Originally posted by NVMYSVT: the only way you should be able to claim that your car is a SVT is if you run the vin and FORD says it's an SVT... Mis-badging is not cool and is lying no matter how you look at it..
Same thing happens in the Cougar community... can a person put the SVT badge on the car if they have the SVT UIM and the SVT TB? NO! some people out there think that simply painting the stock UIM black and adding the plaque gives them the right to add the SVT emblem..
Who has their certificate of authencity proving it is a true SVT? I do! and it makes me damn proud to own one of the few that were produced by the Special Vehicle Team.
SVT's have certain features that identify it is a SVT, please keep those features off your car or don't go all out and claim it to be something it is not.
I agree. I do think if I was in the shoes of the SE/GL folks I would be hunting high and low for an SVT kit. It is hands down the best for the Tour'. Having the kit is cool and respectable, on the other hand, like most said already - mis-badging it and trying to put it of as a true SVT isn't cool. I have seen some really nice SVT kitted SE's and GL's on the forum since I have been here. Props to those folks. More props to those who went the extra mile and did the performance mods to go with the kit.
