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      06-04-2022, 04:38 PM   #4401
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That is tasteful and looks reasonably square.

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I presumed this was fake and got excited about posting it here!
Then looked it up, and determined that although fake, it's factory-fake!!!

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I presumed this was fake and got excited about posting it here!
Then looked it up, and determined that although fake, it's factory-fake!!!

That is 100% not factory. Not in the US.
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      06-04-2022, 06:39 PM   #4403
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That is 100% not factory. Not in the US.
HA, that's funny... I did a google and it looked like there was a M Sport/Tech package. Didn't check close enough to see where though! And I swear I saw some images of similar badging, but for the life of me can't find it now.

Fool me once...

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That is tasteful and looks reasonably square.
Fake badges are never tasteful.
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      06-05-2022, 03:39 AM   #4405
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HA, that's funny... I did a google and it looked like there was a M Sport/Tech package. Didn't check close enough to see where though! And I swear I saw some images of similar badging, but for the life of me can't find it now.

Fool me once...
M Sport packages only ever have (exterior) M logos on the fenders (in non-US markets), not in the back.
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      06-05-2022, 01:37 PM   #4406
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M Sport packages only ever have (exterior) M logos on the fenders (in non-US markets), not in the back.
This one actually had smaller ones on the fenders as well, I just didn't photo them. Maybe those are the ones I saw on an image search that make me think they were factory-fake! But even then, non-US.
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      06-05-2022, 08:51 PM   #4407
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Why do people do this?
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Why do people do this?
Lol tried this once ,not going to say which state
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      06-07-2022, 07:01 PM   #4409
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driving the DC beltway today and caught this guy in the middle of a transformation...but he already had the ///M540 badge applied. has a "custom" cut-out for the passenger side exhaust...

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      06-10-2022, 06:59 PM   #4410
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      06-11-2022, 12:43 PM   #4411
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Not fake but more and more cars in my city seems to colour, replace or scrape theirs so it turns black, is this some kind of trend among the kids these days? What gives? O.o
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      06-11-2022, 01:49 PM   #4412
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I guess they are trying to match the sticker they put over the orange on the plate.
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      06-11-2022, 08:53 PM   #4415
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Not fake but more and more cars in my city seems to colour, replace or scrape theirs so it turns black, is this some kind of trend among the kids these days? What gives? O.o
I did this because I don't like the shiny chrome 540 badge. If it was the same color as the 550 badge I would leave it but the chrome just didn't look right withe the other black accents
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I did this because I don't like the shiny chrome 540 badge. If it was the same color as the 550 badge I would leave it but the chrome just didn't look right withe the other black accents
Ooh that looks nice though!

I think the key here is you did it tastefully and not with nailpolish or sandpaper
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Not fake but more and more cars in my city seems to colour, replace or scrape theirs so it turns black, is this some kind of trend among the kids these days? What gives? O.o
I did this because I don't like the shiny chrome 540 badge. If it was the same color as the 550 badge I would leave it but the chrome just didn't look right withe the other black accents
That's a tastefully done mod. I don't see any issues with this.
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My first contribution to this topic.. lol
Not sure what car this is trying to be
328? M340i? M3? Or all of them combined

Notice the M340i diamond grill, M3 mirror caps and an M badge by itself on the back
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My first contribution to this topic.. lol
Not sure what car this is trying to be
328? M340i? M3? Or all of them combined

Notice the M340i diamond grill, M3 mirror caps and an M badge by itself on the back
yeah, it's a bit of a frankenstein for sure.

reminds me of that classic jurassic park quote: your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
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My first contribution to this topic.. lol
Not sure what car this is trying to be
328? M340i? M3? Or all of them combined

Notice the M340i diamond grill, M3 mirror caps and an M badge by itself on the back
Those mirrors are awful
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Not BMW but confusing badging nonetheless
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I’ve seen that before on a model 3.
I just thought the owner of the car is a Musk fan.

I assume many are. Now, is everything putting those badges now? Is this a Tesla factory thing too?
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