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I've seen a few shots / videos recently where the model badge has been blacked out.

http://www.modbargains.com/images/Products...an/m5badge1.jpg

any idea how to or if anyone supplies in NZ?

I'd rather not pay modbargins $70 USD just for a black badge

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I painted my 325i badge.

The badges come off easily enough, i've heard of floss etc being used.

Mask off the M stripes, clean and lightly sand the peice you want black.

Apply as many light coats of satin/matt/gloss black, your choice, as it takes.

Make sure you shake the can alot so the paints not to blodgy (real word?)

Repco sells trim trape tape to stick it back on.

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  Blackie said:

I painted my 325i badge.

The badges come off easily enough, i've heard of floss etc being used.

Mask off the M stripes, clean and lightly sand the peice you want black.

Apply as many light coats of satin/matt/gloss black, your choice, as it takes.

Make sure you shake the can alot so the paints not to blodgy (real word?)

Repco sells trim trape tape to stick it back on.

yeah i figured it might have to be the old spray can....lol...

was trying for a more 'professional' solution....I dont trust my spray painting skills...but hey I'll give it a go if i have to!

Have your badge chipped or flakes off?

did you use primer?

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Here's a link to how to paint kidney grilles black. Badges will be exactly the same except on a smaller scale. Paint supplies will cost you about $30

Black kidney grilles DIY

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No Primer, lightly sanding with a high grit will help the paint stick...you won't have a problem.

And nope no flaking or chipping...yet :lol:

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This is my personal opinion, but you should consider just tinting them black.

I had my badges blacked out a few years ago, and I didn't go pitch black on those.

Instead I took the badges to a painter and told him to add black tint to it.

And he did it by adding some black paint into the clear coat and sprayed the 'blackish' clear on the badges.

They turned out real nice, and looked like black chrome.

I hate having chrome on cars, and love blacking out every single chrome part of the car.

However I found tinting the badges actually looks way better than any black or gloss black paint.

Just my two cents!

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As ^^^^^ he said. Get some of that tape stuff that he did the bike with.

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Ebay wins

Ebay

That way you can keep your OEM ones to return to stock if ever required.

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  camera doctor said:

Ebay wins

Ebay

That way you can keep your OEM ones to return to stock if ever required.

WIN WIN WIN WIN!!!

although the shipping cost three times the amount of the badge :huh:

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  M5V8 said:

WIN WIN WIN WIN!!!

although the shipping cost three times the amount of the badge :huh:

Gets cheaper if you by more than one - get a couple and throe the other on Trademe !

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  M5V8 said:

WIN WIN WIN WIN!!!

although the shipping cost three times the amount of the badge :huh:

Oh yeah, that is a WIN!

I love black chrome! If you had yours painted like I said above, you would get it look like the one on Ebay.

But since that's so cheap, no point in taking yours to a painter!

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  camera doctor said:

Gets cheaper if you by more than one - get a couple and throe the other on Trademe !

then i'd see some muppet in a 520i with my black chrome M5 badge.

Narr I like my car to be different.

It's not always about the $$$$

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  M5V8 said:

then i'd see some muppet in a 520i with my black chrome M5 badge.

Narr I like my car to be different.

It's not always about the $$$$

Different is hardly buying a badge off e-bay that millions may already have :lol:

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