Kaizen

Just wondering why a lot of members like to debadge their E60s. Looks cleaner I'm assuming, but just interested in getting opinions of those who have done it and why.

On a side note, I must be unable to read or something because I recall reading mods in members' sig and seeing "debagged", thinking they took out the airbags. I vividly remember thinking, "WTF, these guys are crazy!"

iCharles

In Germany people debadge because understating is the flavor of the hour. Status is less dependent on income there so a 'clean' deck lid is considered attractive.

EDIT: (I do this a lot) In Berlin, where I spend a good deal of time, people often brag about how little they spend, quite to the contrary of the average SoCal conversation.

skelevirus

Clean look, embarrassed maybe? Both haha

singhbmw23

In america its mostly for the clean look and then it always does leave people guessing when i debadged my 3series i had people asking if it was a 5 7 and 6 series i had a e90 lol. So just debadge it makes interesting conversations.

Ricezilla

IMO a few people does it for a cleaner look however I think that most people do it because they have a lower model. Compare how many 525i you see debadged compare to how many m5's you see?

Surf911S

I debadged my 535I TT, because its looks cleaner, and leaves others guessing.

xenonrider

whenever i see a debadged E60, i assume it's a 525 or 528...

Rudy

This topic pops up every now and then and I always think of our friend JDN who debadged his 545i.

Although there's a ton of them out there, here's a link to one of the earliest threads about debadging with posts from some of our veterans -- including JDN:

https://5series.net/forums/topic/219...ed-or-debadged

skelevirus

Rudy thx man, I can't find any of these old threads, I've gone full retard on the search button and old threads are a labrynth to me

Mr BM

I had this conversation on an English forum.....

I have an E60 530i, and the salesman debadged it for me when I collected it 12 months ago.

I left it a few months and then added an '///M' badge for effect.

I then read the thread in the forum and everyones opinion was that this '///M' badge was naff, so it was duly removed. I then decided I wanted my 530i badge back on, as I was finding people sitting on my arse having a go, since the 530i badge went on, it's stopped pretty much!

My car isn't the quickest BM out there, but I find the 530i will take on most run of the mill everyday cars quite happily. Of course it will never beat the big performance stuff, but then I have an executive waft I comfort myself with!!

Anyway, I digress, the point being, like has already been said, I find most 5er's over here are debadged if they are are a 20d, which wouldn't really pull your skin back.....we don't get many 525i, or 535i, (if any) so most are 20d's, which gives me comfort when I pull along side one and put my tow down and leave them for dust! We don't see that many 550i's either to be fare.

I guess it is totally down to personal taste, I for one am happy to show my size!!!!!

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