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Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

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Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Ant » Sat May 04, 2013 12:02 pm

Hi all, my recent purchase has no rear badge

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It may have been debadged, it may have had a bump and not put back on after repair, I dont know, but would you put an X5 badge back on it ?

I have two thoughts:

Leave off, anyone who does not already know its an X5 does not know about cars anyway so why bother about them

Put back, I just think it is lacking something when I look at the back

(Ok make it three) OR does it look better plain ???

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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Mavster » Sat May 04, 2013 7:15 pm

i would leave it off..looks clean and you can tell it is an iS

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Post by ajwk » Sat May 04, 2013 7:50 pm

good looking car either way
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Sanj » Sat May 04, 2013 8:18 pm

Leave the badge off - clean lines and easier to clean!  ;)
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Post by MrMaloo » Sat May 04, 2013 10:19 pm

I hadnt thought much about it till the Cosford meet and then I noticed JamesWhippys x5 was debadged and i thought it looked pretty cool. Enough to consider doing it to mine
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by X5Sport » Sat May 04, 2013 10:29 pm

Those in the know will know what it is anyway.........and those that don't, well they don't matter  :))

All ours are debadged but for the Mini it wasn't an option oddly.

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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Ant » Sun May 05, 2013 11:14 am

Looks like I am saving some money and leaving the badge off then, thank you
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Raj » Sun May 05, 2013 8:08 pm

I've always debadged my motors and this is the first time I've left them (although they are gloss black). I'll actually be removing once again before I detail her.
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Post by Jayx5 » Sun May 05, 2013 10:05 pm

What about getting an e70 x5 badge?
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Timoth27 » Sun May 05, 2013 10:19 pm

[quote="Raj"]
I've always debadged my motors and this is the first time I've left them (although they are gloss black). I'll actually be removing once again before I detail her.
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Totally agree I just like the clean look and adds a bit of mystery especially with dark colour and tinted glass
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by macca » Mon May 06, 2013 4:38 am

no need to give the manufacturer free advertising leave it off
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Jamee » Mon May 06, 2013 8:54 am

Think I'll be removing the 'x5' and the '3.0d' badges on next detail. Looks cleaner.
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Rossco0506 » Mon May 06, 2013 2:37 pm

Looks much better debadged IMO. Keep it as is. :)
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by C320 UK » Tue May 07, 2013 9:41 am

Looks much nicer debadged - I've debadged all my cars looks so much neater.

Doesn't matter what people think, I prefer the cleaner lines without them and also much easier to wax without!
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Re: Rear X5 badge ON or OFF ??

Post by Timoth27 » Tue May 07, 2013 7:45 pm

Like I said debadged is best

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