My rear boot badge has lost its coloured enamel, I looked at replacement and at £35 or £38 ish I thought better of that. As I could not work out why the two colours are green and orange, can anyone enlighten, I thought I would re-paint with Revel model enamel colours being a traditionalist even before current activities which I support I chose red and blue. They looked fabulous until I tried to touch up a tiny over paint with a scalpel only to find neither had stuck to the base and came off so easily. I put this down to the shiny chrome not having enough ability to allow the enamel to adhere. I am a little unsure about giving the shine a little rough up for fear of collateral damage. Has anyone done anything like this successfully? and How.

Jim

Hi Jim, I believe the original colour highlights within the rear badge on the XKR were not paint, but sticky back plastic, a la Blue Peter. They do lift at the corners and ultimately come off during washing.

Suggest you find some suitable plastic and glue this back in place to complete the look.

N6 JMX

If we are talking about the 'R' badge, mine was missing its orange at the top, see picture.

I managed to match this colour with one of the wife's many different nail varnishes at it worked a treat and as its enamel paint it will last for ages 

My Revell model enamel came off 3 days later in a car wash I will try nail varnish ! I have found I can get pearlescent red and dayglow blue at my local nail studio. They are very convenient they keep the same hours as Turkish Barbers and open are 7 days a week. But I will try Nail Varnish let you know if it works for me. 

Spyderromeo 

This is what it looked like after applying nail varnish, you need a steady hand though 🙂  

That's good enough for me, as it just looks good, My partner is  having her nails done on Sat morning so I will be going with her to get the colours of my choice. I do not know why Green and Orange are the colours on an XKR, do you or anyone else know? I am a bit patriotic and will be going for Red and Blue, but I am told you can buy nail varnish in these colours. I will post a shot 

Spyderromeo

On 9/13/2025 at 3:09 PM, Spyderromeo said:

My rear boot badge has lost its coloured enamel, I looked at replacement and at £35 or £38 ish I thought better of that. As I could not work out why the two colours are green and orange, can anyone enlighten, I thought I would re-paint with Revel model enamel colours being a traditionalist even before current activities which I support I chose red and blue. They looked fabulous until I tried to touch up a tiny over paint with a scalpel only to find neither had stuck to the base and came off so easily. I put this down to the shiny chrome not having enough ability to allow the enamel to adhere. I am a little unsure about giving the shine a little rough up for fear of collateral damage. Has anyone done anything like this successfully? and How.

Jim

 

On 9/19/2025 at 1:33 PM, Spyderromeo said:

That's good enough for me, as it just looks good, My partner is  having her nails done on Sat morning so I will be going with her to get the colours of my choice. I do not know why Green and Orange are the colours on an XKR, do you or anyone else know? I am a bit patriotic and will be going for Red and Blue, but I am told you can buy nail varnish in these colours. I will post a shot 

Spyderromeo

Hope the Nail Varnish worked, mine is still as good as the day it was applied. Anyway another question I have re boot badges, I have seen a number of XK150 (various manufacturing dates) and not all of them have the leaping Jag on the boot lid like mine. Is this standard on a 2010 XKR 5.0ltr Supercharged Convertible?

Hi Paul, the stick-on Jaguar at the boot came as standard with the facelifted body style, in 2012 MY I believe. That is when the front wing vents went from vertical to horizontal. Fitting the Leaper to the boot lid is / was a simple DIY task, but on a 2010 MY car, it shouldn't be there.

N6 JMX

On 9/13/2025 at 3:09 PM, Spyderromeo said:

My rear boot badge has lost its coloured enamel, I looked at replacement and at £35 or £38 ish I thought better of that. As I could not work out why the two colours are green and orange, can anyone enlighten, I thought I would re-paint with Revel model enamel colours being a traditionalist even before current activities which I support I chose red and blue. They looked fabulous until I tried to touch up a tiny over paint with a scalpel only to find neither had stuck to the base and came off so easily. I put this down to the shiny chrome not having enough ability to allow the enamel to adhere. I am a little unsure about giving the shine a little rough up for fear of collateral damage. Has anyone done anything like this successfully? and How.

Jim

 

On 9/19/2025 at 1:33 PM, Spyderromeo said:

That's good enough for me, as it just looks good, My partner is  having her nails done on Sat morning so I will be going with her to get the colours of my choice. I do not know why Green and Orange are the colours on an XKR, do you or anyone else know? I am a bit patriotic and will be going for Red and Blue, but I am told you can buy nail varnish in these colours. I will post a shot 

Spyderromeo

Hope the Nail Varnish worked, mine is still as good as the day it was applied. Anyway another question i have re boot badgees

Thanks for the clarification, it will now be removed as I prefer my cars as they came out the factory 🙂