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View Poll Results: What badges to have on my Au Xr6 after the v8 conversion ??
Leave Xr6 badges on it - would be a good sleeper 4 11.11%
Remove Xr6 badges and just leave tickford badges 22 61.11%
Change Xr6 badges to Xr8 ones 10 27.78%
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Old 22-02-2013, 11:16 PM   #1
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Hi everyone as some of you may know i'm soon going to be doing a i6 to v8 engine conversion on my Au III Xr6. One of the thing that i've been thinking about is what badges i should leave, add or take off it so i thought i'd put it to a pole. Tell me what you think

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Old 22-02-2013, 11:20 PM   #2
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No badges... Leave the rest to the imagination of others
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Old 22-02-2013, 11:20 PM   #3
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Ford and Ticky winged badges only imo.
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ford and ticky winged badges only imo.

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Old 23-02-2013, 12:04 AM   #5
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Ford and Ticky winged badges only imo.
This. Anything else would just get someone's undies in a bunch.
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the only difference between an XR6 and an XR8 is the engine if you have IRS so anything you do is fine if your car has IRS it will be an XR8 ( assuming you are fitting an XR8 engine)
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Leave 'em wondering till you put your foot down - by then it's to late, you're gone!

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Old 23-02-2013, 09:44 AM   #8
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Ford & Tickford badges only imo - let em guess by a v8 sonic ambush!

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Anything other than a Chev Badge!
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^^ Do the ford equivilant and put mustang badges on it OR for $hits and giggles put t-series badges on it and watch all hell break loose in the T-series appreciation room :P
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I would say just remove the 6 badge and leave the others. Have you considered getting in touch with Ford and telling them of the engine change? they should then be able to change it in the details of your car.
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Old 23-02-2013, 11:12 AM   #12
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As if Ford are going to change a car's build details! WTF! Next thing you know we'll have fake T-Series all over the joint.

Paint it red and put a freakin' Ferriari badge on it. Oh hang on, it's already red - there ya go - problem solved.

Seriously ... good job, and I'd probably just remove the "6" and leave everything else the way it is.
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Old 23-02-2013, 04:24 PM   #13
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OR for $hits and giggles put t-series badges on it and watch all hell break loose in the T-series appreciation room :P
Because it's not already hard enough to find T series badges and stickers once someone nicks them off your car and then have to pay the ridiculous prices on eBay/from Ford and the like out of your back pocket.
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haha my point exactly... Grab a bikkie and a cuppa and relax mate.

Getting back on topic, badge it what ever you feel happy with. Stuff what random forum peoples opinions are!
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Your doing all the hard work changing the motor,
so why not finish the job and change the 6 to an 8.
I did
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haha my point exactly... Grab a bikkie and a cuppa and relax mate.

Getting back on topic, badge it what ever you feel happy with. Stuff what random forum peoples opinions are!
Come back and tell me to relax next time you find that a part for your XR is hard to find and have to pay through the **** to get. I wish we all could have your attitude when it comes to hard to find parts that are NLA.
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Take the '6' off and leave XR
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Take the '6' off and leave XR
I did this on my XR6 when I made put the kit on it. I left the XR badges, just removed the 6.
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Come back and tell me to relax next time you find that a part for your XR is hard to find and have to pay through the **** to get. I wish we all could have your attitude when it comes to hard to find parts that are NLA.
Wont have that problem for a looooong time mate, Thats the best thing about mongrel cars. More parts = more happy motoring, more often!
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I did this on my XR6 when I made put the kit on it. I left the XR badges, just removed the 6.
I've only got 'XR' on the skirts of the BA, nothing on the back
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I've only got 'XR' on the skirts of the BA, nothing on the back

I think dropping the number is a good idea. My AU only had the badges on the boot lid and the guards. Here's a pic of the 6 removed.



Car shows were quite fun.With the kit, stripes and the twin tips, I often found people at shows with their head under the car trying to figure out what the car was. With the absence of the 6 badge and with me leaving the bonnet closed, it only added to people's curiosity.
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Yep, just have 'XR' nice and neat!
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Debadging just makes these cars look so much smoother.
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Thanks for the input everyone i had another thought how about just Tickford badges on the sides and have "XR" on the rear like the pic above.........
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I would go for xr8 and tickford badge or just the tickford badge. Not xr

It's got an 8 in it (will have), so why not advertised it!!

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