HOW TO: Replace the front bonnet badge FAQ
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Thanks so much for not only the information on removing and replacing but mostly to find out I'm not the only one that had one just come off. I know there are scum buckets that think it's cute to steal one of somebody's car but mine just blew off while going down the road. I was going about 120 miles an hour, very uncharacteristic of me but was in an emergency situation. I remember seeing this flash of chrome like thing go flying from the front and over the car. It was less than a second. Just a flash, and at first thought " maybe a foil candy wrapper?" I kept thinking about it and within 30 seconds thought " that foil candy wrapper sure looked like it had some green on it and I could have sworn I saw a hint of a cat's face"......."much like a Jaguar cat's face".........." Surely not.....?"
I couldn't wait to stop to take a look and sure enough the badge just came off the chrome button. I thought jokingly " I bet that damn thing's $200..USED!!
I be damned if I wasn't right. I'm still looking for one. There's someone in Gulfport Mississippi selling an entire XK8 convertible that he robbed the suspension out from under to make a hotrod. He wouldn't come off the badge for NOTHING!!! He wants to sale the whole car and not part it out. He onlt wants $500 for the whole thing and it's all there, in REALLY good shape. I was amazed he wouldn't take $100-$150 for the badge. I would buy the whole car if I had a place to put it. If it would have been supercharged or just had the vented hood I would have found a place to put it....somewhere.
My little 1998 XK8 convertible has only 35,000 miles on it. My wife bought it for me almost a year ago. The dealer was asking $15,000 for it.
( in it's shape and low miles well worth it ) By the time she was finished with them she got it for under $7400. I almost felt sorry for the salesman.
She's tough.
I couldn't wait to stop to take a look and sure enough the badge just came off the chrome button. I thought jokingly " I bet that damn thing's $200..USED!!
I be damned if I wasn't right. I'm still looking for one. There's someone in Gulfport Mississippi selling an entire XK8 convertible that he robbed the suspension out from under to make a hotrod. He wouldn't come off the badge for NOTHING!!! He wants to sale the whole car and not part it out. He onlt wants $500 for the whole thing and it's all there, in REALLY good shape. I was amazed he wouldn't take $100-$150 for the badge. I would buy the whole car if I had a place to put it. If it would have been supercharged or just had the vented hood I would have found a place to put it....somewhere.
My little 1998 XK8 convertible has only 35,000 miles on it. My wife bought it for me almost a year ago. The dealer was asking $15,000 for it.
( in it's shape and low miles well worth it ) By the time she was finished with them she got it for under $7400. I almost felt sorry for the salesman.
She's tough.
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After reading this process I believe I have an easier way to remove the badge which should eliminate damaging the paint. After using your fishing line method to separate the old base from the painted surface I took a 1/2" wood bit attached to a drill and using the hole in the center of the badge base plate as a pilot hole carefully drilled out the old plate. I did this and removed the base in less than a minute eliminating the need for a putty knife or a screwdriver. Also since I had purchased a used badge on eBay that didn't have a nut with it I was able to easily reuse the old nut which just fell off of the old stud since I had drilled it off.
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