e30 badges- ebay or main dealer????? Thoughts please!!!

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flashpat
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Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:34 pm

HI folks iv been buying a lot of new bits for my E30 and iv found the main dealer to be cheeper than ebay for bits like rubber boots,hose's etc but the badge's are £30 each from MD and just £5 on ebay.

Will the ebay ones do or will they stick out a mile on my newly resprayed car as a corner cut ?????

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Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:06 pm

If your talking the BMW bonnet and boot rondels that ide go BMW as the cheap ones I bought are covered in chips and flaking paint.
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Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:20 pm

eBay cheap ones are ok if you are just about to sell a car for a cheap spruce up but I would go for original ones from BMW. I just brought a pair for around £42
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Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:35 pm

I had an e bay roundal and the first time I took the car to the jet was it washed all the colour off !!
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flashpat
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Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:22 pm

Thanks lads MD ones it is so ,ill be keeping the car so i wont skimp! :cool:
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Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:35 pm

if MD ones arnt cheap look out for second hand mint ones.
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Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:03 am

Buy genuine. Just received this today from BMW :D

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dazmac
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Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:23 pm

what i did on my continous fading jag xf wheel centre caps was spray couple of coats of clear coat for added protection and still looking good, not sure if that would be ok for the badges but might be worth a try

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Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:56 pm

Just go to the next e30zone meet with a big screwdriver :)
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