Looks much better. I've mostly debadged all my cars. What's the point of advertising someone's brand unless they are willing to pay you for it. The cleaner look goes better with the clean lines of the F-Type. I did, however, leave on the S badges.

 

Just had mine hydrodipped in Piano Black - Looking forward to getting home so that I can fix them on.
Promise I'll get them on straighter than the picture!



The back of the car without the badges looks a little odd but I think that for some reason, white/Glacier white F-Type coupés look nicer keeping the leaper and 'Jaguar' and binning the 'F-type' and 'R' or 'S' wording.

 

Debadging is a curious thing.

Because BMW and Audi decided to trade driving experience and core mission to put more units on the road, the debadging phenomnan always felt like someone who didn't buy an M4, but wants to pretend they did. I always feel the debadged Audi is the A3 and A4, the debadged BMW is a 235 or 335, etc.

To me, debadging *looks* like insecurity in plain site. This is coming from a base model with zero buttons or cool extra badges on the car. Interesting enough, the lay public has no idea, because I get asked if it is the 8 or 6 all the time.

 

I left the SVR on the back and the Growler up front. That's it.

Oh, and the blacked out jaguar and leaper on the trunk lid.

 

I'm not usually a fan of debadging but I think the JAGUAR and Leaper should have been black on black pack cars.....may do something there. Other than that, I'm eliminating the S badge on the grill and using a red growler when I install my P7 grill and I'm going to lose the dealership decal on the back and probably the S badge there too. ......considering removing the rest, getting it done in black chrome and reinstalled....

Dave

 

I plasti dipped my badges, but I'm curious how you painted yours or where you took them to have them painted in the piano gloss black.

 

How do you remove excess?

 

Since I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, I bought another from Jaguar to test it on so I didn't ruin the one that was already on there... since there are holes under the Jaguar emblem, I didn't want to be stuck without one.

I did it myself using gloss black enamel spray paint with a gloss clear enamel on top. I lightly sanded the emblem using 2000 grit sand paper and did about 4 light coats of black with 3 coats of clear as protection... definitely best to use multiple light coats to avoid any running of the paint, which was a concern for me. I waited for 2 days for the black to set in before going over it with the clear coat, to which I let sit for another 2 full days before putting it on the car.

Here is a closer picture after the clear coat had set, prior to be installed.

 

Hi guys


I removed the badge but not the leaper. He fits with the Chrome of the rest. Especially the design of the "F-Type" badge was horrible.


I think it Looks good an clean now.

 

Just did mine.
Still debating on black or red leaper but don't want to plasti dip, are there places where you can order them pre-painted?

 

I wonder if you could have your car wrapped in the marble/granite that your badges are sitting on. THAT would be unique.

 

Old is as old does

Not quite on topic...

 

Late to the party - but LOVE the full debadge, less the leaper. Black leapers can be had on Ebay for next to nothing also. They just take a while from China.

The worst modern badge I've seen is on the Dodge Hellcats - the side emblem specifically.

Took a lot of fire for saying it looked like a Dolphin or worst yet, Seagull crap LOL. SO much nicer debadged.

There is an air of coolness to debadging. You have a $100k car but you don't like to brag ..... Plus washing the car and detailing is so much smoother and easier ... and the J won't be wobbling around.

No resale deficit either - just save all the emblems.

 

I removed the J A G U A R lettering after the J started to come loose. Too much nonsense, looks cleaner without it. I left the F-Type and S badges mostly because I'm lazy and the 3M Magic Eraser isn't safe for use on painted plastics.

 

I've debadged a few cars, and the best thing I know of for removing the residual glue without causing any problems is either eucalyptus oil or tea tree oil.

 

If that would work sounds good. The milder the better.

I've used Goo Gone sticker remover before and it supposedly is safe for the paint/clearcoat.

There are different types of Goo Gone so make sure it is just the sticker remover and not the more harsh treatments.

Edit - just did a Google search. People use acetone, paint thinner!!, a lighter! LOL .... damn. Tree Oil before those things for sure.

 

Isopropanol Alcohol works a treat at removing the 3M double sided foam from the badges and bodywork.


Having had mine hydrodipped in piano black to match the black pack, there is no way I would ever had sprayed the badges with such a nice finish as Hd'ing. That said, I'm not sure of the durability yet.


I also bought a complete set of OEM badges from eBay in case I go back to chrome. Beware of the cheap Chinese copies!


The white F's certainly do look nice with the uncluttered rear end. Seems to work better on some colours than others, or maybe it's my eyesight going!

 

I debadged my G35 good and it looked great, but for some reason the debadged F-Type looks naked. Too much white space. Maybe its one of those things I need to see in real life.

 

I have always used mineral spirits on a cloth to wipe away the adhesive. Does no damage to the clear coat. I do use car soap and water right afterwards to completely remove the mineral spirits residue.

 

Yep, I used to used turps, but then I found that tea tree or eucalyptus oil worked waaay faster to dissolve the glue residue, like 1/10 the time and effort.