Rebadging as a "316" --- Will I Get Hassled?

[djjerme]

Shocker sticker.

[bmwman91]

How much RWHP does the Belgian flag net me, versus the German one?

[roguetoaster]

Fake Euro plates that say something offensive about someone else's daughter/mom, something that says DTM, and at least one German (or maybe Belgian) flag.

Could add a no fatties, or something about scraping sticker too, all while rolling at stock height on 14" bottle caps with 195/65s.

[bmwman91]

Hmm, OK so I have a list going of the sick decal work I will need...

316d badge
Red + carbon fiber BMW roundels
Dinan sticker
ACSchnitzer sticker
Alpina logos on front airdam
At least 3 hood pins, I am thinking 6 just to be sure
Trunk pins. HARDCORE
Sunroof pins. DOUBLE HARDCORE

What else am I missing? I think that between Pep Boys and Pick-n-Pull I should be able to source the rest of the essentials for the most respectable E30 build ever seen.

[roguetoaster]

Good call. ///M316d it is!

We are expecting follow-through on this one now.

Don't forget your individual placards and a few sport emblems.

But seriously, I think 320is would be more fitting. Yes, it's an M car (sort of), but it accurately describes your car.

[Andre3127]

m21 equipped e30's had "d" letters.

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/par...&q=51141916139

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_E30_1986_324d.jpg

[bmwman91]

Good call. ///M316d it is!

[MrBurgundy]

Now, if you put an "M3" badge on it EVERYONE WILL CARE

yup lol

[Julien]

I think its dumb. Just leave the 318is badges on it. No one except for a few e30's owners will even ask about it and there really is no point imo

Now, if you put an "M3" badge on it EVERYONE WILL CARE

[Shangsta]

I think its dumb. Just leave the 318is badges on it. No one except for a few e30's owners will even ask about it and there really is no point imo

[wolfador]

I think you'd be fine. I ran a twin turbo 5.0L foxbody mustang that had 2.3L badges on it for a while. Most people commented that it was a bit loud for a 4cyl. (I also had 4CYLFOX plates lol)

[kyleconstantine]

ive been pulled over 5 times since i painted my car black. only one cop noticed the registration said red and he didnt care. im guessing youll be good.

[Danny]

Cop here.

Wouldn’t care.

[bmwman91]

Yeah. Given the sort of recent overzealousness with the local PD regarding street racing and a huge rash of organized car thefts, my thought was mainly that if the plate did not match the model, I might get pulled over and questioned about the mismatch. But I think that r3v has duly convinced me that I am being neurotic about it all.

[varg]

Nobody cares about it in my experience. You might get a comment at a vintage bmw meet, might. But cops? A trunk badge doesn't have any legal consequence, they won't care. I've only had two comments on my car being faster than the 318is badge suggests in the years I have been boosting around, and I left it there on purpose so my car would look slower than it is.