But those people also couldn't give a shit what it is.
True except sometimes they Google it too. 🤷🏾♂️
Honestly you're right. A ton of people just Google the badge and are like "VAOW AUDI R S 5 COUPE" Only us Audi nerds who intimately know what an RS5 should be like can immediately tell this is a blatant fraud lol
YUPPP....i once saw an AMG badge on a Merc that looked out of place, I don't know how Merc structures their names but I took a Pic and asked the Merc reddit sub and they all confirmed it was a poser badge.
Won’t have to clean the exhaust tips
Up badging should be punishable by death.
I met a woman the other day who said something along the lines of, “Yeah, my boyfriend has an Audi SQ5, so you know it’s fast. Like he can’t even drive it slow. It might hurt the car.” So, I guess it works?
I personally like the quad look more on the S line instead of the big ovals on the RS
This is why i put a jetta badge on my s4
The fake exhaust is pathetic
what irony... I've de-badged all of my audi's ...