Remove Rear M Badge

[bertiejaffa]

HI,

Does anyone know how the M badge on the boot of the Z3M is attached? I have the decals from Aceman but I am now considering swapping the entire badge for a more modern curved one which means I need to know how to remove the original flat one

 

[BMBabe]

@Mnbrennan

 

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[M666BMG]

HI,

Does anyone know how the M badge on the boot of the Z3M is attached? I have the decals from Aceman but I am now considering swapping the entire badge for a more modern curved one which means I need to know how to remove the original flat one

Warm up with hairdryer and ease away.

 

[bertiejaffa]

Warm up with hairdryer and ease away.

Ok - does that mean it is held on with 3M tape? (assuming it is factory fitted and hasnt been superglued by a previous owner)

 

[M666BMG]

Ok - does that mean it is held on with 3M tape? (assuming it is factory fitted and hasnt been superglued by a previous owner)

It's normally double sided tape

 

[Mac Romans]

Same principle as my number plate relocation. I used dental floss to 'saw' through the adhesive pad keeping the floss away from the paint. Then warmed the area with a hair dryer. I then used WD40 to break down the adhesive and very slowly encouraged it away from the paint with a plastic card. It removed everything with altering the paint at all.

 

[Mnbrennan]

Yep, just ease away. Take it you'll get S54 badges?

 

[bertiejaffa]

Cheers everyone.

@Mnbrennan, yeah, the newer badges are the sam size but they are curved and the stripes are segregated with little "Chrome" boxes - its a very subtle change and most people probably wont notice but I think it will look good.

 

[Aceman]

Remove with dental floss and yes they are held on with 3M tape however the S54 badges are bigger so I don't think they will fit in the recess on the bootlid moulding, I maybe wrong though.

 

[Dino D]

You better be careful @bertiejaffa ...
You have the regular //M police but they are nothing next to '//M Police S54 Division'!

 

[Althulas]

I have a ///M 54 badge for the boot and was planning to fit with the side grill badges for the same reasons I'll check tomorrow to see that it will fit into the recess I'm sure it will though.

 

[bertiejaffa]

Remove with dental floss and yes they are held on with 3M tape however the S54 badges are bigger so I don't think they will fit in the recess on the bootlid moulding, I maybe wrong though.

Cheers - finally a use for the dental floss my dentist shamed me into buying 4 years ago

You better be careful @bertiejaffa ...
You have the regular //M police but they are nothing next to '//M Police S54 Division'!

ha ha - its a fair cop.... The FBI version of the M police !!

 

[Althulas]

Sorry spoke too soon, I've searched through my hoard of bits but can not for the life of me find it which is annoying but I'm sure I've seen .net other people fitting the s54 badges.

 

[bertiejaffa]

Sorry spoke too soon, I've searched through my hoard of bits but can not for the life of me find it which is annoying but I'm sure I've seen .net other people fitting the s54 badges.

No problem, I will let you know how I get on.