Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?

Why do people put "M" badges on non-M cars?

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3ananaPie

153 posts

129 months

Monday 21st July 2014
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I give you... The BMW M3(20d) Convertible. This car is actually very local to me and I see it quite often. Picture appears quite old so not up to date with the mod list, nor taken by me. A number of sins being commited here. At least he spaced the plate correctly.

1. Full M3 conversion on a lowly 320d. With the quad exhausts. Check
2. All around tinted windows. Check
3. Horrible alloys. Check
4. Lowered. Check
5. Colour accenting trim around the car. Check
6. DRLs and Fogs always on. Check.
7. Silly red sidelights/DRLs like this. Check




Edited by 3ananaPie on Monday 21st July 09:44

TheHound

1,759 posts

121 months

Monday 21st July 2014
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3ananaPie said:
I give you... The BMW M3(20d) Convertible. This car is actually very local to me and I see it quite often. Picture appears quite old so not up to date with the mod list, nor taken by me. A number of sins being commited here. At least he spaced the plate correctly.

1. Full M3 conversion on a lowly 320d. With the quad exhausts. Check
2. All around tinted windows. Check
3. Horrible alloys. Check
4. Lowered. Check
5. Colour accenting trim around the car. Check
6. DRLs and Fogs always on. Check.
7. Silly red sidelights/DRLs like this. Check




Edited by 3ananaPie on Monday 21st July 09:44
Not to mention the Thugs Number plate

pingu393

7,709 posts

204 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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3ananaPie said:
I give you... The BMW M3(20d) Convertible. This car is actually very local to me and I see it quite often. Picture appears quite old so not up to date with the mod list, nor taken by me. A number of sins being commited here. At least he spaced the plate correctly.

1. Full M3 conversion on a lowly 320d. With the quad exhausts. Check
2. All around tinted windows. Check
3. Horrible alloys. Check
4. Lowered. Check
5. Colour accenting trim around the car. Check
6. DRLs and Fogs always on. Check.
7. Silly red sidelights/DRLs like this. Check




Edited by 3ananaPie on Monday 21st July 09:44
(I love the name of the image wink )

For the cost of all those mods he could have bought a real M3. Is there anybody (apart from him, I presume) who doesn't think he is a tit for doing this?

3ananaPie

153 posts

129 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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pingu393 said:
(I love the name of the image wink )

For the cost of all those mods he could have bought a real M3. Is there anybody (apart from him, I presume) who doesn't think he is a tit for doing this?
Probably all the "sick whip bruv" crew who think it is a real one. I remember seeing another "M3" a while back, this time a white one. That time he was only trying to get away with rear bumper and exhaust setup. Perhaps believable to those who don't know about cars, but smoke only came out of 1 of the tailpipes. And reg showed up as a 320d. Surprise surprise. The Southall area appears to be quite popular for replica cars. Mostly BMW M3 and M5, but I've seen (and "heared".. or rather, haven't) a few Ferrari 360s.

There is also a chappy here with a matte black R34 "GTR" here. Skylines are a bit more tricky since most show up as GTS/GTR when you check, but it has the GTT front fascia, lack of flared arches and doesn't sound quite like an RB26. Almost the same engines but still. A nice car regardless, but he's done all matter of stancing and slamming (always thought slam sounds like a gay porno) to it. All around tints, smoked lights, obligatory blue xenons (always on), etc etc. Really does qualify for badly modified threads.

Edited by 3ananaPie on Tuesday 22 July 02:25

Timbergiant

995 posts

129 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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I just saw a yellow E46 M3 had one of those grille badges you'd expect to see on a diesel, it was bloody huge, I think adding them onto a non M is bad enough but if it was an actual M3 its even worse.

metsta

425 posts

222 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Really rare to see another e61 m5 on my commute

metsta

425 posts

222 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Wills2

22,660 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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I have ten M emblems and badges on the outside of my new car, 10! All put there by the factory, after owning 3 real M cars it's slightly embarrassing. paperbag

2 x front wings
4 x wheels
4 x brake calipers


gaz1234

5,233 posts

218 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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metsta said:
m sport no?
debadged m135i?

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Wills2 said:
I have ten M emblems and badges on the outside of my new car, 10! All put there by the factory, after owning 3 real M cars it's slightly embarrassing. paperbag

2 x front wings
4 x wheels
4 x brake calipers

I'm in a similar position: four M cars owned. Current car is M-Sport, but has M logos on wheels, sills, steering wheel. The current range is much worse though with lots of external M logos. The last time BMW pulled this stupid stunt was in the 90s. It's just not good enough.

cerb4.5lee

30,169 posts

179 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Wills2 said:
I have ten M emblems and badges on the outside of my new car, 10! All put there by the factory, after owning 3 real M cars it's slightly embarrassing. paperbag

2 x front wings
4 x wheels
4 x brake calipers

Congrats on the new motor Wills thumbup enjoy it biggrin

Wills2

22,660 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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cerb4.5lee said:
Congrats on the new motor Wills thumbup enjoy it biggrin
Cheers Lee, at least we can't say it doesn't have any torque! thumbup

cerb4.5lee

30,169 posts

179 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Wills2 said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Congrats on the new motor Wills thumbup enjoy it biggrin
Cheers Lee, at least we can't say it doesn't have any torque! thumbup
That's true!! biggrin a friend of mine has a 435d xdrive and he is over the moon with that and the performance and engine really impresses him, I love the look of yours from your profile pic, have fun. smile

MuZiZZle

680 posts

189 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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metsta said:
Really rare to see another e61 m5 on my commute
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My mate snapped this last week, I like how he obviously doesn't drive it hard so he's fitted front fogs into the cooling ducts, E61 M5 powah!

TorqueVR

1,838 posts

198 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Here's a cracker from the PH classifieds, although I'm not sure it it belongs here on the the modded cars thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

e21Mark

16,205 posts

172 months

Saturday 2nd August 2014
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TorqueVR said:
Here's a cracker from the PH classifieds, although I'm not sure it it belongs here on the the modded cars thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
I'm guessing there's a whole lot of fibreglass there? The kits I've seen are bloody awful and you'd need to be a magician with filler and resin, to ever get it looking halfway decent. Those wheels don't exactly lend themselves to the illusion either and there's no way that m42 is making 200bhp! They only make that with a supercharger!

That said, it's not the worst I've seen and so long as they're not trying to pass it off as real, where's the harm? I'd rather just have a stock car with the tech2 kit though.

ChrisBuer

628 posts

224 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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I had to laugh at the 318d "M" I followed into work today. What made it even more ironic was the fact that I debadged my 1M last night as I prefer a cleaner look.

ilikejam

1,089 posts

115 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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Noticed this new Mazda in Aberdeen recently...


Alex L

2,575 posts

253 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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ilikejam said:
Noticed this new Mazda in Aberdeen recently...

I initially read the registration as "GONAD"

ilikejam

1,089 posts

115 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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Alex L said:
I initially read the registration as "GONAD"
Surprisingly apt...

I was also going to post a pic of an "x6 ///M 50 d" that I saw as well - before looking it up and finding out that it was factory fitted! eek