Updated Tally: Which GA TS badge is the best TS badge?

"Kat Callahan" (kyosuke)
01/30/2017 at 18:35 • Filed to: None

I’m getting ready to replace my TS badge. Which one one of these would look best. Original picture also included.

Current tally:

Double Silver: 0

Silver/Red: 4

Double Red: 9

DISCUSSION (33)

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 01:23

For sure #3, all car enthusiasts know red lettering will make it faster.

Kat Callahan > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
01/30/2017 at 01:26

Okay, so that’s one vote for both red.

TheHondaBro > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 01:28

Make that two votes. It’s the best way to add horsepower to your car.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 01:29

Red = more horsepower. Double red is the way to go

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
01/30/2017 at 01:30

Double red for sure will add +50hp.

motusid > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 01:38

#2 please

AestheticsInMotion > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 01:46

Double red. The red “ST” badging on the Focus and Fiesta always catches my eye, in a very good way.

facw > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 02:52

Needs to be the double-red.

bhtooefr > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 05:39

Out of curiosity, is there any meaning to the colors, or is it purely cosmetic?

I know in the early 2000s, VW TDI badges were like this:

All silver: 100 hp or less

Red I: 110-115 hp

Red DI: 130 hp

Red TDI: 150 hp

Green DI: 60 hp (in the Lupo 3L, which got under 3.0 l/100 km)

shop-teacher > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 07:04

I think the double red looks best.

Matt Nichelson > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 07:55

I like the double red, but then it just looks like a backwards Focus ST badge. I say silver and red.

Urambo Tauro > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 11:49

What does TS stand for? If the letters are part of a single phrase (like GT is), then I think they need to be the same color. But if T and S have distinctly separate meanings (like the R in GT- R ) then I guess it’s okay to mix it up.

Khalbali > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 15:10

Half and half for sure, both red looks desperately flashy.

Kat Callahan > Urambo Tauro
01/30/2017 at 18:35

I’ve never been able to find out what it stands for. It’s got 93 horsepower stock compared to 64 in the non-TS version. It has a CVT with a sport function that shifts at around 6K RPM, and it has Type-R design language and shares its steering wheel with the Integra Type-R. I don’t know much more than that.

Wagon Guy drives a Boostang > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 18:39

I vote both red.

Urambo Tauro > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 18:43

Oh! Could it be “Type-S”? I think that’s a Honda/Acura thing.

EL_ULY > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 18:45

Rojo on Rojo fo sho!

Are you feeling better buddy?

Kat Callahan > Urambo Tauro
01/30/2017 at 18:51

No, actually, if you look at the VIN plate, it says Type-TS. Type-S is a Honda/Acura thing, but I think if it actually included Type as some do, it would say Type-TS not Type-S with T being Type in TS. But... who knows?

Kat Callahan > EL_ULY
01/30/2017 at 18:56

85%

Racin'Jason001 > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:00

Double red would look good in front of the white.

Urambo Tauro > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:01

Huh. Well I’m stumped. I guess I’ll cast my vote for double red. (BTW, your car’s name sure does make for some frustratingly generic Google search results haha.)

EL_ULY > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:02

yuuuuusssssss!!!!!!!!

Kat Callahan > Urambo Tauro
01/30/2017 at 19:19

It’s pretty rare outside of Japan and uncommon in Japan. Most Google Results are me.

bhtooefr > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:26

Touring Sport, maybe?

Although it doesn’t look like there was a T model below that...

Kat Callahan > bhtooefr
01/30/2017 at 19:30

No, there were basically only two models. The 64HP version had no trim at all. The TS version had all the trim. Sportic TS had AWD, too.

What annoys me is that you couldn’t get the manual transmission in the TS/Sportic TS versions, only in the base model. I don’t know what would happen if I tried swapping the 5-speed manual into the TS version. I bet the ECU wouldn’t like that.

The Compromiser > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:33

Silver red. Like the OG, yet fancier.

bhtooefr > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:43

That actually makes me think “Touring Sport” might be right - all the equipment for touring, and some sport, too?

And that might explain the badge coloration - silver T for touring, red S for sport?

I was using Honda’s archive (of 2001 trim levels) to try to figure out what was going on, though (I rammed it through Google Translate, not knowing any Japanese): http://www.honda.co.jp/auto-archive/logo/5door2001/equipment/index.html

Problem is, 2001, they used G, L, Sportic, and Sportic TS as the trims (with Sportic TS being FWD-only, everything else being FWD or AWD). L vs. TS doesn’t make sense for my idea...

Kat Callahan > bhtooefr
01/30/2017 at 19:46

I have a 2000. In 2000, there was a TS that wasn’t Sportic and a Sportic that wasn’t a TS and a Sportic TS. I have the TS non-Sportic version, I think I finally figured that out.

I think Sportic/Sportic TS is a GA5 and TS/base is a GA3. Incidentally, Honda City is GA1/GA2.

bhtooefr > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 19:59

So here’s the Logo page from 2000, just to confuse everything more (and it says FF only for Sportic TS): http://web.archive.org/web/20000510140339/http://www.honda.co.jp/LOGO/type/index.html

The archive page is basically saying GA3 is FWD, GA5 is AWD, though, regardless of trim level.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 20:00

Double Red, definitely, definitely double red.

Kat Callahan > bhtooefr
01/30/2017 at 20:03

That’s the 2001 model, not the 2000 model, though. It may be a 2000 page, but that is definitely the 2001.

bhtooefr > Kat Callahan
01/30/2017 at 20:38

Ah, looks like 2000.5 was a facelift, and that’s what’s going on.

I think I’m gonna punt and follow Volkswagen rules on this, even though this is a Honda. Red S if you leave it at stock power, red TS if you upgrade the power (I think you were going to?)

Kat Callahan > bhtooefr
01/30/2017 at 21:15

Yeah, I’m planning to do some engine work or even a swap eventually. I’m not sure yet what I can do. The only thing I’ve done so far is remove the air baffling system. Not only does it sound better, but the air intake is significantly less anemic now. There was a definite power improvement on the front end.