JHZR2
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Yes, easy to see when pointed out!
When you work at a body shop, and are too lazy to look at the other side of the vehicle.
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Yes, easy to see when pointed out!
Was that a subliminal message? Does the Wife need more room?
...I own a Ram, you know.During the days of hubcaps it was common to run two identical hubcaps on one side and two other ones on the other side because it was so common to have them fall off or get stolen. It was easier to match two than four.
it says ”1500.” it’s not a work truck!I'm with the testosterone police, sir. Complaining about cosmetics on a work truck is against the law. Please forfeit your Man Card.
It's a truck for crying out loud, not a Gucci purse.
Really?I'm with the testosterone police, sir. Complaining about cosmetics on a work truck is against the law. Please forfeit your Man Card.
It's a truck for crying out loud, not a Gucci purse.
Decades ago I had a friend who was given a BMW 318i as a birthday gift. The vehicle was delivered with the "i" inverted.
Not necessarily OCD. To the trained eye, it makes it much easier to tell if a vehicle has been re-painted. I've looked at quite a few vehicles with spotless carfax reports that have emblem placement like this, and by closer examination you can tell the paint is slightly off. Obviously this isn't a problem if you only buy new cars, but something to keep in mind if buying used.
As someone who worked in insurance, my guess is that this was a body shop that gets a "deal" by being a preferred shop for an insurance company. Or it was Maaco.
Rental work truck at my summer job in 1980 ... a new Ford had the D on the hood upside-down.
We had lots of problems with that truck - it's as though they'd tagged it as a lemon at the factory.
I learned the hard way about Carfax. I had a Jeep that was spotless on Carfax that had been badly wrecked in the rear at some point. Later I find paint drips on the rear hatch, emblems were all wrong and it had two bent rear axles.
I still look at Carfax, but it's only one data point.
I still look at Carfax, but it's only one data point.
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No, it's not a big deal, but honestly, the worker couldn't take a second to go check what the other side looked like?
That guy is a lazy bum. If he does this what about his other workmanship?
That's called not having any pride in their work, which is true of most in the auto repair industry today.
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The fact that those huge ass letters/numbers are there in the first place is the real problem.
And now we see the brand new Chevy Tahoe/Suburbans slash GMC Yukons with their rear gate lettering toward the center and in different centered orientations on each side of the handle like some blind primary school dropout placed them. Lord save me from the OCD that is overtaking me...
And now we see the brand new Chevy Tahoe/Suburbans slash GMC Yukons with their rear gate lettering toward the center and in different centered orientations on each side of the handle like some blind primary school dropout placed them. Lord save me from the OCD that is overtaking me...
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OCD used to be called "attention to detail" and there is NOTHING wrong with it. It's a sign of pride in workmanship and the result is high quality.
I suppose we could call the Japanese all guilty of OCD. I praise them for that "fault".
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Pride in workmanship
Pictures are sad. But, see it all the time... wrong rims, chrome on one side and blacked out on another.... some bodyshops shouldn't be in business
Pride in workmanship
Pictures are sad. But, see it all the time... wrong rims, chrome on one side and blacked out on another.... some bodyshops shouldn't be in business
318!
Maybe they can't paint 'faded' .
Not necessarily OCD. To the trained eye, it makes it much easier to tell if a vehicle has been re-painted. I've looked at quite a few vehicles with spotless carfax reports that have emblem placement like this, and by closer examination you can tell the paint is slightly off. Obviously this isn't a problem if you only buy new cars, but something to keep in mind if buying used.
As someone who worked in insurance, my guess is that this was a body shop that gets a "deal" by being a preferred shop for an insurance company. Or it was Maaco.
The body shop gets a "deal"? Isn't it the other way around? That the insurance company actually negotiates lower shop rates if they become a "preferred" shop?
The paint work is a mute point since it can't be ascertained by a computer monitor.
Poorly placed badging doesn't bug me per say, just stands out to me like a sore thumb. The rear mostly because I am staring at poorly spaced badging or badging on the entirely incorrect side or top/bottom - always tell myself 'oh that car has been rear ended'. Honestly it is not that hard to look up a picture of a car and its badges and try to eyeball it - some like this one its like oh they didn't even try. I have seen VW's, MB's and BMW's with their model name/number/etc. that are spaced like 1" between - so an E350 would look like E 3 5 0, JETTA as J E T T A. Looks silly - at least try to get close to original.
Now I will admit back in the day when I was 18 and had a "new to me" ~3 year old 1999 Dodge Neon that I rebadged to a Plymouth Neon after the Dodge hood ornament delaminated and flew off somewhere out in California and the Dodge on the rear was all plastic/decal corroded from spending 3 years in Pennsylvania winter. Front sailboat installation was fine since its just a circle logo - the Plymouth on the rear was close but not quite right because I did not know the art of laying these stickers down from the sticky paper they came on. I still am not entirely certain why I spent $$ to rebadge it but I think it was like $30 for all of it from the Chryco dealer.
Now I will admit back in the day when I was 18 and had a "new to me" ~3 year old 1999 Dodge Neon that I rebadged to a Plymouth Neon after the Dodge hood ornament delaminated and flew off somewhere out in California and the Dodge on the rear was all plastic/decal corroded from spending 3 years in Pennsylvania winter. Front sailboat installation was fine since its just a circle logo - the Plymouth on the rear was close but not quite right because I did not know the art of laying these stickers down from the sticky paper they came on. I still am not entirely certain why I spent $$ to rebadge it but I think it was like $30 for all of it from the Chryco dealer.
In my mischievous years, I drove an 86 escort, well used, and it wasn’t aging well. I found some stickers in the exact color and script of Ford, except that they said something else which started with a capitol F. I painstakingly cut a piece of backing plastic to fit, and replaced the front emblem with it. I thought it was hilarious (I was a lot younger). I only knew of one person who actually noticed it, outside of my group of friends. Traded it in that way....
I can be OCD, I like symmetry, etc.... Just found what you're talking about and those are horrible to me. Actually, the Suburban and Tahoe are okay - their badges are centered and up higher. It's the Yukon Denali that's bad. It's
YUKON ===== DENALI
I think it's just the placement that makes it worse though. I can live with 5-digits vs 6-digits because you can squeeze them into equal horizontal space. It's like they had no ideal place to put the badges.
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