[volinder]

Originally Posted by Mr. BMW

I like the clean look of a de-badged BMW, so I have always de-badged my cars.

Agreed, i'm debadging me soon too.

[tl_boy]

I finally got around to doing it last week, on my TiAg as well. I took a blow dryer, tied it to a small chair, and let it blow dry the emblems for about 20 minutes. Then I took floss, and wiggled the emblems off.

At this stage, treatment of the existing residue is very similar to how you would treat the removal of a price tag from something. If you grab it at the right spot, and work your way gently peeling it off, carefully, you can take off a good majority of it, and save you the effort and broken finger nails later.

Once I took off almost all of the black stuff, and was just left with the glue residue, I took water and rubbed it. Then I took Meguiar's polish and polished and gently scraped with my cloth and nail.

I wouldn't use Goo Gone stuff, as i'm pretty certain that could mess up the cars finish. Its too abrasive.

I really like the results. I was skeptical at first, thinking the car would look naked, but I think it turned out nicely, looks clean, and classy. Looks like a 5'er now.

[val3ntin3s]

Originally Posted by ogrady

Yup! which is another reason people debadge, to have the ultimate sleeper car!

I dont think debadging the 335 would be much of a sleeper car since people can just look at the exaust to see if there's pipes on both or just one side of the car. But like other people have said it's still a 3 series.

As for the ultimate sleeper car read the link below:
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...hreadid=101767

now that's a sleeper

[cntlaw]

time to debadge , the 335i , 350i , M3 are all coming

[uhaulball]

350i?? wth is that

[ScBlacksunshine]

I say Debadge all the way...then again I am bias

[calvino]

guys is your car you can do w/e you want to it.

went I get my car and add the full ACS body kit I'm going to put the AC emblem on the back, no b/c I'm a show off or anything. is only so my car looks different.

[climkt]

debadging is easy . puting old badge back when u sell it is difficult. would recommend buying new badge during resale as badge sticker would be completely non adherent.

[txusa03]

I just super glue it back, new owner will not know a thing j/k.

if you trade it for another bmw, then dealer will put on the badge...

[jatt bwoy]

has anybody on here taken the BMW emblem off their car?

pics please.

i've seen this done on alot of the older 3 series models, especially e30 and e36... i think it looks great. depends what look you're going for though.

[ADHD]

Im aabout to take my stock Blue/white bmw emblems on my hood and trunk Off and replace with Black/white emblems I picked up off EBAY..No stickers the whole roundel!

[txusa03]

Originally Posted by jatt bwoy

has anybody on here taken the BMW emblem off their car?

pics please.

i've seen this done on alot of the older 3 series models, especially e30 and e36... i think it looks great. depends what look you're going for though.

Check this out..
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=emblem

[wahooowa]

Originally Posted by JBOO

Good point ... I agree.

What I've noticed in my few years of BMW ownership is that:

Some BMW owners will try to segregate within the brand (i.e, 7 series owners catergorize the 5 series as a lower class BMW or 5 series owners say the 3 series is inferior and so on). I see them as totally different cars, equally as good in their own special ways.

Then owners will try and segregrate within each class (i.e, 330 owners look down on 325's, etc, etc)

I've even seen attempts to segregrate on the options that were chosen.

I find that amazing and something I have never seen before with other manufactures.

To me, when you buy a BMW, you are buying a premium vehicle, regardless of what model or engine you choose.

WTF, I thought I was moving up the class when I switched from an Accord EX to a e90 325i. But now I see myself at the bottom of the class

[cntlaw]

Originally Posted by ADHD

Im aabout to take my stock Blue/white bmw emblems on my hood and trunk Off and replace with Black/white emblems I picked up off EBAY..No stickers the whole roundel!

i was at first not convinced roundels can do the job but I did it as that was a present from a friend who done the same to his M3. i am very surprise the result of the roundels is superb and I can do it to the steering wheels badge and even to the wheels caps if I ever have BMW rims again. I just love the light and shinny tin material made the roundels which my wife could peel them off and did the realignment ( as I discovered she did not do it properly after some photos were taken and I saw bad alignment as magnified on the photo!)

I must admit the real thing might be more 3 dimensional but at a cost.
Congrats !

[KennyVendetta]

I love this topic...

I mean if we had Toyota Camry's would we be debadging? Do Mercedes owners debadge the Mercedes symbol?

[rolling18]

Originally Posted by E90Newbie

I think this has some truth to it... i bet there are more unbadged 325 than 330. I was planning on unbadging mine if i bought a 325.

sound similar to the "M" badging...

i think there are more "M"s running arround here than were actually ever made!

im betting about 1 in every 5 "m" series is real... the rest are posers.

i think i might just put an "M" on my old dodge diesel 4x4!! J/K

[rolling18]

Originally Posted by wahooowa

WTF, I thought I was moving up the class when I switched from an Accord EX to a e90 325i. But now I see myself at the bottom of the class

so one must ask one's self.. would I rather be the top of a lower class Or the lower of an upper class?

[bobnaz]

Originally Posted by KennyVendetta

I love this topic...

I mean if we had Toyota Camry's would we be debadging? Do Mercedes owners debadge the Mercedes symbol?

Maybe not Toyota Camry's but I have seen Mercedes debadged.

[Josh49]

Originally Posted by Mr. BMW

I like the clean look of a de-badged BMW, so I have always de-badged my cars.

This second picture looks soooo slick and clean.... Two thumbs up..

[akhbhaat]

Originally Posted by KennyVendetta

I love this topic...

I mean if we had Toyota Camry's would we be debadging? Do Mercedes owners debadge the Mercedes symbol?

Yes. My friend debadged his Montero Sport at my suggestion. As annoying and distracting as the BMW badges are, some of the other manufacturers really seem to go out of their way to clutter the rear end of a car with useless script and badging.

[ahnh77]

or people who bought the 330i before the release of the 335i.. ...hahaha...anyways..i think it's all about the "look"....it just looks cleaner debadged....

Originally Posted by Pangearox

Cheap people that dont want other people knowing they didnt splurge for the 330i....HAHAHA....just kidding

honestly though....

[Chesmu]

do we really have to go here again? I hated this thread when I first read it.....8 months ago! BY the way...I debadged my 330....

and I re-badged...

now its a M6 DINAN V12

Takes up the whole trunk lip...in gunmetal chrome lettering....people think I spent a lot of money on it....woohoo! I fooled them!