So I re-badged the car...

[bigmuthatrucker]

Yea I definatly depends on your personal preferences.. Allthough IMO I do believe some look better with the badges than others... My silver 5'er would look fine without the badge however I think the silver chrome contrast is nice.. on a silver bimmer.. I just noticed another Pa guy.. cool.. allthough I am more near wilkes barre and scranton...

jim

[VentoGT]

Personally I think your car looks better without but that's just me...What is the story with that License Plate? It's a ton better than any we can get in GA I will tell you that...what specialty plate is that?

[bigmuthatrucker]

That is a Pa "D.a.r.e." plate it is a anti drug group I am sure you have heard of it...
"Drug's are bad M'kay"

[VentoGT]

You just picked it for the coloring didn't you

[DABIMR]

I still have my 528i badge form my '97 528i/5.. I shoud put that on my E34 540i/6 and throw everyone off..

[SchnellE34]

You just picked it for the coloring didn't you

Of course! In fact thats what everyone did and now PA doesn't offer that plate anymore. Its the same as the normal PA plate with a DARE triangle. I dreamed up the color scheme before I bought the car. Black car, white turn signals, red roundel, and a PA DARE plate.

BTW, it stands for Drugs Are Really Expensive, haha! I'm kidding it stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

[Incantation]

badges are gay. especially when someone puts M5 on their car and it's a 520

[DaveVoorhis]

On the other hand, when someone puts 520 on their car and it's an M5...

[shuriken]

Well, I decided to re-badge the car. Some of you may know I was all for the no badge for the last year or so just because it looks more clean on the trunk.

But after reading Satch Carlson's reply to a Roundel reader's inquision on a 7-series (June 2006 Roundel, page 8) I decided to rebadge. I'm sure a lot of you would agree with his words.


It seems most true Bimmer nuts and I'm sure most true European automotive enthusiasts in the U.S. believe that the de-badge is misleading. I'm not one to false advertise, so I decided to put it back on. I stole the badge off eBay for 99 cents plus 3 bucks shipping. Here are some before and after shots (sorry for the poop quality):



BEFORE:


AFTER:

You can order your car de-badged from the dealer. My (out going) 535i is debadged. Alot of peolple don't want to advertise that they have a bigger engined or spec'd car to others or to the car thieves. Some like to just remain annonomous or understated. I must say that i like it. My new car, 525i is badged and it's growing on me. What ever takes your fancy at the end of the day.

[BigKriss]

I want to put on a 518i badge. No-one will be stealing my BM trouble U POS.