Lets see your Leapers
 

I love my Leaper! It reminds me that I'm driving a Jag every time I see it gleaming in the sun. & is one of the most distinctive & easily recognised logos in the automotive world. It also lends itself to some great photo ops, & I'm sure that I'm not the only one to get a little creative with it. So how about sharing some great shots of a great icon. Here's my effort.
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Mine does not have a leaper but here are some that I took over the years:

2010 Texas All British Car Day - 420 mirrored Leaper:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...2520Leaper.jpg

2010 Jaguar Club of Austin Concours - Sky Leaper on a Mark VIII sedan:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...2520Leaper.jpg

2010 Jaguar Club of Austin Concours - I call this 'the Sun Leaper' due to the orange Growler badge on a Mark IX sedan:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520Leaper.jpg

2011 Texas All British Car Day - same 420 sedan as above, except this one is an auto-bracketed HDR shot:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M...2520Leaper.jpg

I want one of those cute things on my hood but my husband says it would look odd on an XK. UGH!! What do you guys think?

Strangely enough, there was one for sale recently in New Zealand with exactly this addition.

See: TradeMe.co.nz - Jaguar XKR 4.0 V8 Supercharged 2000 - New Zealand

If you use the < and > buttons, you will be able to see some other creative badging as well. It's not my cup of tea, but it's your car and it's a short life, so do as you wish! If the next owner doesn't like it, they can always take it off.

Regards from NZ

I don't really care for some of that either. I also saw a car on this forum that had the leaper on the hood. Think hubby is right. It does look a little odd. Thanks for your insight.

If it were my car, I wouldn't.

The Leaper is an almost integral design elements on the saloons/sedans, but not on the GT and sports car, which have the Growler badge instead.

I never see a leaper on C/D/E-type nor an XK (both X100/X150-gen).

But whatever floats your boat I guess ..... if it makes you happy, go for it.

Just to help us back on track: Gold anyone?

http://www.excelan.co.uk/wp-content/...ar-leaper4.jpg

I wish it were mine - I saw it on a wedding car hire site.

Regards
Stuart

"Feel the magic, hear the roar..."

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7" cool leaper

here's mine...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...r/IMG_0174.jpg

My XJR Leaper...
 

Here's a pic of mine...just snapped it today.

As I am sneaking a log-in from work, I have no pictures available-but my leaper is in my avatar and a better one on my profile...

Leaper
 

Here are a couple I snapped

1996 XJS Leaper attached.

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Here's a larger scale leaper at the local Jag dealer, looks great at night too...

My S-Type leaper:

How to add a leaper to an XK
 

Click the thumbnail photo to see my license plate and leaper frame.