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raffiNJ, you're absolutely right. I have very low expectations for anything I can purchase for a European (or in this case, British) car for $13.00 or less.
Maybe a quality gasket, double lip seal or an "O" ring or two. Perhaps a small Mahle oil filter; a couple of Bosch (or NGK) spark plugs. A quart and a half of good engine or transmission oil from a reputable manufacturer. A handful of OE fasteners. A copper base light bulb. You get the idea.
Spending 30 plus years dressed in various shades of blue polyester with my name stitched above my right shirt pocket as I stood under, leaned over, or peered into automobiles while I was humping the line in different dealerships and independent specialty shops has made me a little cynical.
No, after reading my last run on sentence, it's made me a lot cynical when it comes to parts that I can buy for less than $13.00.
I certainly don't expect anything high quality when it comes to exterior trim, emblems or badging, for $13.00 or less, especially when they're manufactured in China.
Anyway, maybe later, I'll tell you how I really feel about it.
But I'm a glutton for punishment and I ordered another one. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.
I absolutely agree with you about the quality of products coming out of China.... but you can get decent stuff from there if you get lucky..... I know $13 is not a lot but the dealer charging $80 for a tiny piece of metal is a total rip off. In reality for $13 you should get a very well made emblem, but should and will is two different things.
As I mentioned earlier the R emblem I bought on eBay which I think came from China faded in 3 months. The green color which has some yellow changed to a whitish green and looked awful. I coughed up $78 for the real one from the dealer. Might as well since the car cost $57k.
I added the R badge and removed the messy 3.5 AWD stuff.
FYI I started with a Chinese badge for $7 which faded to an awful green color and recently went to the dealer and coughed up $78 for the OEM one.
I did my XF Rsport in the same way. I paid 12.99 for my badges on ebay so we'll see if they fade. It had black gummy adhesive pad on the back and so fare they are holding.
Here is a pic of my grille badge. I've only had it about a month so we will see how bad it fades. I have another on the right *** cheek. I know it's not exactly "R" as in R-Sport, but I don't care. I want my stinking badges....
Also I had ordered some emblems that had Rsport, thinking I could use those but they are the same size as the vent inserts so I decided to try one on the interior since I find the passenger side dash to be a bit boring.
It looks pretty natural. My son didn't even notice.
I have been looking for that mini R-sport badge (the one shown under your 25t) but I can't seem to find it anywhere, only the regular size one which is too big to fit where I want it (on the back left underneath the XE badge)
The badge I'm looking for is the same ones they put on the side vents of the R-sport models.
Please let me know where you found this, thanks.
I have been looking for that mini R-sport badge (the one shown under your 25t) but I can't seem to find it anywhere, only the regular size one which is too big to fit where I want it (on the back left underneath the XE badge)
The badge I'm looking for is the same ones they put on the side vents of the R-sport models.
Please let me know where you found this, thanks.
If you look at my pics - I have one on the dash. I got them from Ebay
I have been looking for that mini R-sport badge (the one shown under your 25t) but I can't seem to find it anywhere, only the regular size one which is too big to fit where I want it (on the back left underneath the XE badge)
The badge I'm looking for is the same ones they put on the side vents of the R-sport models.
Please let me know where you found this, thanks.
I got mine from a side vent for an XE second hand from flee bay.
Robert
The latest attempt at grille badging arrived from China today via Rotterdam.....
Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
This "S" badge also has the same low quality red/green glossy paper roundel sticker and cheesy double sided adhesive that the previous "R" badge had. Another eight dollars toward my education......
This one will end up being stuck to my ridiculous tool box with the other one.
I'll be ponying up for a genuine Jaguar badge.
Last edited by Charles Calthrop; 05-10-2017 at 02:43 PM.
Isn't that R badge a bit low and to the right? When I did my temp SVR badge on the grill I put it in the same location as Jaguar does.
The SVR badges I got look perfect but I am replacing them with R-Sport badges whenever they arrive. Up badging is a crime so I am deleting them soon even though these looked so good.
Originally Posted by uab9253
Here is a pic of my grille badge. I've only had it about a month so we will see how bad it fades. I have another on the right *** cheek. I know it's not exactly "R" as in R-Sport, but I don't care. I want my stinking badges....
Also I had ordered some emblems that had Rsport, thinking I could use those but they are the same size as the vent inserts so I decided to try one on the interior since I find the passenger side dash to be a bit boring.
It looks pretty natural. My son didn't even notice.
I choose to stop being a poser and up badging my XE and finally removed my SVR badges and added the proper R-Sport badging. Seems to look okay but I had to move the AWD tag to make it look correct as it didn't any other way I tried.
Take note of how I used towels to proper the bumper skin out so it wouldn't crack or warp the plastic and still give me lots of room to fit my fat hands in there to place the badges. I painted and cleared the bolts and brackets black to ensure they can't be seen from the front. I just wish I found a bigger grill badge but this will do.
OH, I forgot to add that I removed that poor white thick tape and used my good OEM type 3M tape for the badges to stick on. I highly feel this is needed as that white tape is junk and can be seen all around it.
04-15-2017, 04:09 PM
