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I need to replace the boot lid badge. Is the correct way to remove the old one with a cloth protected screwdriver and gently prise it off? And is the new one a push fit? All tips appreciated.

thats how i did mine....

I'm sure that I have read somewhere on here that a small length of plastic fishing line is perfect for 'cheese - wiring' the badges off.

I also believe that they are self adheisive so that's how you'll get your new one on.

there a push fit into 2 plastic plugs but many have been stuck fast with silicone.

I'm sure fuzzy is correct - maybe I was confusing the issue by thinking about boot badges (i.e 325 or whatever the rest of them are)

thats how it is on my touring tailgate anyway, id assume a normal bootlid would be similar but then im assuming he meant the bmw roundel and not the 325 badge or whatever in which case they are self adhesive .

Yer model badge is adheard to the bootlid and the roundel is fasend with two pins threw the boot and little rataining rings pushed over

Sorry. Pushed over the ends. Whenever I have changed I have cut them of from inside the boot and housed rubber bands in there place.

...I am refering to the circular boot badge with the Beemer badge on it. By the way do you know that the origin of the blue and white emblem goes back to the days when they made aero engines and that this is a representation of a spinning propellor. The company were told to stop making aero engines after WWII.

I think it's the background of the bavarean flag rather than a propellor

I heard its a prop too

BMW symbol as registered in 1917.

When designing the company symbol and trade mark, BMW kept to familiar ground. The pictorial logic was derived from the symbol of the company's forerunner, Rapp Motorenwerke. Instead of Rapp's black horse, however, the black circle surrounded the blue and while colours of Bavaria.

Above found on Flikr

The name-change to Bayerische Motoren Werke compelled management to devise a new logo for the company, therefore the famous BMW trademark is designed and patented at this time. However, they remained true to the imagery of the previous Rapp Motorenwerke emblem (which was designed by Karl's brother, Ottmar Rapp). Thus, both the old and the new logo were built up in the same way: the company name was placed in a black circle, which was once again given a pictorial form by placing a symbol within it. The inner area of the Rapp logo was decorated with the head of a black horse ”“ "Rappe" in German. By analogy with this, the blue and white panels of the Bavarian national flag were placed at the center of the BMW logo. Not until the late 1920s was the logo lent a new interpretation as representing a rotating propeller. The BMW Trademark, called a "roundel", was submitted for registration on the rolls of the Imperial Patent Office, and registered there with no. 221388 on 10 Dec 1917. The trade mark was intended for the following goods: "Land, air and seagoing vehicles, automobiles, bicycles, accessories for automobiles and bicycles, vehicle components, stationary engines for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and their components and accessories"

And this from wiki

You REALLY need to get out more Fi.

gooner1 wrote:You REALLY need to get out more Fi.

all of the above is correct loool

Great find Fi