Hey all, im new to the Integra scene, but not new to the tuning scene.
I owned an Accord for a while and this is my first Integra.

Well i so happen to have a GSR.
Now, i've heard horror stories of them getting stolen quite often.

My question is, do you think i should leave the "Vtec" badge on there?

What are the Pro's and Con's of that.

It looks sweet! i dont want to take it off.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Slo Cord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey all, im new to the Integra scene, but not new to the tuning scene.
I owned an Accord for a while and this is my first Integra.

Well i so happen to have a GSR.
Now, i've heard horror stories of them getting stolen quite often.

My question is, do you think i should leave the "Vtec" badge on there?

What are the Pro's and Con's of that.

It looks sweet! i dont want to take it off.....</TD></TR></TABLE>I heard someone say once, when i beat a V8 car i want them too see the badge so theyll respect VTEC and know what just walked them... but no offense to the east coast and cali... but if i lived there i sure as hell wouldnt keep my vtec badge... too many thieves.... not that theyre arent other places with bad thieve population but i would just take it off...

 

an integra is still an integra if it has the vtec badge or not....sorry to say...if a thief wanted to he could look at your vin to see if it was a gsr or pop your hood and see if its worth taking.

 

I think it's a personal preference! If you're doing it for theft protection it might not be worth it because if they want your car bad enough they're going to take it...gsr or not! I'd personally keep it on if it were mine!

 

Bottom line is Integra's are targets for theft. Regardless of model.

Just make sure to you layer your security well and park it in a high traffic/highly visible areas....and just hope for the best.

 

Get a good security system and be paranoid about your car (works for me) .
&lt;---- Glad car theft isnt high where he lives.

 

badge or no badge, all they are going to do is look at the rims, or the tach. or in ten sec pop the hood to make sure.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wrx-killer-Sti eater &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">badge or no badge, all they are going to do is look at the rims, or the tach. or in ten sec pop the hood to make sure. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i was gonna say this too. i was contemplating taking my vtec badge off for anti-theft.. but im not replacing my blades anytime soon.. so whats the point?

 

yeah their all right, thieves will steal any car that they desire, even if it has the v-tec badge, or the type R decal, no matter what they will getg it and it SUCKS but it is your car, so do what you feel is neccasary

for theives

 

sorry i mean theives SUCKS

 

id take it off to lower the risk

 

What about the GS-R badge itself on a g2 integra.. sometimes I thinks someone might steal the emblem cause it rare..what you guys think

 

yeah....the best badge i ever seen on a INTEGRA was a LOJACK tag....ahahahahi need to get my self one!..but its coast a pretty penny to get it tho!

 

I would just leave them one...cause they look SICK!!!!...jk but it doesn't matter if you have them or not. Just let peeps know you got a GSR.

 

another way they will know its a gsr is the third brake light is not there...

 

i have a 95 gsr and it has the 98 blades. my friend swapped it with another friend of mine before selling me the car. I don't have the leather seats and i took off my gsr ****. I have a decent viper alarm. Well the thieves probably think im trying to pose so that kinda helps out. Just thought i share. but yeah i live in southern cali so im always paranoid about my baby. My advice is to remove that vtec badge. I'd still remove the "TYPE R" in the rear and on the sides if i had one. DRAWS TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmdc2jdm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My advice is to remove that vtec badge. I'd still remove the "TYPE R" in the rear and on the sides if i had one. DRAWS TOO MUCH ATTENTION. </TD></TR></TABLE> But they are still going to notice the 5-lugs, cant take that off

On the other hand they might think im a poser as well.
The car right now has cheap 14" American racing rims.

 

When I got my GSR, I was debating the same thing, but a couple days into owning the car, I had so many people reving at me at red lights. And the straw that broke the camel's back was when this redneck in his pickup truck started reving at me. I got home a peeled that thing off ASAP.

Just way too much unwanted attention for me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 01blackgsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When I got my GSR, I was debating the same thing, but a couple days into owning the car, I had so many people reving at me at red lights. And the straw that broke the camel's back was when this redneck in his pickup truck started reving at me. I got home a peeled that thing off ASAP.

Just way too much unwanted attention for me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO!!1!

 

i like it. i kept mine on my gsr, and i havent had any problems at all like these guys have. hell i got more **** with my ls than i have in my gsr.

do whatever you like or is best for your situation. if i had a bunch of **** reving or trying to race me or thiefs looking at my ride i would probably take it off too, but i dont so i keep it on there.

 

Either way by removing the badge it could prevent a small percentage of theives to not even bother steeling the car. Every little bit helps

 

Take the badge off and put mesh's on it

 

just leave it on. be hardcore

 

it doesn;t matter, there are a bunch of others ways to tell you have a GSR than just that badge

 

ya, all they have to do is look at your vin#.
once they see DC2 you're fucked.