The ones on the side near the indicator
On an M Sport model
Maybe the previous owner of my car removed them
On an M Sport model
Maybe the previous owner of my car removed them
Were M badges optional on an LCI E89?
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Yup, I'm with you Mr SB.Smartbear said:It seems some later cars had them from the factory so these owners shouldn’t be tard & feathered like other less genuine impostors
Rob
I do hope though, that the badge-removers don't forget the ones on the wheels and just leave that odd looking recess. :wink:
Sadly my wheels do have M badges but small enough not to worry about
Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
:thumbsdown:
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
:thumbsdown:
Ed.Straker said:Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
The :thumbsdown: is your opinion, and fair enough.
But my, equally fair opinion is.....................
They are not 'M' cars, but 'M-Sport', and that is a pure marketing ploy by BMW, just like all the manufacturers do.
It is not a 'wannabe' adding M badges to make their car something it isn't.
We've had 2x 220d convertibles, a 335d and now a 120d, all with the M-Sport design package and all with small M badges on the wings and wheels. No-one ever mistakes them for a real M car. I preferred them for the aesthetic look tbh.
Surely the definition of a 'purist' is someone who keeps their car as it came from the factory? My Z is a 20iS M-Sport. It has the badges fitted where BMW intended them and that is where they will stay, but I would not consider adding extras. I will never try to pass my car off as an 'M' and it would be an uneducated fool who mistook it for such.
Ed.Straker said:Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
My lci m-sport didn’t have those fitted, it had the badge delete option from the factory. From memory i think it was listed under the sh*tstorm avoidance section
Rob
The badges do alter the perception of those with a limited knowledge of a brand. I recall a run down to Lands End with Zedward aboard. Parked up with a very tidy 2.0 E85 next to me, a random guy in the car park walked over and ask if the one with the ///M badges on was quicker than the other.
Natrualy he left ears bleeding, eyes sagging, after a full rundown on the two cars from yours truly and now views any BMW with an //M badge as a breed apart from the heard
So, I guess you can blame me and my ilk, for helping the marketing men out by enthusing about our cars.
Natrualy he left ears bleeding, eyes sagging, after a full rundown on the two cars from yours truly and now views any BMW with an //M badge as a breed apart from the heard
So, I guess you can blame me and my ilk, for helping the marketing men out by enthusing about our cars.
Smartbear said:Ed.Straker said:Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
My lci m-sport didn’t have those fitted, it had the badge delete option from the factory. From memory i think it was listed under the sh*tstorm avoidance section
Rob
You always were a wise as well as smartbear.
Smartbear said:Ed.Straker said:Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
My lci m-sport didn’t have those fitted, it had the badge delete option from the factory. From memory i think it was listed under the sh*tstorm avoidance section
Rob
So, as a purist you should keep it like that.
Not so sure about the coloured strips on the grille though
:wink:
enuff_zed said:Ed.Straker said:Well I’m shocked but it appears that post LCI Z4s did have a M badge on the flank if they had M aerodynamics package...
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=LL32-EUR-08-2016-E89-BMW-Z4_20i&diagId=51_7504
The :thumbsdown: is your opinion, and fair enough.
But my, equally fair opinion is.....................
They are not 'M' cars, but 'M-Sport', and that is a pure marketing ploy by BMW, just like all the manufacturers do.
It is not a 'wannabe' adding M badges to make their car something it isn't.
We've had 2x 220d convertibles, a 335d and now a 120d, all with the M-Sport design package and all with small M badges on the wings and wheels. No-one ever mistakes them for a real M car. I preferred them for the aesthetic look tbh.
Surely the definition of a 'purist' is someone who keeps their car as it came from the factory? My Z is a 20iS M-Sport. It has the badges fitted where BMW intended them and that is where they will stay, but I would not consider adding extras. I will never try to pass my car off as an 'M' and it would be an uneducated fool who mistook it for such.
Enuff_zed...
I’m sorry you misread my faux angst..frankly I don’t give a damm if it’s got 0/1 /2/4/8/16 small/large M badges..if you see the list of cars that BMW fits that specific badge too it’s quite a list..
All manufacturers try to imbue their ‘lesser’ cars with the glow of their top of the range models..nothing new there..what I find amusing is the ‘s-drive’ bit...bringing attention to the fact that the car has only 2 wheel drive
It means standard drive as far as I knowenuff_zed said:Ed.Straker said:what I find amusing is the ‘s-drive’ bit...bringing attention to the fact that the car has only 2 wheel drive
Ah well, you see I like that bit, as unless I'm mistaken it means RWD! Not granny's FWD.