Question on badge etiquette

[3TV]

Do you have a link for one of those spacers? I am completely unable to line up these badges. On the last three Jeeps, they are never lined up.

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[azjl#3]

Badges earned by driver, not the jeep. Put them where you want

 

[Trails]

Badges earned by driver, not the jeep. Put them where you want

My opinion is also that they go with the driver. But, I understand why several others think they go with the Jeep. So many people spend so much dang time, thought, and energy into maintaining, modifying (and sometiems repairing) the Jeep that that has "become the sport" itself , or at least a major part of the sport. Wayne Gretsky is not thinking, "Man, I spend so much time sharpening my skates and putting wrap on my hockey stick that I think my equipment deserves the awards." The Jeep, on the other hand, occupies a lot of time with modifications, etc. for some people. I get it. I can see both sides of this debate. ...... I would keep the badges, and put them on my next Jeep, but I would probably wait to put them on until that Jeep is modified / built enough to be at least believeable that it could do the trails on the displayed badges on it.

 

[yokramer]

Do you have a link for one of those spacers? I am completely unable to line up these badges. On the last three Jeeps, they are never lined up.

Ive only found them on etsy, I was hoping to find an stl file and have a buddy print one

Jeep Badge of Honor Template/guide Alignment Tool - Etsy

 

[40Caliber]

At the end of the day , the badge is a memory of a trip you did. With family, with Friends. Solo. it's there to point to and say "kids, remember when we almost died?!? " -

I see it more wrong for someone to be driving around with a jeep with badges he didn't earn (that you left on) than a driver driving around with badges he earned on a different jeep.

if someone asks how you did the rubicon trail with your sport with street tires you can set him straight that is was done with a rubicon with 99 inch tires and a winch that can move a bulldozer. i

it's not like you wouldn't have a picture of that kind of beast in your phone.

 

[TheBirdie72]

Before you sell the Jeep that earned the badges, get a nice picture of it blown up, and put the badges on / around the picture. Frame it and hang it in your garage or man cave.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Hello all,

I am curious to see what everyone thinks about the follow issue I have. I visited and completed several trails between my two JK jeeps. I order the badges after completing the trails but it was some time before they came in. Then as it always happens, life got busy and I ended up selling my last jeep. Fast forward to now and I have another jeep, do you think the badges belong to the driver who hit the trail or on the jeep that went on the trail. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this matter.

On one side, if a pole vaulter switches poles, you don't take his medals away.

On the other side, If a horse jockey switches horses, the new horse doesn't get all the old horses medals.

I would say that it could go both ways. It's really what you prefer. I mean you completed them as a driver, so I personally don't care about badges at all, I would transfer them over. Most people will understand it. But at the same time, your new Jeep hasn't proven that it's capable of doing those trails yet, so you're basically that guy at the bar bragging about how he used to have a Maserati and was a Wall Street investor, even though he now lives at the motel up the street and can barely afford a Honda Civic.


If it were up to me, I would say throw those crappy badges in the trash, because at the end of the day, your memories are all that matters. The badges are for everyone else.

 

[Zandcwhite]

On one side, if a pole vaulter switches poles, you don't take his medals away.

On the other side, If a horse jockey switches horses, the new horse doesn't get all the old horses medals.

I would say that it could go both ways. It's really what you prefer. I mean you completed them as a driver, so I personally don't care about badges at all, I would transfer them over. Most people will understand it. But at the same time, your new Jeep hasn't proven that it's capable of doing those trails yet, so you're basically that guy at the bar bragging about how he used to have a Maserati and was a Wall Street investor, even though he now lives at the motel up the street and can barely afford a Honda Civic.


If it were up to me, I would say throw those crappy badges in the trash, because at the end of the day, your memories are all that matters. The badges are for everyone else.

It's a Jeep badge of honor, isn't it implied that it has to be earned with a Jeep? You have to put in a Jeep vin number in the app. What's next, move them to your new Bronco? You also drive the wife's Subaru, why not put the badges on there since you were the driver of the Jeep that earned them? Most of the trails are incredibly easy anyway. If you want to keep your Peter's mil badge like it was some great accomplishment to right ahead. Conversely if you slap your Pritchett Canyon or Rubicon trail badge on your new renegade you look like an idiot even if YOU EARNED IT in another Jeep.

 

[AmericanPatriot100]

I didn’t read all 9 pages so sorry if this was asked. If you get rid of the jeep that did the trails and remove those badges and someone else is ambitious and buys that jeep that’s already been entered into the BoH system do they get to earn new badges? Or because that vin is already in the system and gotten the first check in with said badge is it disqualified for the new owner?

 

[Zandcwhite]

I didn’t read all 9 pages so sorry if this was asked. If you get rid of the jeep that did the trails and remove those badges and someone else is ambitious and buys that jeep that’s already been entered into the BoH system do they get to earn new badges? Or because that vin is already in the system and gotten the first check in with said badge is it disqualified for the new owner?

It's email address based. You can create another account with the same vin and earn badges sent to the same address.

 

[Wabujitsu]

If I was looking at buying a used Jeep, I’m bypassing the one with BOH badges. Who knows how badly that Jeep has been beat up.

Best to remove them before trade-in or sale. Even if the Jeep was pristine and only cost me $1, I would remove ALL badges. IMO, the Jeep and the driver are a team; one cannot earn a badge without the other.

 

[AmericanPatriot100]

It's email address based. You can create another account with the same vin and earn badges sent to the same address.

So I can create another email and another BoH account and have my jeep on 2 accounts essentially earning 2 badges whenever I’m on a BoH trail?

 

[Zandcwhite]

So I can create another email and another BoH account and have my jeep on 2 accounts essentially earning 2 badges whenever I’m on a BoH trail?

The wife and I use different vin numbers but order double badges at the same time all the time (we have 2 Jeeps). As far as I understand that would work. Of course even if it didn't you can find Vin numbers on monroney stickers on any dealers website even if you needed a different vin.

 

[SadRobot]

If I was looking at buying a used Jeep, I’m bypassing the one with BOH badges. Who knows how badly that Jeep has been beat up.

Hmm well that just knocked another 1k off the value of my Jeep.

I'm a bit concerned if I remove my badges it'll take the wrap up with them.

 

[Wabujitsu]

Hmm well that just knocked another 1k off the value of my Jeep.

I'm a bit concerned if I remove my badges it'll take the wrap up with them.

Then you better fix her and not sell her, ma’am!

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