NEW PICS!!!!!!!!!! NEW PICS
11-04-2008, 05:04 PM
#51
Contributors
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NYC, Rego Park, Queens
Posts: 5,434
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2004 E60 530i, 2012 E70 X5 35i
Model Year: 2004
Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='712319' date='Nov 4 2008, 07:09 PM
I think there is difference between what you just listed and slapping an M badge on
11-04-2008, 05:29 PM
#52
Senior Members
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Posts: 770
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2008 BMW 550i Sport
Carbon Black Metallic/Cream Beige
Manny tranny and other stuff
Recently gone, but never forgotten:
2005 Ford Mustang GT (hence the name)
Torch Red/Crimson
Manny tranny and every option available for that year
2002 Chrysler 300M Special
Brilliant Black/Light Taupe/Dark Slate
Autostick and goo-gobs of neat features that I will sorely miss
Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='712319' date='Nov 4 2008, 08:09 PM
I think there is difference between what you just listed and slapping an M badge on
11-04-2008, 05:42 PM
#53
Contributors
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: .
Posts: 8,199
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: .
Model Year: .
Originally Posted by GT Premi' post='712413' date='Nov 4 2008, 08:29 PM
And that difference would be...
11-04-2008, 05:45 PM
#54
Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: So. Cal (SFV)
Posts: 17,508
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
Originally Posted by GT Premi' post='712413' date='Nov 4 2008, 06:29 PM
And that difference would be...
You have an M-tech kit, and M 19" alloy wheels....what's stopping you from slapping on some M5 badges?
BTT: Car looks good, IMO I would lose the M badge, but as long as you are happy with it
11-04-2008, 06:55 PM
#58
Senior Members
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 863
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by alexf9496' post='712436' date='Nov 4 2008, 10:54 PM
The M badge is retarded.
Installer must have dropped it a couple times and drank and smoked when it was still on the assembly line. Which is why there should be a BMW Special Olympics, where people that try to make their cars look like a higher model to the degree this guy did can race each other and argue that their "M5 coupe" which looks a lot like a 1-series beat the "M9" that looks oddly like a Hyundai Genesis. I would do the wheels and M-Tech kit, but the badging and even the side grilles are a bit too much, in my opinion. There's a reason BMW differentiates its Ms and non-Ms with a quad exhaust, V10, skirt, and side grilles, to name a few.
I even have an issue with debadging to some extent. If you genuinely believe that it makes the car look better, then do it. But if you do it because deep down inside you don't want people to know you have a 525/28/30, then you're issues stem beyond a debadging and you should leave it on and look for people's approval another way.
Either way, it's your car not mine; I won't have to see the look on someone's face when they pop your hood expecting a V10 and instead see a V8 (actually, I would, just not from your point of view). A 545 is a bad ass car, but it's not an M5. Be proud of what you have. Think of those driving Kias.
Ooops.
11-04-2008, 07:09 PM
#60
Senior Members
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 377
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by EuroCarFan' post='712526' date='Nov 4 2008, 11:02 PM
Bahamutzyro, just curious if you also put a Z06 badge on the fenders of your Vette?