I've used dental floss in a sawing motion and the badges come off in a jiffy, sticky stuff remover gets rid of the residue
Rob
I've used dental floss in a sawing motion and the badges come off in a jiffy, sticky stuff remover gets rid of the residue
Slightly higher mike, it's 276bhp with almost 300lbft of torqueMike6 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:12 pm Hi Smartbear
I hadnt realised that you had one of the newer 2 litre turbo Zeds. Very envious having sat in a few recently at the new Cheltenham showroom. Must admit that I dont know much about the engines on these cars but the one I sat in was an 18i (I think). The sales rep was going on about it being 'M' styled and it certainly had a number of badges on it. However I am sure he said it had 157 bhp which seems a bit low for an 'M' badged car. If he was correct then I certainly agree that you would want that car debadged. I would imagine from your comment that you have a higher output engine.
I did totally the opposite a few years back .. I had an Audi Quattro that I had debadged so it looked no different on a cursory glance from a 1.9 TDIMike6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:43 pm Years ago you could buy cars that were debadged. It was a known fact that purchasers of low spec vehicles always asked for this so its was obvious whenever you saw a debadged car that the owner had brought a base vehicle. To us oldies the only reason to debadge a car is to disguise this fact and it shrieks out that you are ashamed of having a low spec vehicle. Dont do it unless you want us oldies laughing at you.s
Gorgeous looking car .. debadged at rear suits the Coupe
Wiki suggests 181bhp and 199lbft for the e89 20i, is that some amazing remap you have or do you have what's badged as a 28i? Even the 28i is rated at 241bhp, 258 lbft, if yours is really 140bhp/lr that's pretty impressive, what did you have done to it?Smartbear wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:24 pmSlightly higher mike, it's 276bhp with almost 300lbft of torqueMike6 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:12 pm Hi Smartbear
I hadnt realised that you had one of the newer 2 litre turbo Zeds. Very envious having sat in a few recently at the new Cheltenham showroom. Must admit that I dont know much about the engines on these cars but the one I sat in was an 18i (I think). The sales rep was going on about it being 'M' styled and it certainly had a number of badges on it. However I am sure he said it had 157 bhp which seems a bit low for an 'M' badged car. If he was correct then I certainly agree that you would want that car debadged. I would imagine from your comment that you have a higher output engine.
Rob
Hi Tom, it's a 20i with an Evolve remap RobTomK wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2017 2:50 pmWiki suggests 181bhp and 199lbft for the e89 20i, is that some amazing remap you have or do you have what's badged as a 28i? Even the 28i is rated at 241bhp, 258 lbft, if yours is really 140bhp/lr that's pretty impressive, what did you have done to it?Smartbear wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:24 pmSlightly higher mike, it's 276bhp with almost 300lbft of torqueMike6 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:12 pm Hi Smartbear
I hadnt realised that you had one of the newer 2 litre turbo Zeds. Very envious having sat in a few recently at the new Cheltenham showroom. Must admit that I dont know much about the engines on these cars but the one I sat in was an 18i (I think). The sales rep was going on about it being 'M' styled and it certainly had a number of badges on it. However I am sure he said it had 157 bhp which seems a bit low for an 'M' badged car. If he was correct then I certainly agree that you would want that car debadged. I would imagine from your comment that you have a higher output engine.
Rob
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Z4_(E89)#Models
http://www.evo.co.uk/bmw/z4/7070/bmw-z4 ... -0-60-time
Oh, and I removed all the badges the day I got the car!
Crikey, that's some gain and nice that max power is moved further up than 4800 from the standard car. Fair play, that must move around pretty nicely with the light engine in the front
It's an expensive remap but the improvement in power is definitely noticeable, more power than my 3.0si produced & that was no slouch!
Think so, it was written all over the tube I had