//M Badge ettiquette?

[BreadBin]

Mine had one on the front grille...

I removed it ;)

[harry_p]

i wouldnt put one on anything other than a proper M car, then again, i'm a bit of a badge snob.

badging down is fine though, i'd love a 335 with a 316i badge

[Cyril]

I think BMW themselves have devalued the ///M brand/badegs by offering 'M Sport' versions of everything from a 116i to a 550i . All of these come as standard with a minium of 'M' badged wheels & steering wheels...

However, I'm still of the opinion that only 'M' cars (and I don't include M Sport in that) should wear the badges...

Just my thoughts...

Peter

True, only proper M cars ie M3/5/6/MCoupe/Roadster should have the badge, there needs to be a difference to keep the M brand special.

[munky30]

badging down is fine though, i'd love a 335 with a 316i badge

badging down is fun.

[J_Mac]

i bought a e34 525i, with M5 all over it, front, back, under the door handles, i said to him it's not a m5 tho, he no it's just a sport but it looks good tho, i was yeah right ok but when upside something worthey of the m5 juice all i got is 525i sport juice... that'll look good .. their now in a draw

[jaistanley]

My 325i se auto is going to be fitted with a mixture of 3.2 M3 engine, E30 M3 struts, MCoupé Gearbox, Brakes, trailing arms, diff, E30 M3 interior and 328i sport wheels.

Is it getting an M badge? No.

Considered '332iS' (even worse, 'S' badge snobs to offend!!!!, better still; '//M332iS') but the car looks so boggo on the outside (intentional, fitting black iS lip spoiler and leaving the non body coloured bumpers and trim) that I'd run the risk of looking like some goon who has slapped 17"s on his council wagon and thinks he's got himself an M3 eater.

Jai

[Rosc0PColtrane]

You don't put a Nike Swoosh on a pair of Hi-techs.

I am a labels snob. Let people do what they want. If they want to draw attention to their stupidity then so be it. Imagine seeing someone with Nike badged Hi-Techs? Imagine wearing Nike badged Hi-Techs!!!!

Like wearing fake burberry baseball caps, these are a source of amusement! Just sit smug in your superior knowledge that they are prats! If you build a replica car, ie swap all your bits over for sport bits, in effect recreating a sport, then the badge is part of the replica look, go for it!! The 4 door M3 look a like is let down by the exhausts.

Who cares about brand devaluing, so long as those enlightened folk in the know, free from ignorance, know their stuff and can differentiate.

[Morat]

I hate labels. The first designer label I remember everyone going crazy about was LaCoste in the 80s. People were going mad for that little crocodile on a polo shirt. I thought it was ridiculous then and I think its ridiculous now. The badge isn't what makes the shirt/shoes/car/computer/suit - its the design and manufacturing that goes into it. Real quality doesn't need a badge at all!

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Most decent labels have understated branding, but a descernable increase in quality, even if they're manufactured in southeast asian sweatshops!

[munky30]

lol... lacoste... just because its the most expensive thing in the littlewoods catalogue doesnt make it a designer label.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

lol... lacoste... just because its the most expensive thing in the littlewoods catalogue doesnt make it a designer label.

Plus it's French

[pacerpete]

Nike is sooooooo COUNCIL !

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Nike is sooooooo COUNCIL !

Good running shoes, you tried catching a chav wearing a pair?? lol

[march109]

Nike is sooooooo COUNCIL !

Good running shoes, you tried catching a chav wearing a pair?? lol

Yeah but he had a 40 a day habit, he had no chance really! bet he was expecting his Nike airs and Adidas 3 stripes to run for him, probably why they all wear burberry caps, to increase downforce when running from Mothercares security gaurds when on the scrounge for nappies!

[Speedtouch]

Who wants to be a walking billboard anyway? My top tip is to buy cheap jeans and debadge them

[greentouring]

An interesting thread..........I've debadged my Touring as I have with all my cars in the past, apart form my Saab 900 Turbo. I'd like a nice grill badge and have seen one with the German flag colours.......think that's acceptable. ;)

[Rosc0PColtrane]

eko hs one, looks good!!!

[scotty86d]

I Quite like an m badge on the grill, nice and subtle in my opinion. Not liking them on the boot and it has to be something with decent poke, ie 325 sport or 2.7 etc etc.

People with 318i's that have m badges look like tossers.It' like me putting an rs badge on my fiesta 1.1, I'd look like(even more of ) a twat

[Rosc0PColtrane]

my gf has a n old festy si, which someone has kindly put some rust on!!

[greentouring]

Think it was on EKO's that I saw it actually.....

[Greeny]

I Like the look of the 'M' bages so I fitted them an I don't give a toss what anyone else thinks (It's my car). Plus people who aren't in the no always say 'nice M3'. LOL

[harry_p]

why do you think it looks good? because it fools other people into thinking your car is better than it is?

how about a 6.0 v12 badge for the boot too

[Greeny]

It goes like a 6.0 V12 so I might get one.

[forty]

[/quote]
bet he was expecting his Nike airs and Adidas 3 stripes to run for him, probably why they all wear burberry caps, to increase downforce when running from Mothercares security gaurds when on the scrounge for nappies![/quote]

LOL, made me spit my dinner over the computer screen

[gareth]

there was a gold gong round here a while ago with a 3 foot long nike swoosh on each side!!! he also had 4 foglights tucked up in his scooby bonnet vent!!!!

[march109]

bet he was expecting his Nike airs and Adidas 3 stripes to run for him, probably why they all wear burberry caps, to increase downforce when running from Mothercares security gaurds when on the scrounge for nappies!

LOL, made me spit my dinner over the computer screen

glad you liked! I've been told I have a gift for describing the world around me. I find it a curse, I'm the guy who gets started on all the time for telling it like it is.

"dude is your missus a geezer?...really? oh! " doesn't go down to well.

[gareth]

[grantfk10]

My top tip is to buy cheap jeans and debadge them

I'm sure Tesco do jeans for about £3 a pair!

[chinchilla]

I guess if your looks the part, it ok to put M badges on the car, yeah? just finshes it off, puts the iceing on the cake...

[munky30]

no.

If it didnt come out of the factory with them, its not an mtech car, so shoudlnt have mtech badges.

Its as bad a cossie reps, putting a whaletail and cossie kit on a 2.0gl sierra doesnt make it a cossie. Just like putting mtech steering wheel and gearknob on a 318 doesnt make it an mtech car.

[Jhonno]

no.

If it didnt come out of the factory with them, its not an mtech car, so shoudlnt have mtech badges.

Its as bad a cossie reps, putting a whaletail and cossie kit on a 2.0gl sierra doesnt make it a cossie. Just like putting mtech steering wheel and gearknob on a 318 doesnt make it an mtech car.

[chinchilla]

no.

If it didnt come out of the factory with them, its not an mtech car, so shoudlnt have mtech badges.

Its as bad a cossie reps, putting a whaletail and cossie kit on a 2.0gl sierra doesnt make it a cossie. Just like putting mtech steering wheel and gearknob on a 318 doesnt make it an mtech car.

but noone will be the wiser if its a good rep!

[munky30]

until you come up next to a real one and get blown away by it. Leaving you looking like a numpty and wishing you'd kept your ego in check and not put a fake badge on it.

[march109]

until you come up next to a real one and get blown away by it. Leaving you looking like a numpty and wishing you'd kept your ego in check and not put a fake badge on it.

Not every one is a red light drag racer munky.

If I'm pulling away normall and some tw*t blasts off the line next to me I usually think, "who the f*ck does he think hes racing?"

[chinchilla]

until you come up next to a real one and get blown away by it. Leaving you looking like a numpty and wishing you'd kept your ego in check and not put a fake badge on it.

Not every one is a red light drag racer munky.

If I'm pulling away normall and some tw*t blasts off the line next to me I usually think, "who the f*ck does he think hes racing?"

Exactly!

or you could have some engine mods, wiped the floor clean with him!