78 MM side grille badges x2 carbon effect

brittas

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I am in the UK.I have been having trouble finding these. I have found sets which include wheels Bonnet and boot. I can find no 78mm side ones.I need to source the x2 side grille BMW logos in carbon effect. Can anyone provide a supplier ? Many thanks in advance.
 

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I bought some off fleabay last year. Dont remember the seller but they are very reasonable and fit well.
 

brittas

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I have looked on ebay really struggling to find the side badges. All other badges no problem.
 

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I just changed a pair. Not easy to get the badge lifting without damaging the paint. They are well recessed. And even worse as mine are chrome.
 

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I just changed a pair. Not easy to get the badge lifting without damaging the paint. They are well recessed. And even worse as mine are chrome.
Fishing braid is the answer pal, just ease the edge up with a platic aplicator and slide the braid undeneath, then work it around
 

mrscalex

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Fishing braid is the answer pal, just ease the edge up with a platic aplicator and slide the braid undeneath, then work it around
We’ve got some thin line we use on other emblems. But it’s just getting it lifted up initially without damaging it. The factory ones are very well stuck down. And chrome effect especially is easily damaged. A plastic tool making no impression on lifting it. I used a screwdriver wrapped in a cloth in the end.
 

Sean d

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We’ve got some thin line we use on other emblems. But it’s just getting it lifted up initially without damaging it. The factory ones are very well stuck down. And chrome effect especially is easily damaged. A plastic tool making no impression on lifting it. I used a screwdriver wrapped in a cloth in the end.
We have plastic filler applicators that have a bevelled edge, you can ease a corner under them , but I agree, they are tight
 

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I suppose I am going to have to risk the 78-82mm one and see if it fits as no others seem available.
 

jakechan

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I suppose I am going to have to risk the 78-82mm one and see if it fits as no others seem available.
This may sound crass but...if you can't find these things on the internet, maybe you shouldn't be let in charge of a car. It's a piece of plastic, how did you get a driving licence?
 

brittas

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Yawn..... Do you help people out one day and try to insult strangers the next? Some sort of issue at home perhaps?
 
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jakechan

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Yawn..... Do you help people out one day and try to insult strangers the next? Some sort of issue at home perhaps?
I help people every day fella, it helps if they can put their shoes on first..... after that, don't drive a f@@kin car
 

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From t'nterwebs, it's dirty,trickling the battery at the moment.
Cost a few pence as I recall. Not even sure that they are fake carbon, but they are out there.

*Not a fan of blue, says a man driving a blue car
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