Fake Badges

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by iX nOOky

Please don't shellac me if you see my X5 with it's single dark blue grill strip. I broke one of the grill veins and a new grill is $1,150 so I bought those to cover it up while I decide to buy a new grill or turn it into insurance lol. My co-irkers think it looks cool even, which is all that matters.

$1,150? I have a 2021 X5 and swapped out the chrome grill for an OEM gloss black grill for a couple of hundred bucks from the dealer. Did you crunch the active shutters behind it?

[I Luv BMW]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

Grill stripes to me is in the same category as fake badging but worse since they aren’t even a BMW “thing”. But that’s just me. This guy is trying way to hard to hid the B48 under the hood.

EDIT: I just realized that the other pictures I tried to post didn't make it, which were what my "trying too hard" comment was all about. Updated

Ok so without context, the M sticker looks pretty cool. *searches on eBay*

[iX nOOky]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

$1,150? I have a 2021 X5 and swapped out the chrome grill for an OEM gloss black grill for a couple of hundred bucks from the dealer. Did you crunch the active shutters behind it?

The cheapest black grill with iconic glow I could find a month ago was $1,150. A simple black was considerably less, but I'm not going to do that. The iconic glow is what brings it over the top expensive.

I see them on ebay now for $1,089.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186651546839

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by iX nOOky

The cheapest black grill with iconic glow I could find a month ago was $1,150. A simple black was considerably less, but I'm not going to do that. The iconic glow is what brings it over the top expensive.

I see them on ebay now for $1,089.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186651546839

Ah, I didn’t realize you had the iconic glow grill. Makes more sense now.

[IcewaterPete]

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by IcewaterPete

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

Limited Performance... you don't say!

[tcphoto]

Originally Posted by IcewaterPete

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

That's a lot of performance packed into one car...

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by IcewaterPete

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

That's gotta be a lost bet or a prank. I can't believe it. Amazing.

[jeffreygek1]

Limited performance and looks. He must feel badass.

[Kaizer84]

Good one

[Gnome440]

Originally Posted by IcewaterPete

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

5 HP added per sticker

[KevinC]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

That's gotta be a lost bet or a prank. I can't believe it. Amazing.

Haha you've apparently never driven around SoCal - this kind of stuff is rampant. Usually not THAT extreme, but not surprising at all.

[pz619]

Originally Posted by IcewaterPete

Anyone seen this cool cat in Cali?

https://youtube.com/shorts/gLERtZ946...h2-TtNU0355oOR

That car is infamous. I'm also not convinced it's irony either haha.

[SNIPE440i]

anyone please? link for example..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31601902632...Bk9SR8iJia36ZQ

['Cane]

Originally Posted by SNIPE440i

anyone please? link for example..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/316019026328?_skw=7X+For+B-M-W+Black+And+Red+HubCaps+Steering+Wheel+Emblem+Badg e+Set+82%2B74mm+68mm&itmmeta=01JZ9D28JSV5Z5Y71FSNM JW218&hash=item499433a998:g:IRgAAOSwuYhnTVXn&itmpr p=enc%3AAQAKAAABMFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cz5KNwCrcSea w1G9QKSWSIRh7mY7Mj%2Bubf4uLvPHznK5zl%2B2GlN8CIONdn gkfutWY2CS%2Bq9OpyPFN4pseve8m%2FKMumAg2F45l0tvQdL9 fsY2FRQsxeOv3YOZpBBKtCktkiCOSeYeWtn7Xzg%2FwDvF8grm TK5KOfKdSQZ7kfjV03SwqfkndAGXlDaqGOarrGWsTis7i4Unuy nDG2MNB%2FqEIxIqBhd3bEj%2FXFxO5XrCRk%2FxL67%2BYA0s hxeQ6LZq5Vl%2BGpu5H5Z3I%2BiB84%2FBWfpH8jHBTIlDBFDD oTG9w8YUs2IdotIyy9R4iyVUdNR3q%2FGy0ZQ61blvBstAcTcG 9YV8nhINJUm3WtBSPzyZW4WjfcETf3Iokoji9%2F439da%2Bf4 bVw%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8iJia36ZQ

This is a thread pointing fingers at people who try to pass their cars off as something they’re not, you’re in the wrong place. You want real badges, go to the dealer or a retailer like IND.

[SNIPE440i]

Originally Posted by 'Cane

This is a thread pointing fingers at people who try to pass their cars off as something they’re not, you’re in the wrong place. You want real badges, go to the dealer or a retailer like IND.

My apologies, i hit the search feature for emblems and nothing really came up. So i figured "fake badges" and something off ebay would go hand and hand. I'm new here just trying to get the right info. Figured someone else would of ordered one of these kits for their F32.. Also bMw doesn't sell them in the colors i want. Nor do any of the websites that i searched online.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by SNIPE440i

My apologies, i hit the search feature for emblems and nothing really came up. So i figured "fake badges" and something off ebay would go hand and hand. I'm new here just trying to get the right info. Figured someone else would of ordered one of these kits for their F32.. Also bMw doesn't sell them in the colors i want. Nor do any of the websites that i searched online.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by SNIPE440i

anyone please? link for example..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/316019026328?_skw=7X+For+B-M-W+Black+And+Red+HubCaps+Steering+Wheel+Emblem+Badg e+Set+82%2B74mm+68mm&itmmeta=01JZ9D28JSV5Z5Y71FSNM JW218&hash=item499433a998:g:IRgAAOSwuYhnTVXn&itmpr p=enc%3AAQAKAAABMFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cz5KNwCrcSea w1G9QKSWSIRh7mY7Mj%2Bubf4uLvPHznK5zl%2B2GlN8CIONdn gkfutWY2CS%2Bq9OpyPFN4pseve8m%2FKMumAg2F45l0tvQdL9 fsY2FRQsxeOv3YOZpBBKtCktkiCOSeYeWtn7Xzg%2FwDvF8grm TK5KOfKdSQZ7kfjV03SwqfkndAGXlDaqGOarrGWsTis7i4Unuy nDG2MNB%2FqEIxIqBhd3bEj%2FXFxO5XrCRk%2FxL67%2BYA0s hxeQ6LZq5Vl%2BGpu5H5Z3I%2BiB84%2FBWfpH8jHBTIlDBFDD oTG9w8YUs2IdotIyy9R4iyVUdNR3q%2FGy0ZQ61blvBstAcTcG 9YV8nhINJUm3WtBSPzyZW4WjfcETf3Iokoji9%2F439da%2Bf4 bVw%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8iJia36ZQ

IND is the go to for OEM badges painted like this.

[ctcarbonari]

Originally Posted by Joe-BMW33

IND is the go to for OEM badges painted like this.

+1 to IND-Distribution
The quality of their work is excellent.

[Joe-BMW33]

Originally Posted by ctcarbonari

+1 to IND-Distribution
The quality of their work is excellent.

Yep and they will also custom paint anything.

[Ecsta]

Are the grill stripes a faux pas?

Wife thought they looked cool and wanted them, for $15 I figure why not.

Didn't know there was so much drama around adding some colour to the grill. I totally understand the "M badges on not a M car", but the car literally comes from the factory covered in M's all over it 🤣

[Brandoch]

Originally Posted by Ecsta

Are the grill stripes a faux pas?

Wife thought they looked cool and wanted them, for $15 I figure why not.

Didn't know there was so much drama around adding some colour to the grill. I totally understand the "M badges on not a M car", but the car literally comes from the factory covered in M's all over it 🤣

Very much so lol