[PiddlyD]

So - at some point after taking delivery of my used 2016 F23 - my wife was actually the one who noticed it was de-badged.

To each his own, but de-badging seems like a kind of "tribal" thing to me. People who care enough to debadge their cars generally are part of a particular car-culture that I am not a part of. I've never cared for it. I don't want smoked headlights or side reflectors, neon or led effects, or many other non-stock cosmetic mods on my cars. I'm also not ashamed to have a bimmer that isn't a "real" M but has an abundance of M badges on it. I mean, my other car is an M4... so I figure I've got the "real M car" credibility covered.

I prefer my cars to look very stock.

The rear badge, I can see the outline of where the original adhesive was if I look closely, so that won't be difficult to replace.

But the side/fender badges - I'm having difficulty sourcing the real thing - and I'm not sure how to get placement correctly. I guess I could just eyeball it - but I'm wondering if someone with a badged M235i might send me

a: The measurements of their fender badges
b: The distance in inches from the ground to the bottom of the badge.
c: The distance in inches from the door sill to the back edge of the badge.

And if anyone has any other tips on making sure the badges are aligned correctly and level - that would be awesome, too.

I've considered just finding one on a lot and doing the measurements there - but I don't want to risk getting buyer's remorse on the one I have compared to one I can't.