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| 05-01-2024, 07:11 PM | #5193 |
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 Added the lines to emphasize just how sloppy it is. Half an inch lower and not even level! The guy paid extra for the X5 50i. Perfectly respectable car as is! |
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| 05-03-2024, 08:15 PM | #5195 |
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A 330i upbadged to an m-lite... upbadged to an M
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| 05-04-2024, 12:55 PM | #5197 |
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What's the tell? I can't tell if that's a m340i with a different exhaust, 340i with a M added, or a 330i with a new badge.
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| 05-04-2024, 01:19 PM | #5198 | |
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| 05-04-2024, 01:35 PM | #5199 | |
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Our g20 has the M sports package, M aerodynamic package and the Track Handling Package and summer 225/255 MPS4S tires. Nice thing is the only tiny M badges are on the steering wheel and the four wheels. No M badge de-badging whereas the picture above shows a car trying to live up to fake M up-badging. I feel sorry for the car. Poor car is going to need a psychiatrist as it grows up. Last edited by M3SQRD; 05-04-2024 at 02:07 PM.. |
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| 05-04-2024, 11:58 PM | #5201 | |
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I'll say this though. Don't know if I have ever seen a street that clean and that smooth.
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| 05-05-2024, 06:19 AM | #5203 |
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| 05-05-2024, 08:30 PM | #5204 |
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Everything about this… I was in my e92 taking the photo, too. *really* wanted to chat with the owner 😂😅
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| 05-06-2024, 10:02 AM | #5207 | |
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These fake M badges equate to caring more about appearance than performance… at least the motivation is clear |
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| 05-06-2024, 10:51 AM | #5208 |
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That badge install musta been a drunk moment...
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| 05-06-2024, 05:22 PM | #5209 | |
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| 05-07-2024, 12:56 AM | #5210 |
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Another ///Mfiniti mirror squad strike
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| 05-07-2024, 08:38 AM | #5211 | |
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| 05-07-2024, 08:42 AM | #5212 | |
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On that note: Why do so many on these forums seem to despise people who put those badges on their cars? Are people afraid it devaluates their own car if they own an actual M? Many here are tossing all kinds of M-accessories and M-parts on their cars and that seems to be no problem at all. M-style mirrorcaps, kidneygrills, bumpers, spoilers, exhaust-tips, wheels, steeringwheels, shiftknobs, carpets, pedals, you name it. I've even seen a dude on here that is transforming his 'normal' 335 or 340 completely to an M-lookalike, including hood, bumpers and fenders. Then it is all ah's and oh's. But if someone dares to put an M-badge on his/her car: "oh, the horror!". Why care so much? |
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| 05-07-2024, 08:45 AM | #5213 | |
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1) entertainment value 2) it’s super tacky to add fake badges 3) purist ///Mentality |
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| 05-07-2024, 08:52 AM | #5214 | |
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 Point 2: although i personally agree with what you are saying, it is just ones opinion and a matter of taste, so debatable. But 3: i'm guessing than that everybody who 'complaints' about this, has not modified his/her car with M-parts in any way purely for aesthetic reasons? What I am trying to say is that in my opinion this is not that different from adding badges. (From a purist point of view.) |
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