side M fender badges are about $80 (canadian) dealer only, you can get them from online sources, they will fade in a year and look like crap.
if you "really" care then just get it from a dealer, the real genuine part.
as for fit, I eyeballed it, from various pictures, I simply measure top/down/side and worked out a %.
A couple of guy's thought it was stock, so I did a good job, the M on the back was half the M2, my car has the m badge delete option
I went out and bought them and put them on.
TBH I don't give a shit what people think or shaming for putting badges on, my car is not an M car, it has the m-sport package and that's good enough for me.
I'll get a couple of pics and see if I can get some measurements for you
Also TBH, if there out on either side, doesnt matter, no one will notice or say anything.
They will be too busy admiring your ride
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Originally Posted by 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.
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