BADGED OR DE-BADGED

Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:45 pm

Hi everyone just purchased a new bonnet and wanted to know what the zoners thoughts on de badging my new bonnet were.................

1.GOOODDDD

2.BADDD

Most of the BMW Perforance cars have them de badged

CANT MAKE MY MIND UP

Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:47 pm

Not into the de-badge on the bonnet but thats just my my personal taste.

Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:50 pm

id go for a look of carbon fibre bmw roundels.and infact i have

Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:59 pm

fuzzy wrote:id go for a look of carbon fibre bmw roundels.and infact i have

Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:07 pm

badged, with the proper badges, none of this other wrongness!

Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:22 pm

Carbon or black badges are the way forward

Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:24 pm

especially on a white car

i thought id get flamed for that suggestion...mind you its still early

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:05 pm

sorry guys. i do prefer the de baged look, they are too big and just spoil the lovely vastness of the bonnett, as well as those pathetic washer jets, i have removed the badge and mounted the jets to my wipers volvo truck stylee! loads better and they dont spray all over my roof when im going slow!
de badged the boot too, but replaced the 320 badge with an '06 set. looks much better, bit smaller and a bit shinyer!
each to their own of course, but i like my bonett all smooth, the missus dont get her thong caught round the badge.

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:18 pm

hairypete wrote:the missus dont get her thong caught round the badge.

LOL

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:25 pm

Theo325 wrote:badged, with the proper badges, none of this other wrongness!

Agree stick with the badges bud you know it makes sense

Matt

Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:27 pm

de badge, and black the chrome grill

Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:47 am

Badged of course

Pal

Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:10 am

Been thinking about this myself as im getting the car sprayed AGAIN i have made the choice of de-badging the old girl. I like that overall smoothed out look of the front especially.

De-badge it buddy!

Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:12 am

it depends on the rest of the car i think and how its ben styles I like a debadged bonnet on a mtech but when a standard car im not so sure unless the grill is blacked out and the lights changed

Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:53 am

Mine will be debadged

ED

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:21 pm

Im thinking of changing my badges what do you think
These

or these

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:30 pm

Paul - don't do it! You should ring Birds though, I think they still have the hartge badges avaiable, they are in their latest catalogue anyway.

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:38 pm

Not sure I want Hartge badges, just want to subtly change the badge. I would prefer white & black badges as I dont really like the Carbon Fibre bits in these badges

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:40 pm

thats the ones i have cotty180, i think theyre well smart on my white touring

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:44 pm

I think the front of my car is starting to look a little evil (in my eyes although I am a little

), I think the Mtec versions look a little soft all being rounded and that

Black grill just been ordered and I want black badges

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:48 pm

fuzzy wrote:thats the ones i have cotty180, i think theyre well smart on my white touring

Which ones?

Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:53 pm

Boggo,Just gonna get some new ones for mine.

Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:13 pm

as it's meant to be mate, standard!

Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:34 pm

I had carbon badges on my car until i realsied i had them (came with car) so i got rid of them for some nice little standard badages

i think the blue in the bmw badge looks sweet on the bonnet.. makes it stand out more...

Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:50 pm

Standard all the way mate

Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:02 am

KEEP DA BADGE !!

Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:04 am

standard for sure

Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:27 am

when the 320 gets the 325i conversion, im going to get a badge for the back of her... (no one is going to copy this as its my idea and exclusive to the 320! or should i say 325!) the badge is going to be........ b25 m20(or vica versa) its a change from the norm!

Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:31 am

How easy is it to change the badges??

I bought the carbon one's but haven't had time to fit them - haven't even looked to see how the standard ones come off!! Do they just pull off somehow??

Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:36 am

Get access to the rear and push on the two spigots on the back of the badge. Just enough to get a bit of a gap, then you can gently pull the badge off.

Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:14 pm

jon_pure_british wrote:I had carbon badges on my car until i realsied i had them (came with car) so i got rid of them for some nice little standard badages.

You havent still got them have you

Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:31 pm

I got some of these carbon badges off e bay and they a very poor quality they are now in the bin.

ED

Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:34 pm

Cotty180 wrote:
jon_pure_british wrote:I had carbon badges on my car until i realsied i had them (came with car) so i got rid of them for some nice little standard badages.
You havent still got them have you

sorry mate, i swapped them for standards with someone

Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:28 pm

Im in the middle of de-badging my second bonnet as we speak, final spray tomorrow, looks so good on my white car, and cus i got 2 bonnets, i can swap around, depending on how well i do this, ill do the boot aswell, then the wheels, looks fit.
Do it!

Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:32 pm

most debadged cars i have seen end up with cracks from the filler, it does looks ok though

but u should be proud of your bimmer badges! keep them