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View Poll Results: should i take the GL badge off and just have Falcon
GL badge ON 5 11.90%
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undecided (thats wot i am atm) 2 4.76%
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Old 08-08-2005, 06:18 PM   #1
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guys i no i did this in the X-series section cause i want there option and other ppl out of the X-series part to have there say.
neways i am going to paint my XD and i have the option of leaving the GL badge ON or OFF and having just falcon instead of falcon GL.

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Old 08-08-2005, 06:23 PM   #2
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get rid of em all........
or get later model falcon badges
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Old 08-08-2005, 06:53 PM   #3
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Debadge it completely. go for the smooth understated look, with all chrome, badges and excessive trim removed!
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Old 08-08-2005, 07:02 PM   #4
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[QUOTE=MNM96]Debadge it completely. go for the smooth understated look,

Yeah, as MNM said, It'll look cool _2:
If your still in doubt, photoshop it with and without badges and stuff and see the difference
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Old 08-08-2005, 08:15 PM   #5
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Debadge it completely. go for the smooth understated look,
Yeah, as MNM said, It'll look cool _2:
If your still in doubt, photoshop it with and without badges and stuff and see the difference
Good idea, got any pics, one of us could photochop the badges off so you could see how it looks.

Like this (forgive the rush job):
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Old 08-08-2005, 08:31 PM   #6
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Hell yeah! No badges!
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Old 08-08-2005, 08:58 PM   #7
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Go the whole hog and get rid of the locks too. I did and it looks good.
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Old 08-08-2005, 10:08 PM   #8
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Don't know if I trust 20 year old electrics enough to go without the lock.
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Old 08-08-2005, 11:03 PM   #9
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My Dad broke my bootlid lock, so we rigged up not only an electric boot release, but also a safety cord near the backseat in case it failed.
That XD was a great car. Still is.
Sadly I know my father is writing the advert to sell it soon. :(
Neither of us want to see it go.
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Old 09-08-2005, 12:37 AM   #10
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Debadge it completely. go for the smooth understated look, with all chrome, badges and excessive trim removed!
What he said.
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Old 09-08-2005, 01:16 AM   #11
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Bah, every 2nd person is debadging their XD-XF. Keep 'em all on!
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Old 09-08-2005, 07:52 AM   #12
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2 reasons to take them off.

a) it looks smoother
b) little kids will not wreck paint to get badge.
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Old 09-08-2005, 11:11 AM   #13
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Don't know if I trust 20 year old electrics enough to go without the lock.
Yeah I was worried too. But I had a central locking system put on about 9 years ago and haven't had any problems so far. Gotta keep the battery in good nick though. The locking system was recommended to me by GIO as it kept getting stolen by punching the locks on the door in.
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Old 09-08-2005, 11:42 AM   #14
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dw i no how to use photoshop look at my little pic the oringinal pic for that was a black and white pic of a standard xd
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Old 09-08-2005, 11:59 AM   #15
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Mine will soon only have the Ford badge on it, and if somebody rips it off, I won't bother replacing it, will just repaint the entire bootlid. But personally, I think it looks good with just the Ford badge - I'm sure everyone knows it's a Falcon, and I don't want the GL badge - it's already gone anyway - all the GL badge does is tell the world it's the base model Falcon, without it, it keeps them guessing
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Old 09-08-2005, 12:12 PM   #16
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horses for courses. an original ESP i would keep the badges, but a falcon GL that you are modding i'd go for the smooth look with the Ford badge in the grille left on. just to break up the black a bit.
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Old 09-08-2005, 07:44 PM   #17
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Get rid of all that fussy crap. Blackwood Falcons have near perfect proportions & look best clean of distractions
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Old 09-08-2005, 09:04 PM   #18
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yep as everone else has said, take em all off. they look a lot cleaner
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Old 10-08-2005, 05:37 AM   #19
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just take off the boot badges, leave the grill and either 4.1, 4.9 or 5.8
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Old 15-08-2005, 11:02 PM   #20
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i have a 3.3 alloy head, so on the side it just says alloy head
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