Police Forum Police Head Mod: Skidmark
Questions & info about the Motor Vehicle Act. Mature discussion only. |
 | 
10-22-2010, 10:19 PM
|
#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Langley
Posts: 3,493
Thanked 2,183 Times in 606 Posts
| car badges
quick question, is it illegal to have a different badge on your car?
ex: say you drive a toyota, but you have a chevy logo on it... so it would say chevy 4runner on the back or something..
cause i know 75% of people with acuras rip off the A and put in an H...
so whats the deal there? allowed or not to?
| 
|  | |
10-22-2010, 10:47 PM
|
#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: vancouver
Posts: 827
Thanked 184 Times in 106 Posts
|
It's fine. If the police wanted to know what car you drive, they can just run the plate.
any PO's confirm this?
I see so much of it, but never seen one get into trouble for it?
You'd look stupid though, putting an AMG sign on a BMW...etc
| |
| | |
10-22-2010, 10:51 PM
|
#3 | | not the mod you're looking for
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,743
Thanked 1,536 Times in 556 Posts
|
I'd imagine that it would be perfectly fine. Changing the badge of the car does not change its model and make.
| 
| | |
10-22-2010, 10:52 PM
|
#4 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Langley
Posts: 3,493
Thanked 2,183 Times in 606 Posts
|
hahaha if you've seen my vehicle you'd understand and laugh...jacked up 4x4...hasnt been washed in years...dents everywhere...scratches all over from making my own trails in bushes...a budget rental sticker i tend to put on from time to time hahaha...random things people have written into the mud/dirt on teh back of the vehicle "i love fat bitches" "free candy inside" "i love dongs" and the list goes on hahaha...i never go to the back so i never really notice whats written there until a week or two later usually hahaha..
| |
| | |
10-23-2010, 02:02 AM
|
#5 | | I subscribe to Revscene
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 1,910
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
any pics? love to see
| |
| | |
10-23-2010, 09:53 AM
|
#6 | | Banned (ABWS)
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: 604
Posts: 86
Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts
|
I have a "CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR" badge on my GSR, i've had no hassles so far.
| |
| | |
10-23-2010, 11:17 AM
|
#7 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Richmond
Posts: 540
Thanked 79 Times in 22 Posts
|
Did a full Eclipse conversion before on my Talon, can't see anything Talon about it even down to steering wheel or antenna... cops would pull me over and check the reg, vin, plate, then let me go. They just want to link up plate and vin with the reg.
| |
| | |
10-23-2010, 12:41 PM
|
#8 | | Banned (ABWS)
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kits/Richmond
Posts: 4,409
Thanked 1,105 Times in 540 Posts
|
Badges don't matter as much as colour does  try driving around a 2-tone car and being pulled over cause it should be silver yet looks black from the rear  | |
| | |
10-24-2010, 09:22 AM
|
#9 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Abbotstan
Posts: 20,721
Thanked 12,136 Times in 3,361 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by GreddySpaghetti  I have a "CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR" badge on my GSR, i've had no hassles so far. | Ultimate rice 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Godzira Does anyone know how many to a signature? | ..
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianrietta Not a sebberry post goes by where I don't frown and think to myself "so..?" | | |
| | |
10-24-2010, 08:16 PM
|
#10 | | RS Peace Officer
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver Islan
Posts: 3,867
Thanked 1,636 Times in 683 Posts
|
Uh I have one on my non-Police MC. Seems it fell off when the new reflective striping kits were installed on the rear of some PCs. My bad.  | |
| | |
10-24-2010, 10:29 PM
|
#11 | | I subscribe to Revscene
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Victoria
Posts: 1,978
Thanked 185 Times in 129 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by GreddySpaghetti I have a "CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR" badge on my GSR, i've had no hassles so far. | Sure that isn't something like impostering a police officer? I know having a red map reading light would be so I have a feeling putting "police" on the back of your car must be too.
| |
| | |
11-13-2010, 05:55 PM
|
#12 | | Certified Troll: Access Removed
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 41st
Posts: 7
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
badge and emblem doesnt matter, but matte car different color from under layer or original is not allowed. must renew through icbc and let them know that if ie) white car --> matte black now must comment as black car not white
| |
| | |
11-14-2010, 11:08 AM
|
#13 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,629
Thanked 273 Times in 90 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by taylor192 Badges don't matter as much as colour does try driving around a 2-tone car and being pulled over cause it should be silver yet looks black from the rear | I know someone who got pulled over while driving a POS rustbucket. Her car was technically blue but the cop put BROWN because of all the rust. She won the dispute.  | |
| | |
11-14-2010, 07:14 PM
|
#14 | | OWNER/C.F.O./MONEYMAN
Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 16,486
Thanked 2,253 Times in 626 Posts
|
would you rather face the ticket? or the mocking from everyone for all the badges that dont belong to your car?
tough decision...
| |
| | |
11-14-2010, 07:27 PM
|
#15 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Surrey, BC
Posts: 1,160
Thanked 1,164 Times in 201 Posts
|
i don't see the emblems a problem at all, people do odd conversions to their cars too :P
__________________
Too many styles, so little cars.
89' Skyline GTS-T - Big Turbo Widebody
1990 FC RX7 - Tap Walls, Bang Limiters
1998 Integra - RIP
1992 Celica GT - SOLD
1985 Trans Am Firebird - SOLD | |
| | |
12-11-2010, 01:09 PM
|
#16 | | NOOB, Not Quite a Regular!
Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lower Mainland
Posts: 36
Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts
|
Never had an officer question my Tuscani emblems. However when one asked what type of car it was after pulling me over for my loud a$$ headers, he looked like a deer in the headlights.
| |
| | |
08-23-2011, 06:47 PM
|
#17 | | RS controls my life!
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canada
Posts: 743
Thanked 20 Times in 14 Posts
|
I am bumping this old thread because a VPD officer was try to give me trouble for having Honda badges on my Acura. (I pointed out the glass etching from the factory, he told me anyone could have done it themselves...)
I would like to know if there is an exact law saying I can or can't do that? That way when I meet another officer that doesn't believe an acura is a honda, I can tell him i am legally allowed to do that.
| |
| | |
08-23-2011, 08:31 PM
|
#18 | | RS controls my life!
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 737
Thanked 287 Times in 111 Posts
|
should've told him to run the vin/plates. sounds like mr. officer was having a power trip...
__________________
Put this on your profile if you know someone who has died of
Cancer or whom maybe suffering from it.
----///-\\\----
---|||---|||---
---|||---|||---
---|||---|||---
----\\\-///----
-----\\///-----
------///\-----
-----///\\\----
----///--\\\---
| |
| | |
08-24-2011, 08:20 AM
|
#19 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,608
Thanked 170 Times in 87 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by xmisstrinh should've told him to run the vin/plates. sounds like mr. officer was having a power trip... | If you read the thread about covering your VIN, you'll see that his VIN was covered and that's why the officer started giving him a hard time. Having the VIN covered is a legit concern of the officer. The badge issue, he may be just checking to see why he is 'misrepresenting' his car...although we all know that Acuras have Honda plastered all over everything in the car. I guess you do have a legit beef about him questioning the badge, but if the VIN wasn't covered, I don't think he would have looked further.
| |
| | |
08-24-2011, 09:14 AM
|
#20 | | Banned (ABWS)
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kits/Richmond
Posts: 4,409
Thanked 1,105 Times in 540 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Bath Tussue I am bumping this old thread because a VPD officer was try to give me trouble for having Honda badges on my Acura. (I pointed out the glass etching from the factory, he told me anyone could have done it themselves...)
I would like to know if there is an exact law saying I can or can't do that? That way when I meet another officer that doesn't believe an acura is a honda, I can tell him i am legally allowed to do that. | You can tell him legally you're allowed to do it, just make sure there's nothing else you can be VI'd for cause he sure won't be in a good mood after that.
Officers make sure the plates match the car, and if you've changed the badges then it might not and you'll get pulled over to check. Luckily most officers are car people and know about this minor stuff and let it go.
| |
| | |
08-24-2011, 09:20 AM
|
#21 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Abbotstan
Posts: 20,721
Thanked 12,136 Times in 3,361 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Bath Tussue I am bumping this old thread because a VPD officer was try to give me trouble for having Honda badges on my Acura. | So, flip the Honda badge over... now it's a (slightly distorted) Acura "A"). Does he not know that Acuras ARE Hondas (with factory rice)? Quote: |
(I pointed out the glass etching from the factory, he told me anyone could have done it themselves...)
| Well, I know *I* always carry a professional glass-etching kit with me, ready to carve factory-looking numbers into anyone's windows at the drop of a hat. In fact, just last week, I drove around the British Properties, finding all the BMW 7s and R8s and Bentleys left parked on the streets, and etching authentic-looking Lada VINs into their windows. Ah, good times.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Godzira Does anyone know how many to a signature? | ..
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianrietta Not a sebberry post goes by where I don't frown and think to myself "so..?" | | |
| | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:07 PM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
