New badge for my car.

[Jordan]

Made this this weekend. Came out good.

Should I put it on?

[DanGillan]

go for it, good work, looks like it came that way.

[erik325i]

How did you make it? It looks like it came like that. I think you should do it.

[KenC]

I think it looks pretty sweet. You might even try to find an e36 328 badge as your car looks modern enough to rock one.

[Jordan]

How did you make it? It looks like it came like that. I think you should do it.

Its a 3 and a 8 from a 318i. I had the iS badge laying around, and the 2 is from a 325i badge. Just cutting and carefully shapping the connector bridges to mate up to the new number cleanly.

I think it looks pretty sweet. You might even try to find an e36 328 badge as your car looks modern enough to rock one.

Thought about that, but I really don't like how the later italic font looks on the e30.

[Jordan]

Taped it up and put it on. Like how it looks, but still kinda 50/50 on it. I liked the old clean look, but the badge has its own "in crowd" cool factor. Plus maybe I can get out of a speeding ticket if a cop rights my car down as a non-existant model :)

"Seriously your honor, the officer in question seems to be unable to distinguish between a 5 and a 8. He claims I was doing 87 in a 60, how can you know for sure I wasn't doing 57 as I claimed?" :pimp:

[KenC]

I can dig it.

[permit]

I was actually considering this for my soon-to-be M52, but I really like the clean look of no badge. It would be sweet to show that you have a 2.8L under the hood, but a badge doesn't look clean enough.

I'd say leave it off, ricers don't need to know that your car is fast before the race even starts.

[hamann318is]

I hate how good your car looks. Flows too well.

[Jordan]

I'd say leave it off, ricers don't need to know that your car is fast before the race even starts.

I'd say maybe 1 in 50 people I talk to (mostly BMW people at that) don't have the slightest clue that the last 2 numbers of a BMW badge are the relative displacement of the motor.

Somehow I doubt the ricer crowd would know.

[erik325i]

Its a 3 and a 8 from a 318i. I had the iS badge laying around, and the 2 is from a 325i badge. Just cutting and carefully shapping the connector bridges to mate up to the new number cleanly.

I'm impressed. It looks very clean.

[permit]

I'd say maybe 1 in 50 people I talk to (mostly BMW people at that) don't have the slightest clue that the last 2 numbers of a BMW badge are the relative displacement of the motor.

This is so true. It doesn't help that the new 325, 330, 525, 530 all have the same engine size.

"But I thought the '25' meant it had a 2.5L engine? And you're saying that its 3.0L? So what size engine does the 330i have? 3.0L?! So they're the same car...for a lot cheaper!!! No way!!!1"

[Mystikal]

Your exhaust looks like it needs a little twist.

Damn, that felt good.

[DanGillan]

i was wondering if that was just me, i guess not.

[permit]

i was wondering if that was just me, i guess not.

Looks way too low as well, needs to (somehow) be brought up so it tucks in the valence.