Rear Badge Removal
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Rear Badge Removal
Had I ordered my XJ L I would almost certainly not have had the XJ and L badges on it. But my car has them. After a month or so of ownership, I'm thinking of taking them off. They just seem a little slapped on to me.
Advice on car badge removal in general seems to focus on the application of heat to the area with the badge, either boiling water or a hairdryer. Has anyone else done this? Any advice on how to do it? Are there holes in the bootlid behind the badges?
Advice on car badge removal in general seems to focus on the application of heat to the area with the badge, either boiling water or a hairdryer. Has anyone else done this? Any advice on how to do it? Are there holes in the bootlid behind the badges?
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Bad news. There is a hole behind the Jag symbol. I know because my wide shut the garage door on my rear trunk lid and broke it off. Not sure about the letters tho. Ben wanting to remove mine, so please let me know what you come up with. I have a black car with blacked out lights and think it'd look pretty mean debadged.
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GilesGuthrie (09-05-2012)
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Bad news. There is a hole behind the Jag symbol. I know because my wide shut the garage door on my rear trunk lid and broke it off. Not sure about the letters tho. Ben wanting to remove mine, so please let me know what you come up with. I have a black car with blacked out lights and think it'd look pretty mean debadged.
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Bad news. There is a hole behind the Jag symbol. I know because my wide shut the garage door on my rear trunk lid and broke it off. Not sure about the letters tho. Ben wanting to remove mine, so please let me know what you come up with. I have a black car with blacked out lights and think it'd look pretty mean debadged.
You could always vinyl your badges.
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Hey Giles,
this has been asked many times before and you will get differrent versions of what the best way is to do this.
Mostly, these badges today are ( like some of the outside moldings ) only held on with 3M double sided tape.
I'm not necessarily advocating this, but I've had number plates held in place with the same stuff for 3 or more years, then changed them by simply gently prising it off slowly from one corner a little at a time.
I've never in the last 10 years and over maybe a dozen different cars ever had any issues with this method.
Being ultra cautious Yes I say for sure use heat ( maybe a hairdryer ) to help soften the adhesive.
Many people here have also used fishing wire to get behind and simply cut through the 3M tape.
You really shouldn't have any issues whatsoever.
As for holes behind? I don't know for sure but I'd say it's highly unlikely.
Once off a little attention with some autoglym tar and glue remover or similar should leave it nice n fresh.
You may want to polish / protect the area after a good wash with warm soapy water.
At that point you should have a nice clean debadged car.
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GilesGuthrie (09-05-2012)
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Usually i am against it, but i have to say, it looks really nice without the badges. Makes the leaper more of a focal point, which i like. As if you were very proud Jaguar owner.
You can always slap them back on.
Plus, Bentlys don't have them. Good enough for bently, good enough for Jaguar.
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It looks fine with our without the badge. No real difference for me. However, when available, I plan on installing the 2013 badging on my 2012 as I do want people to know that it is a Jaguar. There are no other clearly visible badgings on the car. Jaguars being relatively rare cars on the roads and many people will not relate to the leaper, as I have found out by people asking me what kind of car it was, after looking right at the leaper. For all they knew, it could have been a Hyundai.
Albert
Albert
Last edited by axr6; 09-17-2012 at 07:23 PM.
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It looks fine with our without the badge. No real difference for me. However, when available, I plan on installing the 2013 badging on my 2012 as I do want people to know that it is a Jaguar. There are no other clearly visible badgings on the car. Jaguars being relatively rare cars on the roads and many people will not relate to the leaper, as I have found out by people asking me what kind of car it was, after looking right at the leaper. For all they knew, it could have been a Hyundai.
Albert
Albert
As far as de-badging goes, I know that it is popular in the UK on all cars, but not here in the USA. Personally, I would not de-badge the car as, to my mind, without the badges, the trunk lid looks very bland.
Best regards,
Roger
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Last week when I was at the dealer the parts guy found the listings for both the JAGUAR and the 5.0 badges. They were listed for $60 each. He took my order but, called me later that day saying that they were not yet available.
Albert
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2013 XJL Badges
Just got the new badges, courtesy of the dealer. Part of the original deal.
After seeing the 2013's in the dealer showroom, I think I will add the JAGUAR script, as well as the 5.0. In my opinion, looks really nice with all the new badging.
Regards,
Roger
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axr6 (11-06-2012)
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Thanks Albert:
Just got the new badges, courtesy of the dealer. Part of the original deal.
After seeing the 2013's in the dealer showroom, I think I will add the JAGUAR script, as well as the 5.0. In my opinion, looks really nice with all the new badging.
Regards,
Roger
Just got the new badges, courtesy of the dealer. Part of the original deal.
After seeing the 2013's in the dealer showroom, I think I will add the JAGUAR script, as well as the 5.0. In my opinion, looks really nice with all the new badging.
Regards,
Roger
I assume that the JAGUAR and the 5.0 badges are not given out as individual letters or numbers but, put on a adhesive backing for easy line-up and installation?
Thanks,
Albert