Issues with de badge?

[Smartbear]

Hi all.

Anyone had any bad experience with de badging? ie marks left behind or indeed wishing they hadn’t done it? Anyone think it chavs the car or indeed enhanced it? Any tips on actually doing it?

Cheers

Carl

Why do it at all? It really does seem a pointless exercise.

Totally agree, best left original

Mine is original, debadged from new by bmw. Saved me from removing the tawdry things!
Rob

[MKZ4000]

Depends on the badge, if you’ve got an M I’d want everyone to know it

[oldgitdave]

Mine was debadged before I bought it & I prefer the cleaner look. No sign of any badges being there previously but I've no idea if BMW would have done a factory debadge back then . It's all a matter of personal taste of course .

[ben g]

I always debadge my cars. It makes cleaning and polishing so much easier and I hate nasty chrome badges identifying the car. Everyone knows what it is, there's no need to advertise it

[Mike6]

I know there are exceptions to the rule but it often seems that its the base cars which get debadged. In the case of the Z4 that would be the 4 cylinder 2.0ltr models.

[mr wilks]

I know there are exceptions to the rule but it often seems that its the base cars which get debadged. In the case of the Z4 that would be the 4 cylinder 2.0ltr models.

Indeed , i recently debadged our 520d off the rear tailgate yet never felt the urge to do the same with the badge on Z4MR bootlid

[Needanothercoupe]

Definitely a marmite job, I’ll not rush into it just gauging opinion I personally like it without but my Mrs says keep them on I must say they remind me of an old car and without it looks more subtle

[mr wilks]

Definitely a marmite job, I’ll not rush into it just gauging opinion I personally like it without but my Mrs says keep them on I must say they remind me of an old car and without it looks more subtle

Never been a fan of the rear "Z4" badges or the side wing ones , always removed from any Zs ive bought , as for the "how to remove" part .
Always found a steaming kettle held under the badge has it loose enough to pull off in seconds , the residue comes off with a bit more steam & wonder wipes followed by some polish & wax .
The monaco blue looks great btw

[Boltz]

I have very recently removed the badges from my E89 and it does look much better. When I removed them I used dental floss and then used WD 40 to remove the residue then a quick going over with a clay bar and then wax to finish.

[Needanothercoupe]

Definitely a marmite job, I’ll not rush into it just gauging opinion I personally like it without but my Mrs says keep them on I must say they remind me of an old car and without it looks more subtle

Never been a fan of the rear "Z4" badges or the side wing ones , always removed from any Zs ive bought , as for the "how to remove" part .
Always found a steaming kettle held under the badge has it loose enough to pull off in seconds , the residue comes off with a bit more steam & wonder wipes followed by some polish & wax .
The monaco blue looks great btw

i ended up with a carbon black car but I was intending getting a blue z but it went pear shaped but every cloud as my carbon one was a lot cheaper and actually looks nice, got the black engine cover and xenon lights, pdc, heated seats full history it’s a lot of car but yet to drive it really....might de badge ha ha

[enzed4]

Looking at the E89 side badges, why wouldn't you delete them (although I haven't, so am a fine one to talk) - it's a bit cringy with the whole "S-Drive 35i" taking up half the wing. . Just having "35i" would be enough.