Emblem/roundels all round
- Thread starter Dr. Zed
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Hi
The seller on e bay is joelcarvalhosa(379) based in Portugal price at 16.49 dollars plus 3.00 postage.
Looking at the add appear to be genuine items with the adheasive band to the perimeter of the roundel
Mine delivered yesterday not seen yet as away at the moment
Good look
Allan
The seller on e bay is joelcarvalhosa(379) based in Portugal price at 16.49 dollars plus 3.00 postage.
Looking at the add appear to be genuine items with the adheasive band to the perimeter of the roundel
Mine delivered yesterday not seen yet as away at the moment
Good look
Allan
Found this one
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324871248707?hash=item4ba3d5db43:g:EfoAAOSw05BgeB8j
which I think is for the side indicators
Seller also has these but it doesn't list the e85 Z4
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224680830668?hash=item34500566cc:g:8tIAAOSwYkdfeaPz
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224680830670?hash=item34500566ce:g:e24AAOSwLf9geBv0
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324871248707?hash=item4ba3d5db43:g:EfoAAOSw05BgeB8j
which I think is for the side indicators
Seller also has these but it doesn't list the e85 Z4
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224680830668?hash=item34500566cc:g:8tIAAOSwYkdfeaPz
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224680830670?hash=item34500566ce:g:e24AAOSwLf9geBv0
eddiemunster
Member
Dr. Zed said:
Just buy the genuine items, I've had BMW's for 30 years and never, ever found an aftermarket roundel that was anywhere near as well-made as the original BMW items. Indeed, I had a 35 year-old E30 with original badges still in perfect condition.
Yep, you're going to suffer some minor wallet-muggery, but as they say, "Do it right, do it once".
eddiemunster said:Just buy the genuine items, I've had BMW's for 30 years and never, ever found an aftermarket roundel that was anywhere near as well-made as the original BMW items. Indeed, I had a 35 year-old E30 with original badges still in perfect condition.
Yep, you're going to suffer some minor wallet-muggery, but as they say, "Do it right, do it once".
If they were 15 or 20 a piece I'd consider it but at 50 to 70 a piece I find that absolutely ridiculous. I know there's brand tax but it seems bmw went a bit mad with that concept when you're speaking about the purest form of brand tax - the actual logos
. I'd be more than 200 quid down getting all 4 replaced 
To Dr Zed
The first one you listed above is the side emblem the two pins one the rear engage into the indicator housing.
The others you listed are the wrong size should be 82 mm if I remember correctly and have two pins on the rear oriented vertically to one another to locate on boot and bonnet metal work.
Good luck on finding same.
Allan
The first one you listed above is the side emblem the two pins one the rear engage into the indicator housing.
The others you listed are the wrong size should be 82 mm if I remember correctly and have two pins on the rear oriented vertically to one another to locate on boot and bonnet metal work.
Good luck on finding same.
Allan
Allan280 said:
Unfortunately not. The front bonnet badge is smaller than the boot one (and smaller than any other badge bmw has done since I believe so). It's a right pain to find. The oem ones were in the glove box when I bought it but most were badly damaged and typically the bonnet one was missing.
Not my earlier comments regarding backing pins .
eddiemunster
Member
Dr. Zed said:
Available at all good BMW dealers; you're not just paying for quality, you're paying to have the right item whenever you need it.
People pay £1500 for an Apple iPhone that's made in China at a cost of around £80; it doesn't seem to stop them buying them in their millions.
eddiemunster said:
So because people are willing to pay silly prices for a smartphone means that its perfectly fine to snipe users for not wanting to spend £35 on a 3p sticker or 6p bit of plastic?
In terms of quality, if they were quality we wouldn't all need to replace them so readily :roll:
eddiemunster
Member
Flyingfifer said:
Or alternatively, provide a solution to a part he clearly can't find in the right spec, with availability?
Flyingfifer said:
If it's quality you want, don't buy Z4's with their well-known steering issues, VANOS, DISA, manifold leaks, cam-chain slip, horrendous RFT tram-lining etc., etc.