I've wondered for years why the buyers of cars allow the dealer to put those ugly dealer badges on their cars? Do they get a discount off the sticker for being a rolling advertisement for the car dealer?

Here in the So. Cal. area you don't see as much of this as you do elsewhere, I don't know why. I don't mind the Jeep badges so much but I would not want some dealer's badge put on my new car I just shelled out thousands of dollars for, or will have by the time it's paid off!

Just thought I'd "toss it out there." Thoughts? Opinions?

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'13 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, Trasharoo, Husky liners, Skid Row plates, Ursa Minor J30, Expedition One rear bumper & tire carrier, Rugged Ridge CB antenna mount, SuperStar 4900+ transceiver, iPad Mini with MotionX GPS.

Last couple of cars I bought were special order high demand vehicles that I picked up right after the truck delivered them. The dealer didn't have time to add his goodies to it. My KJ was bought from CarMax (excellent shopping experience) and it had the bright yellow tags F&R and a bright yellow key chain and bright yellow paper mats and a black CarMax sticker on the tailgate.

I did take all the stuff off pretty soon after taking delivery, but if I hadn't, no one would have seen the CarMax sticker anyway since my bumper install.

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

yep, my KJ came with the CarMax sticker and license plate brackets. took them all off as soon as I got home, same day!

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Jason
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Mine get dealer de-badged as soon as I leave the lot. I requested they not badge my KJ when I ordered it. Picked it up the day it arrived on their lot so they didn't get a chance to prep it.

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2005 CRD "Ol' Blue"
Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time.
My build page- RL Komodo Rear and TJM Front Bumper, armored, lifted, JBA Steel D30, 4.10s and ARB air lockers.

At least the dealer I bought mine from was smart enough to not put dealer stickers on the back of it. Any car I've ever bought I've made them take the sticker off, or no buy!!

De-Dealer badged mine before I even pulled out of their lot with it

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2008 Jeep Liberty (KK) Ltd

My last dealer purchased van had to be debadged and unpinstriped as part of the deal.

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Aaron

A vehicle isn't yours till you learn to wrench on it yourself.

2002 Jeep Liberty Sport (Eugene, I am the Passenger, And I ride and I ride.)
1999 Chev Astro 2WD (Green, Daily Driver)
1997 Chev Astro AWD (Grumpy "The Heep", $250 Rally Van, 335k miles, 2" lift, 31" tires)

The last new vehicle I purchased from Chevrolet didn't put badges on the body. They just use license plate frames and paper license plates with their name on them. Which did come off eventually.

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2004 TJ Rubicon.

Mine did not come with any dealer badge or sticker. It did have a front license plate frame. That was it and it was gone in no time.

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New KJ Gear - Desert Armor Flak

2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

I got a sweet pair of Saturn license plate covers. It was an added bonus.

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'04 KJ Renegade
Frankenlift II Premium
JBA UCA's
Moog LBJ's
Toyo open country MT 245/75/16
Transgo shift reprogramming kit
AEM brute force CAI
Flowmaster exhaust with Magnaflow tip
Thule bars and cargo box
Flux-compasater W/ 1.21 jigawatts
'92 Dodge 250 Cummins turbo diesel (DD)

I bought mine from Lithia, it came with the front and back Lithia plate covers, a lithia tire cover, and all of it got thrown away before i started the rig on their lot. Got a pissed off look from the salesman too, but I don't believe in free advertising, if they want to pay me every month for putting their name on my rig I'll be more than happy to comply. This includes tags by manufacturers no ARB stickers, no alpine or kenwood stickers, the only exception i make is the NRA and when i get it my L.O.S.T. stickers.

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05 o|||||||o Liberty 4x4 Patriot Blue w/Custom Black Trim
Kenwood Excellon KDC-X693 w/Alpine 500w AMP Bridged dual Alpine Subs
Frankenlift I w/Extra Isolator - ARB with Warn M8000
Goodyear Duratrac's 245/75/R16 on Cregar soft 8's, Full Skids