OK guys. I know this has been done many times, but I had the camera handy and snapped away. I ordered the matte black replacement badges from Bimmian.com for $20, and just spent about 20 minutes doing the install. I got some advice from forum members DRANGED and Flyingpuck, in addition to what you get on Bimmian's website. What follows is an odyssey into the least difficult mod ever, except for maybe the rear reflectors.

What I used:

1. Masking tape. I couldn't find my blue painter's tape, but this stuff was 3M and worked fine.
2. Hair dryer. Just put it back before your wife/gf notices.
3. Dental Floss. I went with a nice Oral B Satin, but you make the call.
4. Goo Gone.
5. Alcohol.
6. Water.
7. Sharpie pen. Green looks nice and is environmentally friendly.

The requisite before photo:
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...all4-03-11.jpg

Tape around the numbers & letter. Mark the locations with a Sharpie.
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...all4-03-10.jpg

Heat the badges with a hair dryer on high/hot. Check with your finger and you'll feel the adhesive start to soften.
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...tall4-03-9.jpg

Run the floss behind each number/letter and use a sawing motion. They practically fall off.
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...tall4-03-8.jpg

This is the adhesive that was left. I simply pulled it off with my fingernails.
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...tall4-03-7.jpg

After the initial peeling, still a little adhesive.
https://i534.photobucket.com/albums/...tall4-03-6.jpg

Continued... http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=74037

great write up Cal :thumbsup:...(and NICE watch :cool:)

You gotta put that watch in your sig....looks like the most expensive mod besides the E60 itself! :D

Thanks for the DYI...I have a feeling this will be on my list soon after I get my black matte grills on!

Nice watch, and your hair dryer matches your car :thumbsup:

+1 Nice Tag. :thumbsup: Gene, that's a timepiece. :P

Did you put that watch on just for the pic? :cool:

Nice modd!

C'mon guys! I finally take the time to document a DIY and the focus is my chronograph? Geez. Oh, and, if you noticed the time, I took off work a few minutes early to get home and get started. And, yes, I got the hairdryer back in place before my wife got home. :D

OK, Here is a photo of a 535d badge 'in situ':

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And one done in the style of Gene... :lol:

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Anyone else got a watch/BMW badge photo combination :D

Mike

GOO GONE ended up scratching my paint as I rubbed the glue off :hyper: and its black so it shows the most!!!