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Rebadging the SC
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Originally Posted by ridox
what im wondering what happens if your runing a 2jzgte from a supra would you put a supra badge and a toyota symbol?
Altho theres one thing that eeks me, putting soarers and griffens on a 2JZGE car. Soarers were always turbo 6 or v8. If i were to see a car badged as a Soarer, i expect it to be a fairly decently quick car. Seeing a body kitted, rimmed, 170rwhp car badged as a soarer is just wrong in my book.
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Originally Posted by VJ RC51
Soarers were always turbo 6 or v8. If i were to see a car badged as a Soarer, i expect it to be a fairly decently quick car. Seeing a body kitted, rimmed, 170rwhp car badged as a soarer is just wrong in my book.
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Last edited by nasc300; Apr 6, 2006 at 12:29 PM.
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From: Central FL
Originally Posted by nasc300
Soarers were not all turbo 6 they came with the GE also.
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Originally Posted by VJ RC51
I would consider that just the same.. sc300, soarer, doenst matter. The car was made in japan, one rolled off as sc, the one next to it was a soarer. Putting 2jzgte in, is just a personal preference, at least its turbo.
Altho theres one thing that eeks me, putting soarers and griffens on a 2JZGE car. Soarers were always turbo 6 or v8. If i were to see a car badged as a Soarer, i expect it to be a fairly decently quick car. Seeing a body kitted, rimmed, 170rwhp car badged as a soarer is just wrong in my book.
Altho theres one thing that eeks me, putting soarers and griffens on a 2JZGE car. Soarers were always turbo 6 or v8. If i were to see a car badged as a Soarer, i expect it to be a fairly decently quick car. Seeing a body kitted, rimmed, 170rwhp car badged as a soarer is just wrong in my book.
in the end it doesnt matter what people think.. do what you like 
my personal opinion is if you have soarer badges, put the toyota badges on as well just so itll go together, if youre gonna do it half a**ed dont do it at all
my personal opinion is if you have soarer badges, put the toyota badges on as well just so itll go together, if youre gonna do it half a**ed dont do it at all
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From: Central FL
Originally Posted by Stoic
That 's my opinion also.. That's what I would consider "RICE". All show and no go badged as a JDM car.
Rebadging a car as its Japanese counterpart is fine in my book, if its somewhat up to its JDM couterparts spec. I love seeing 240's with siliva on them when they are srdet, etc.. Even better when they have the jspec body parts.
The sc300 has the same body parts as the jdm soarer. The only thing the SC300 can change is to the 1jzgte. the SC400 can just rebadge, and it would be hot.. id love to see the 4.0L or whatever on its fender.
Steering wheel on one side or the other i dont think matters, because its out of purpose for the countrys driving laws, not anything else. It doesn't make a car faster or handle better, or better in general.
Both cars were made in the same factory, it was just up a guy on a button on which he decides what shell became what. Whatever you want to call the car, SC or Soarer, the name points to the exact same car. It's even proved they did come limited with the 2jzge, so really whats the difference?
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Originally Posted by VJ RC51
It's even proved they did come limited with the 2jzge
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Originally Posted by koryso
i wonder if at this same time the japanese kids are on a forum discusing if they should put usdm Lexus badges on there soarer hmmmmm.... 
who cares
who caresOf course. If you really think about it.. By putting toyota soarer on the car thats not really JDM... because alot of people with toyota soarers rebadge them lexus soarer. they take off the side stickers, leave the griffen, and fender emblem, but put lexus on the back. Alot even change the steering wheel to the lexus one. So really.. keeping lexus on the car is jdm
i have the soarer badge with big "L" in the middle. i like it and i get compliments on the way the car is badge. i choose this setup because i wanted to seperate my car from most black sc's out there.
i also saw a sc300 i don't know if they are a Cl member, putting my stock motor in their car and they had the JDM emblems. I must say rather they had a jz swap of na-t. the outside of the car is nice.
i also saw a sc300 i don't know if they are a Cl member, putting my stock motor in their car and they had the JDM emblems. I must say rather they had a jz swap of na-t. the outside of the car is nice.