That's funny about the fuss. Even my wife now calls me if she's driving and sees (for example) an F30 3 series with M3 badges
One the other day had the red/white/blue lines sprayed accross the bumper, clearly not professionally... I wish she got a pic of that one so I could have posted it on Bimmerpost
I think badging one's car to look like something it's not is ridiculous. As many threads on this topic have stated, the people you're trying to fool don't know the difference anyway, and the people that do know the difference won't be fooled. So it's silly all around.