original 'm' grill badges

[svenga]

Hi everyone..

Ever since owning the sport i have had an awful modern '///m' grill badge, been gagging for an authentic one since day one..

Can somebody confirm there was a factory/original badge?? other than the '///M3' badge

From what i recall they were square moulded with two metal clips on the rear and the bmw serial, but always seem pricey..

[maggspower]

I dont think they ever left the factory with ///M badges, I believe they were fitted at the dealers.

As a side note, I dont have a genuine grill badge, but I do have a genuine ///M boot badge, £15 posted

[svenga]

Thoughts so Mags, was just checking nobody had fleeced me

So were the boot badges probably dealer fitted too?

[Brianmoooore]

Nothing 'M' about a Sport, so it shouldn't have a 'M' badge fitted, although, as said above, plenty left the dealers with one.

[pacerpete]

GGRRRRR !

[matt86]

I got mine off ebay, was quality and metal and still looks the part, although that being said, I wouldn't know the difference between a genuine and fake necessarily anyway.

[harry_p]

e30 era badges are square and flat, ones on ebay will be the modern (e46 onwards) curved ones

[macas]

Nothing 'M' about a Sport, so it shouldn't have a 'M' badge fitted, although, as said above, plenty left the dealers with one.

There is.......The steering wheel...both tech 1 and tech 2 have the m emblem on

[harry_p]

the tec 1 doesnt have an M, just the stripe colours

[kieran325]

I bought a new one from the dealer when it was in for the bodywork. Can't remember how much as I bought hundreds of things and it won't be on the receipt.

[polsta]

the tec 1 doesnt have an M, just the stripe colours

Eh ? The 2 original e30 types the m3 one and the M/// one , which was the dealer fit to all sports one

All last year they were NLA , I don't think you can get them new anymore unless at some point they make a new batch

Makes me laugh when people say its wrong to put them on a sport, when it had Mtech kit with stickers , mtech suspension and Mtech steering wheel and gear knob with M branding, ... Imagine 25 years ago if anyone on here bought a sport brand new and you went to pick it up from
Your dealer after the wait ... And it had one on the grille, would you drive he far home and remove it ??? Never...

[matt86]

e30 era badges are square and flat, ones on ebay will be the modern (e46 onwards) curved ones

Thats handy to know, I learn something new every day on here.

[SteSE]

All last year they were NLA , I don't think you can get them new anymore unless at some point they make a new batch

Barry BSS bought one new in Jan along with some other stuff.

[svenga]

I paid £20 posted from a frag, reasonable condition.

I have the 'M' on the kit, steering, knob etc... Some left dealers with the grill badge..

That'll do me.

[harry_p]

the tec 1 doesnt have an M, just the stripe colours

Eh ? The 2 original e30 types the m3 one and the M/// one , which was the dealer fit to all sports one

All last year they were NLA , I don't think you can get them new anymore unless at some point they make a new batch

Makes me laugh when people say its wrong to put them on a sport, when it had Mtech kit with stickers , mtech suspension and Mtech steering wheel and gear knob with M branding, ... Imagine 25 years ago if anyone on here bought a sport brand new and you went to pick it up from
Your dealer after the wait ... And it had one on the grille, would you drive he far home and remove it ??? Never...

i was answering the post directly above mine which said tech1 and 2 steering wheels had the m emblem. they dont, the tech 1 wheel just has the stripes, not the letter, as do the early mtech gearknobs.

it was only later on when the M became more about branding than the parts they started plastering it on everything.

my e30 m3 only has m3 badges front and rear and a little m in the instrument cluster. my e36 m3 has about a million m badges plastered all over the place

And yes, I would have removed any badges not supposed to be there, along with any dealer stickers, tax disk holders etc.

[leeparkes]

GGRRRRR !

Haha, i was thinking the same thing as i started reading this thread.



Im sure the Tech-2 body kit was developed by some M types in a wind tunnel.

If you like the badge, rock one.
If you dont them come on here and bitch about it.

[ajay]

The M on a sport,refers to M Technic. The M on an M3 refers to BMW Motorsport two entirely different things! Don,t be fooled into thinking they are the same thing because the logo's are the same colours. That is what i have always belived to be the case. A bit like Comparing Armani jeans and Giogio Armani, both owned by the same company but marketed to different clientele.

[dusty23]

Makes me laugh when people say its wrong to put them on a sport, when it had Mtech kit with stickers , mtech suspension and Mtech steering wheel and gear knob with M branding

M tech kit and bolt ons is slightly different than the actual m division that built proper cars, also sports never came with m branded gear knobs iirc. I think most of he 5 speed ones are from e36's I could be wrong just never seen one on the spec sheet.

[polsta]

They are not e36 knobs , they had M stripes across the top corner

Anyway who cares , BMW clearly intended the Mbadge for cars other than the M3 hence making the 2 different types and also the dealers fitting them

[leeparkes]

Knew id read it somewhere.

The M technic 2 package was released in '88.

The M technic 2 kit was developed to improve aerodynamics of the E30 and reduces drag and increases down force as did the tech 1 kit and the tech 2 what you call progress.

These kits (and Alpina spoilers) are functional and were developed in a wind tunnel, not just stuck on to look good!

GRRRR...

[dusty23]

I know the ones you mean, round tops like the dog leg, never seen them as standard on a sport though.

Dealers did a lot of wrong things!

[maggspower]

http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?mod ... g=25&fg=10

[polsta]

I know the ones you mean, round tops like the dog leg, never seen them as standard on a sport though.

Dealers did a lot of wrong things!

They were factory fit on tech 1s ,the same style as the m3, which was a 1 piece with gaitor

And the tech 2 and 318is had the different shape one

[dusty23]

What's the 4 speed one for/from?

[kangman]

Here's my grill badge..

..and im not even an AA member GRRRRRR

[Chris_B86]

Nothing 'M' about a Sport.

Kind of is, M-Technic suspension, bodykit/aero package which had M-technic badges on it from the factory, M-tech steering wheel, had the badge on from the factory, gear knob had the stripes on from the factory

[snakebrain]

Nothing 'M' about a Sport.

Kind of is, M-Technic suspension, bodykit/aero package which had M-technic badges on it from the factory, M-tech steering wheel, had the badge on from the factory, gear knob had the stripes on from the factory

M-Technic does not equal Motorsport..

[bab-91]

Nothing 'M' about a Sport.

Kind of is, M-Technic suspension, bodykit/aero package which had M-technic badges on it from the factory, M-tech steering wheel, had the badge on from the factory, gear knob had the stripes on from the factory

M-Technic does not equal Motorsport..

M-Technic is the brand name of sporting accessories designed by Motorsport but fitted to standard BMW models.

Thank you Zone wiki!

[harry_p]

Have m gearknob, have m steering wheel, have m bodykit - need m badge glued to the boot and grille to tell the whole world about them

how about an ABS badge off an early 90s vauxhall to tell the world your car has abs? Maybe a 'front foglights fitted' sticker for the bootlid?

[pacerpete]

Double GGGRRRRRRRRR !

[B7]

Was the M535i and M5? No. Still rocked the badges from the factory though.

I think a tech 1 or 2 can wear them with pride. A stated they do have the suspension, kits, steering wheels, black headliners, LSD's etc. And the early motorsport convertibles even wore M Technic door sill strips and the bubble leather was in vogue also.

[manse73]

Was the M535i and M5? No. Still rocked the badges from the factory though.

I think a tech 1 or 2 can wear them with pride. A stated they do have the suspension, kits, steering wheels, black headliners, LSD's etc. And the early motorsport convertibles even wore M Technic door sill strips and the bubble leather was in vogue also.

here here

[Grrrmachine]

Was the M535i and M5? No. Still rocked the badges from the factory though.

Was the M535i designed by Motorsport? Yes
Was the E30 325i Sport designed by Motorsport? No

[B7]

Was the M535i and M5? No. Still rocked the badges from the factory though.

Was the M535i designed by Motorsport? Yes
Was the E30 325i Sport designed by Motorsport? No

But it was still a glossed up 535i SE though. I see no difference TBH.

[polsta]

Was the M535i and M5? No. Still rocked the badges from the factory though.

Was the M535i designed by Motorsport? Yes
Was the E30 325i Sport designed by Motorsport? No

Sport haterrrrrrrrr

Ok gr ... Why did Bmw make an "m///" badge ?? When the m3/5 had their own respective badges