Emblem Question
Pro
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If you need to ask, you already know the answer ;-)
You can put whatever you want on it, it is your car after all. I currently just have 911 on the back of mine, but I did have PORSCHE 911. As to the 50th Anniversary Edition, I personally wouldn't put it on anything apart from a 50th Anniversary Edition Porsche, and would scratch my head seeing it anything apart from 2013 model.
You can put whatever you want on it, it is your car after all. I currently just have 911 on the back of mine, but I did have PORSCHE 911. As to the 50th Anniversary Edition, I personally wouldn't put it on anything apart from a 50th Anniversary Edition Porsche, and would scratch my head seeing it anything apart from 2013 model.
Drifting
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I think anything but what came on the car is inappropriate to my eyes……..I like the badging of all the 997s….the 991 not so much (and the badging is just the beginning of the problems with that model!).
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Okay, I'd agree, don't mislabel your car and I've never seen inbreeding either, that is, a GT3 badge on a Carrera S or anything like that. But where do you fall with regard to people who make their Carrera look like a GT3 or RS (smiles on the front, bumpers, front and rear GT3 spoilers/wings, etc.) - what category does that fall into?
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Just my opinion? It's totally acceptable to buy and install "upgraded" parts, GT3 bumpers etc for performance (aerodynamics?) and aesthetics.
Just don't slap a GT3 badge on the back (or M, AMG ETC). I'm all for swapping into their upgraded exhausts, brakes etc... Perfect example - base Carrera - swap your brakes for the bigger improved S brakes but do NOT EVER paint your calipers red to look like S brakes. This one is tough because people will say they just prefer red calipers. Well, I prefer yellow calipers on my black car but no way would I be a poser and paint them yellow.
Just don't slap a GT3 badge on the back (or M, AMG ETC). I'm all for swapping into their upgraded exhausts, brakes etc... Perfect example - base Carrera - swap your brakes for the bigger improved S brakes but do NOT EVER paint your calipers red to look like S brakes. This one is tough because people will say they just prefer red calipers. Well, I prefer yellow calipers on my black car but no way would I be a poser and paint them yellow.
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Rob, your car is about the nicest looking 911's I've every seen with the black/silver wheels, glossy black paint and black cab top. No way is there a need for yellow calipers. The reds pick up the red brake light lenses, outstanding!
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I usually keep the badging "as is", however, the carrera emblem on the back was looking old and drab....
Just finished and I did use the 991 lettering because it's closer to how Porsche did older emblems....
I've attached a pic of what I did. I'm very happy with result and was a worthwhile update......
Just finished and I did use the 991 lettering because it's closer to how Porsche did older emblems....
I've attached a pic of what I did. I'm very happy with result and was a worthwhile update......
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Okay, I'd agree, don't mislabel your car and I've never seen inbreeding either, that is, a GT3 badge on a Carrera S or anything like that. But where do you fall with regard to people who make their Carrera look like a GT3 or RS (smiles on the front, bumpers, front and rear GT3 spoilers/wings, etc.) - what category does that fall into?
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Keep in mind that the 997 "Carrera" is not really a "911" because a 911 was a 6-cylinder, air cooled GT car built in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Porsche's very adept marketing department knew that you don't kill the golden goose (i.e., the "911") by radically revising it. Marketing got Porsche to call it a "Carrera" which is really a stretch but it is what it is.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
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Keep in mind that the 997 "Carrera" is not really a "911" because a 911 was a 6-cylinder, air cooled GT car built in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Porsche's very adept marketing department knew that you don't kill the golden goose (i.e., the "911") by radically revising it. Marketing got Porsche to call it a "Carrera" which is really a stretch but it is what it is.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
However, The "911" emblem was an option from the factory for the 997. On my 2007 997 as you can see from the pictures above , I didn't use any false advertising
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Keep in mind that the 997 "Carrera" is not really a "911" because a 911 was a 6-cylinder, air cooled GT car built in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Porsche's very adept marketing department knew that you don't kill the golden goose (i.e., the "911") by radically revising it. Marketing got Porsche to call it a "Carrera" which is really a stretch but it is what it is.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
I think it depends more upon the owner. Many today have dreamed of a "911" for many years and now when they have the means to acquire one, they have to buy what is available--a "Carrera." But they still are dreaming of the "911" so they are itching to put a "911" emblem on the back.
As a Porsche 911 driver for some 4 decades I believe in minimizing these things, so ordered mine with it painted to match the car--to blend in. I didn't modify it at all. Most Europeans elect to de-badge their cars--Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benz' so that their neighbors don't know how much they dropped (or didn't drop) on their latest wheels.
It's your car now so you can do what you like to it. But just try not to call it something it isn't.
