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      07-24-2022, 12:05 PM   #4511
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... Personally, I'm much more likely to de-badge an up spec car like our M50i because it's no ones business how much I paid for an X5.
+1, I went monochromatic and de-badging is next...
You can also go monochromatic with gloss black badges. 😉
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Agreed. That's next level fake badgery
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Saw this yesterday and cringed pretty hard. The M badge was clearly double the size of the other badging and either was straight silver/chrome or the M colors had worn off completely (not sure which would be worse...)

I still don't understand why people do this. Those who know what it is know it's fake and those who don't know what it is... don't know (and don't care...)

Looking like a young woman driving the car, but windows were tinted.
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      07-24-2022, 05:56 PM   #4514
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You can also go monochromatic with gloss black badges. 😉
That look like about 3 colours more then monochromatic...
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      07-24-2022, 06:10 PM   #4515
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I see those badges as gloss black with a little bit of an accent. 😉
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Saw this yesterday and cringed pretty hard. The M badge was clearly double the size of the other badging and either was straight silver/chrome or the M colors had worn off completely (not sure which would be worse...)

I still don't understand why people do this. Those who know what it is know it's fake and those who don't know what it is... don't know (and don't care...)

Looking like a young woman driving the car, but windows were tinted.
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Saw this yesterday and cringed pretty hard. The M badge was clearly double the size of the other badging and either was straight silver/chrome or the M colors had worn off completely (not sure which would be worse...)

I still don't understand why people do this. Those who know what it is know it's fake and those who don't know what it is... don't know (and don't care...)

Looking like a young woman driving the car, but windows were tinted.
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+1, I went monochromatic and de-badging is next...
That douche bag licence plate would be overkill with more badges anyway, even if not fake ///M badge.
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      07-26-2022, 05:36 AM   #4519
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well, no thread for "sort of fake badges" so……….
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well, no thread for "sort of fake badges" so……….
Please tell more about this one!!
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      08-02-2022, 11:41 AM   #4521
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More outrageous fake badges!
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What's fake about that, the color? Nothing wrong with it, IMO.
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The OEM badges are more cerium grey in color. I replaced them because they didn't match the Shadowline trim or any other part of the exterior.

As the Z4 doesn't have any other model or trim designation anywhere else on the exterior, and would otherwise seem a bit plain for my tastes, I opted for the gloss black versions rather than simply removing them.

Nonetheless, technically they're not the same badges the factory shipped the car to the dealer with, making them - in the opinion of at least some other forum members - fake.






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What's fake about that, the color? Nothing wrong with it, IMO.
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      08-02-2022, 01:09 PM   #4524
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The OEM badges are more cerium grey in color. I replaced them because they didn't match the Shadowline trim or any other part of the exterior.

As the Z4 doesn't have any other model or trim designation anywhere else on the exterior, and would otherwise seem a bit plain for my tastes, I opted for the gloss black versions rather than simply removing them.

Nonetheless, technically they're not the same badges the factory shipped the car to the dealer with, making them - in the opinion of at least some other forum members - fake.






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What's fake about that, the color? Nothing wrong with it, IMO.
Nah, you're ok, would only be fodder for this thread if you removed the "0i"
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      08-02-2022, 02:22 PM   #4525
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Here's another at the Audi dealership. With "M" badging on both sides like an m40i. The dealership lists it as X4 xdrive28i, but in the description it says : X4M package...

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The dealership lists it as X4 xdrive28i, but in the description it says : X4M package...
Well, it is obviously an M-sport package. Not sure how they badge them in Canada (probably neither M-badge front or rear came on it) but here we have gotten some with the little M on the sides of the front fenders. Even the very first M235i's came that way for a bit.
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Well, it is obviously an M-sport package. Not sure how they badge them in Canada (probably neither M-badge front or rear came on it) but here we have gotten some with the little M on the sides of the front fenders. Even the very first M235i's came that way for a bit.
Appreciate the input, now that you mention Im not sure that cars with M-sport package come with the side Ms. I know that my m40i came with it and I think I will take them off. My cousin's 340i doesnt have them...If the sides ones came from the factory on that X4 I retract what I said and just comment on the obvious front and back ones.

I should have been more precise with my wording. I think that it is very well possible that he has a M-sport package. BTW how can you say that Obviously had the package from the picture ? Im not an expert , but it wasnt obvious to me, it had standard wheels, seats, etc... Id be happy to learn how you can tell the difference so quickly!

I was more reffering to how they worded the description. You may think I am splitting hairs, but I find it a bit disingenuous to write "X4M" package...same way I avoid describing my car as an "X3M" 40i . Id be happy to gather feedbacks form folks on here, to see if Im the only that think the description of the car is as important as the fake badges... maybe im crazy !
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Taken this morning on my commute to work. Was at a stoplight when this beauty pulled up behind me. In typical "M Performance" fashion, he squirmed his way passed me through bumper to bumper traffic and shaved enough time to make it to the next stoplight next to me!

Only thing he was missing is the ///M colored grille.
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Ugh, I hate those tinted license plate covers. I don't want to be anywhere near a car with that cause of risk and liability. I wish I had time to take a picture of it, but I was stuck behind an Altima with the darkest cover I've ever (couldn't) seen. Even in bright daylight, bumper to bumper traffic, I could barely make out the plate... forget about seeing it a car length away.
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