Genuine bonnet badge discount on eBay £36.70 delivered

[j3nks79]

Genuine bonnet badge from Vertu BMW on eBay is £36.70 with discount coupon at the moment.
Just a heads up for anyone looking.

 

[Fred Smith]

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[j3nks79]

Forgive me for still trying to get up to speed with BMW and E86s in particular... what's wrong with copies? Are non-genuine ones pretty bad?

Badges are like wheel refurbishment... on my long list, right at the bottom!

You can’t buy a aftermarket bonnet badge for the Z4. It’s an odd size. And BMW charge £45 for this pleasure.

 

[Fred Smith]

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[j3nks79]

Forgive me for still trying to get up to speed with BMW and E86s in particular... what's wrong with copies? Are non-genuine ones pretty bad?

Badges are like wheel refurbishment... on my long list, right at the bottom!

You can’t buy a aftermarket bonnet badge for the Z4. It’s an odd size. And BMW charge £45 for this pleasure.

Are the aftermarket's for other places on the car decent enough? Pretty sure all for of the badges on my car are past their best.

I think the generic ones are eBay are ok but degrade fairly quickly. So you save money buying them but could be a false economy if you have to replace them 3x quicker than genuine items.
The old saying of buy nice or buy twice

 

[Fred Smith]

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[pvr]

I think the generic ones are eBay are ok but degrade fairly quickly. So you save money buying them but could be a false economy if you have to replace them 3x quicker than genuine items.
The old saying of buy nice or buy twice

Makes sense. Thanks.

I bought one for the boot and the blue was off and did not fit really well either. I got an OEM one, fitted perfectly and the colours as expected.

Hate it when they look wrong

 

[Zedebee]

I would only go aftermarket for wheel centres as the BMW ones tend to rot the same as copies.

 

[Fred Smith]

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[Pondy]

As said, unfortunately OEM bonnet badges (and boot badges on some models) are the only ones that fit properly. For some reason the copies never have quite the right shape to them. £45 for a bit of plastic is a complete rip-off, though!

EBAy centre caps are great, though. Cheap as chips and last well IME.

 

[enuff_zed]

EBAy centre caps are great, though. Cheap as chips and last well IME.

And they are 68mm.
Chop off the lugs and get a bit creative with the 'No More Nails' and for the sake of 2mm there you have a front bumper badge.

Because it's NOT ON THE BONNET!!!!

 

[colb]

The Chinese copies are ok, have fitted Black ones to my Z4 but they do degrade over time same for the wheel centre badges. Got a spare set in the garage for when they get too bad. My sets cost me £10 each from an old fashioned ironmongers shop that I happened upon at the Brecon Car Show here in Wales. Same sets are on ebay as well as the vinyl sticker sets.

 

[Pondy]

And they are 68mm.
Chop off the lugs and get a bit creative with the 'No More Nails' and for the sake of 2mm there you have a front bumper badge.

Because it's NOT ON THE BONNET!!!!

Sorry you've lost me, again! :?

 

[Mr Tidy]

Thanks for posting that OP.

Mine isn't too scruffy but I've ordered one anyway because it's probably only a matter of time!

 

[enuff_zed]

And they are 68mm.
Chop off the lugs and get a bit creative with the 'No More Nails' and for the sake of 2mm there you have a front bumper badge.

Because it's NOT ON THE BONNET!!!!

Sorry you've lost me, again! :?

Honestly! Sometimes becoming a hired assassin seems a good plan. Though there will always be charity cases too

 

[STC_Zed]

Forgive me for still trying to get up to speed with BMW and E86s in particular... what's wrong with copies? Are non-genuine ones pretty bad?

Badges are like wheel refurbishment... on my long list, right at the bottom!

You can’t buy a aftermarket bonnet badge for the Z4. It’s an odd size. And BMW charge £45 for this pleasure.

My local dealership quoted me £32 for the bonnet badge….the side and boot badges were £40 something each.

 

[STC_Zed]

I would only go aftermarket for wheel centres as the BMW ones tend to rot the same as copies.

I’ve found the OE ones last Ok, I seem to get one winter out of set of eBay specials.