Front Grill and Rear Trunk Badges

[lino]

Are these parts still available and what would be a good price for these items:



Front Grill Badge





Rear Trunk "M"





Rear Trunk "5"

[Tjn182]

You sure do alot of searching for those pics don't you?
Unless the car is really an M5... I wouldn't put those things on unless you want to get flamed. They belong on M5's only.

[shifty]

[QUOTE="Tjn182"]Unless the car is really an M5... I wouldn't put those things on unless you want to get flamed. They belong on M5's only.[/QUOTE]

So uh, it was wrong for me to have the M badge on my 528e 3 1/2 years ago?

Damn. I always mess up SOMEWHERE. . .

[lino]

You sure do alot of searching for those pics don't you?

Those pictures are harder to find then the actual parts

Unless the car is really an M5... I wouldn't put those things on unless you want to get flamed. They belong on M5's only.

My car is an e28 ///m5 black / black. I just wanted to get some of the "m" specific parts I may want for down the road before the become NLA (No Longer Available -BMW talk ). When I get the "User Cp" to work for me, I will include more information about my car.

[Tjn182]

So uh, it was wrong for me to have the M badge on my 528e 3 1/2 years ago?

Yes

I'm not sure where you can find those badges -- Call up your local stealer and ask.

[shifty]

[QUOTE="Tjn182"]I'm not sure where you can find those badges -- Call up your local stealer and ask.[/QUOTE]

Mine came on the Euro lights I bought a few years ago. They were the original lights on Duke's M535i when he replaced them with newbies for his importation. I didn't feel like taking the badge off when I put the lights on but took it off a couple of days later.

Just in case you were wondering, TJ!

[stuartinmn]

I think they're still available OEM. I bought a new trunk ///M a couple years ago and it was only a few bucks if I remember correctly. Check with the dealer or our resident parts guys.

[Brian in TN]

[QUOTE="Tjn182"]
Yes

I'm not sure where you can find those badges -- Call up your local stealer and ask.[/QUOTE]

Ahemmm! I resent the "STEALER" term.

For all 3 items( "M" "5" "M 5" ) ...Correct part #s for the car. $64.20 shipped

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[lino]

Thank You everyone. When I'm ready I now know how much I will have to spend.

[RonW]

Originally posted by Tjn182
Unless the car is really an M5... I wouldn't put those things on unless you want to get flamed. They belong on M5's only.

You think so, and I think so, but apparently BMW doesn't think so. I have an official BMW accessories catalog from the late '80s that shows an ///M stuck on the trunk of a 528e.

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[lino]

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[C.R. Krieger]

[QUOTE="Tjn182"]Unless the car is really an M5... I wouldn't put those things on unless you want to get flamed. They belong on M5's only.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="RonW"]You think so, and I think so, but apparently BMW doesn't think so. I have an official BMW accessories catalog from the late '80s that shows an ///M stuck on the trunk of a 528e.[/QUOTE]

No big surprise. The '///M brand' was just that, not only a model identifier. There were '///M' clothes, '///M' hats, '///M' shift knobs; you name it. I would tend to agree that '///M5' (or '///M3' or '///M6') belong only on those cars, but the '///M' badge alone (or any of the red-magenta-blue Motorsport stripe items) is fine almost anywhere you decide to stick it. There's one on the right-side grille of Da Red Dog right now because the headlight buckets and grilles came out of a UK car, so they're on the 'off side'. Since it's only '///M' and not '///M5', I'm leaving it right there. Flame all you want.

[Dave_in_VA]

My 2000 528i with the sport package came with //M Steering wheel, which was the same one as the M5, and a //M shift knob that was different than the one on the M5, 5-speed vice 6-speed.

[lino]

Is that an 85 325 in front of your ///M steering wheel?

[Dave_in_VA]

Close, it was a 84 325e. But it is sold now.