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Keep the rear badges that come from the factory. | 14 | 37.84% | |
Remove the rear badges, I like the clean look. | 10 | 27.03% | |
Change the rear to gloss black badges. | 10 | 27.03% | |
Only keep the Z4 badge and remove the 20i, 30i or M40i badge. | 3 | 8.11% | |
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06-26-2023, 07:31 AM | #1 |
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Poll - which do you prefer a Z4 with rear badges or debadged?
After reading the posts in this recent thread I decided to post a poll.
https://g29.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2004687 What is your preference, a Z4 that has rear badges or one that is debadged? I am also adding two other choices, change to gloss black rear badges (which I recently did) or just keep the the Z4 badge and remove the 20i, 30i or M40i badge on the right side. Last edited by Westside Guy; 06-26-2023 at 07:50 AM.. |
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depends on the car for me.
if i had a 20 or 30i i would remove all, i like the clean look, but since there are so little differentiating features between the 20/30 and 40i. i re-added my badges on the 40i after wrapping the car. when my car was green i had the bronze badges, now that it's purple i switched to black because it matched better with the color scheme i was going for
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In my case, Frozen Grey and Shadowline trim with black wheels seems rather achromatic to me. I like the bit of subtle color contrast the badging adds. Also, the Z4 has no other badging on the exterior, at least in the US, so it doesn't strike me as remotely over-badged. My one complaint about the factory badging is that for Shadowline trims the badges should be gloss black.
By way of comparison, I removed the SHELBY letters from my stripe-less GT500 the same week I took delivery, and it still had snake badges on the grill, the front fenders, and the trunk decklid roundrel. I had thought to remove the fender badges as well, but it turns out they were bolted to the fender. So, not a fan of overbadging, but subtle understated badging is fine. |
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I totally agree with you that the badges should be offered as an option in gloss black if you’re getting the Shadowline trim!
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Any time I go to a local car meet, when I see a debadged car, I assume it's a lower model, regardless of brand. I think most people feel the same way. People who don't know BMW models could very well assume a badged lower model is better than it actually is.
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As someone else mentioned, every time I clean the car, I snag the towel on the badges so I'll probably ultimately remove them. Devalue the car? Hah! Okay, so spend $50 to put them back on before selling or trading. |
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06-26-2023, 11:17 AM | #10 |
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Disagree. When we picked up multiple cars in Germany from European delivery we found that most there came from the factory debadged. That's how we ordered ours.
If you want you can stick the pieces in a bag and reattach them when you sell the car. It's not hard to do. PPF installers remove and then reinstall over the PPF all the time. Me - I'm full debadge as it looks super clean and love not having to wash around them. |
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Could be mistaken, but doubt it, because going back to 2011 with a 335is 7DCT the debadged smaller engined cars greatly outnumbered the badged big engine cars on the BMW forums. Anyone can look at old threads & see this trend. Not making a judgment on the intent, just stating what I have seen over many years. Also its not unique to BMW.
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I get the impression that BMW people are particularly sensitive to the badges.
I've debadged my Ford Expedition (of course, I have the 'lowly' XLT...). I do think it's one of those trends which comes and goes.
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I'm on the fence. I like the clean look but as many have said, it's usually the lower models that are debadged. I also like the black badges as my car has the shadowline pkg. So, I'll probably just keep what I have from the factory....at least for now.
Nice idea for a poll though, I am curious how the results turn out.
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Personally I think that they give the car a more sophisticated look, especially when viewing the car from the rear and seeing them along with the black ragtop. |
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Chrome is out; black is in. Black is the new…black?
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I'm thinking of actually applying a matte wrap on the Z4 and M40i badge
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