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?

 

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.

 

Hope that wasn't a Freudian slip!

 

Thanks. I want to keep the Jag symbol, it's just the letters I want to take off.

You could always vinyl your badges.

 

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.

 

So, I'm still mulling this over, and I decided to think about it practically. So, with the aid of a little light Photoshop...

Badge On?




Or Badge Off?






I'm thinking "badge off"

 

Xjl badge. The leaper and under the leaper the lettering JAGUAR and on the right side of the trunk they have 3.0 or 5.0 depending on the engine. It's looks overly cluttered and terrible.

 

Sorry. I meant to say this is the badges and lettering for 2013 models

 

That would definitely have to come off if it were mine.

 

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.

 

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

 

Hair dryer and dental floss worked for me. Just don't heat the paint too much and mint floss tastes the best.

 

I intend to add the 2013 badges, when available, also. However, I'm not adding the 'jaguar' script, just the 5.0 on the right hand side. I think this will balance the XJL badge nicely. In my mind, it is too much with the 'jaguar' script, as well.

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

 

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"

but without them, few people would know it's a Jag.

Cheers,
Wolfy

 

XJ looks great with out the badge..... The leaper is all you need....

 

I vote off, but I have debadged all my cars, but someone on this forum may call your car a Chevy or Juglar. TC

 

Juglar?

Something I whipped up just now. My pick would be the middle row, but that's where it starts to get tough.

 

Roger - FYI

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

 

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

 

Thanks for the note Roger. I called my dealer immediately and guess what? My badges, that they said were not yet available, are sitting in the parts department, waiting for me. Will pick them up next week.

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