View Poll Results: To debadge or rebadge?

Debadge

48.44%

Rebadge with matte black "530d" text

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May 16, 2009 | 10:51 AM

#31

TAJARO

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From: Chester County PA

My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.

How about rebadge? It wasn't long ago when the sport package was worth an "iS" and so I fooled around with that on my 550i... OLD SCHOOL...

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May 16, 2009 | 02:32 PM

#32

CWS530

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From: St. Louis Burbs, USA

My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Coversï¿½ from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).

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Originally Posted by Anzafin' post='880109' date='May 16 2009, 05:54 AM

The car is now debadged for rebadging

! Thanks to Calvin (CWS530) for his great DIY writeup!

I still haven't got the emblems from Bimmian though

. I asked Nick@Jlewi SW if they had the black letters and they sure have, except the letter "d"

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So my backup plan is to paint the originals with serious preparation work. I'll spend next two weeks at work (out of home) and after that we'll see what's the situation with Bimmian letters...

That's a drag. Those matte black emblems look great. Oh well, Anza, I'm sure you'll figure out how to paint yours to look just as nice as Bimmian's.

May 16, 2009 | 04:17 PM

#33

theXman

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My Ride: 2004 530i

Model Year: 2004

Rebadge.

May 17, 2009 | 09:48 AM

#34

Anzafin

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From: Kajaani, Finland

My Ride: Bmw 530d 2004

The car looks good as debadged, but at least I would get those black emblems to delibarate some more...
So, does anyone know any other sellers than Bimmian, JLeviSW or Modbargains that sells these black emblems?

I think the product itself is the same in those shops I mentioned. And the problem of them all is that they don't have the "d" letter...
Does any diesel owner have the black text in their trunk?