WTB: M Technic badge

[IronmanE30]

I may be mistaken on how the badge is attached. I was thinking of the ACS badges. The BMW grill badges attach with 2 thin metal tabs that protrude out of the back that you bend around one of the grill slats. Simple and effective.

Thanks for the input Berry, Hopefully I will see some original badges next week. I was told by a friend that they have tabs but if we are making them would nuts and bolts be more secure against theft or should we just keep it simple. Another member told me that they have seen folks use screws that went into the plastic badge which may be less expensive to manufacture than having a metal piece molded into the plastic.

Cheers,

Jim

[reelizmpro]

I may be mistaken on how the badge is attached. I was thinking of the ACS badges. The BMW grill badges attach with 2 thin metal tabs that protrude out of the back that you bend around one of the grill slats. Simple and effective.

[IronmanE30]

I have an extra trunk badge on my desk (not for sale). It measures 4 5/8 x 7/8" with raised lettering. The later style, shown in the pic is like a sticker but I'm sure it'll be cheaper to reproduce. Just make sure the "BMW" is chrome instead of silver/gray. The rear badges attach with 3M double sided emblem tape. The front badges have two threaded screws coming out of the back and a plastic retainer piece that screws on the back to secure it to the grill.

Since the front and rear are the same just make the rears, then makeup some type of grill mount so they can also be used in front.

Thank you for your input. I have passed it along to the manufacturer.

From what I know about Jack, he doesnt do stuff cheap or flippantly. The source he was pursuing was probably the best next to OEM (or better) and most of r3v probably couldnt have afforded even a single set let alone the demanded multiple sets per individual. If I rememebr correctly these weren't going to be had cheap. People are immensely turned off by the thought of paying upwards of 50-75 dollars for a single set of badges... Best of luck with this endeavor guys!

-Paladin

I totally understand and agree with you Paladin. In a perfect world hopefully we can keep the price point per badge down to around $20 but time will tell. I don't want to compromise the quality due to the cost.

I only need two of these for my car and so, for me, if it costs more than $20 it would still be worth it to complete that minor details for the build. I am not looking to make anything thing on this adventure but need a decent quantity of badges to be produced so I can get the manufactures interested it doing it. If I could find them right now for $50 each I would save myself a lot of time and effort and just buy them but they are like little E30 diamonds and anyone that has them is holding on to them.

I plan on meeting with Jack next week, if the rains don't delay me driving the vert north, so we can discuss his efforts producing the elusive mtechnic badge. Hopefully with his help and a little effort on my part we can get-r-done.

Cheers,

Jim

[PaladinReed]

From what I know about Jack, he doesnt do stuff cheap or flippantly. The source he was pursuing was probably the best next to OEM (or better) and most of r3v probably couldnt have afforded even a single set let alone the demanded multiple sets per individual. If I rememebr correctly these weren't going to be had cheap. People are immensely turned off by the thought of paying upwards of 50-75 dollars for a single set of badges... Best of luck with this endeavor guys!

-Paladin

[reelizmpro]

I have an extra trunk badge on my desk (not for sale). It measures 4 5/8 x 7/8" with raised lettering. The later style, shown in the pic is like a sticker but I'm sure it'll be cheaper to reproduce. Just make sure the "BMW" is chrome instead of silver/gray. The rear badges attach with 3M double sided emblem tape. The front badges have two threaded screws coming out of the back and a plastic retainer piece that screws on the back to secure it to the grill.

Since the front and rear are the same just make the rears, then makeup some type of grill mount so they can also be used in front.

[Matt-B]

props to you man.....


lots of people would get them

[IronmanE30]

I'm not sure if we should start another thread or just keep this one going but here is what I have done so far.

I contacted several manufactures of plastic badges. One has actually responded and we have been trading emails since my last post. I sent him pictures that I found here of a close up of the badge and of one mounted to the front grill of a mtech car.



Unfortunately all I had was pictures so there is still some work to do but here is what he told me he could do:

Hi Jim.

Thank you for your prompt reply.


Your quote follows:


Size - 1 3/8" x 7 1/8"
Thickness - 30-mil (same thickness as a credit card)
Printing - up to four colors one side
Corners - square


Production time is 7 workdays.

He also quoted me a cost of under $10.00 per badge if we buy 50 or less and a slight discount if we buy 100. I think they are going to be too thin and we still need a backing to attach them to the grill and the adheasive (double sticky tape?) to hold them on the trunk.

I responded to his last email describing to him how I thought they should be held on to the grill using two small bolts but I am not sure if that is the way we want them. I also asked if they could make them two to three times thicker. I did this because it seems like the thickness of the M3 badge is more than a credit card.

Now is where I need some of you old time Mtech guys and interested parties help. If you have one and can give me the exact size we want I will pass that along as well as how we think that we should attach them to the front grill. We may want to think of someway to make them more theft prof or just keep them stock. Let's get-r-done! Input please.

Cheers,

Jim

[Farbin Kaiber]

Thread started...

08-14-2007

Unlikely.

[IronmanE30]

Never happening.

That sucks! I guess I will have to try to source out someone to make them here in So Cal. I am sure that it can be done given enough $$$ and having enough made at one time. I will work on finding a shop that does this kind of work.

Cheers,

Jim

[M42Technik]

Never happening.

[IronmanE30]

1. M42Technik (5 front, 5 rear please)
2. Corvallis BMW (5 front, 5 rear please)
3. elguapo84 (1 set)
4. bmwpower (2 sets)
5. Zya8187 (3 front. 3 rear please)
6. Jusdrake1 (1 set)
7. td325ic (3 front. 3 rear please)
8. VAPORBLADE (1 set - front & rear)
9. mikey (2 sets)
10. Vlad ( 2 front, 2 rear, thanks)
11. Farbin Kaiber (1 set - front & rear)
12. LINUS (2 or 3 sets)
13. ///m42 sport 2front, 2back
14. SFLBIMMERS 4 Sets (4 Front, 4 Rear)
15. japandrew73 (1 set)
16. IronmanE30 (1 front, 1 rear)

One more on the list, now lets get-r-done.

Cheers,

Jim

[Hey-U]

I would like a set of these also.

[rockchic22]

Me too me too. I need to replace my front one.

[PaladinReed]

Hey Jack! yeah count me in too. 2 front, 2 rear. also Im keeping the mtech II and may need a one-off of your sweet mtech splitter :D

[Japandrew73]

again.... I want this to be remanufactured very bad!