50th Anniversary Roundel

Westside Guy · 08-13-2022, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AndrewC1989

Easy fix: https://www.ebay.com/itm/385045067297

This is a sticker type badge and I would be concerned about it staying on.

DanG · 08-13-2022, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Westside Guy

This is a sticker type badge and I would be concerned about it staying on.

I would be worries about it not looking real.

Westside Guy · 08-13-2022, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DanG

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Originally Posted by Westside Guy

This is a sticker type badge and I would be concerned about it staying on.

I would be worries about it not looking real.

That too!

SteezeforMyBimmerMon · 08-13-2022, 06:03 PM

Maybe on the older models but I can't see this looking too good on anything made after the early 2000's or with any of the modern colors. Great idea though. Maybe they will become collectibles later if nobody wants them now.

AndrewC1989 · 08-13-2022, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Westside Guy

This is a sticker type badge and I would be concerned about it staying on.

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Originally Posted by DanG

I would be worries about it not looking real.

I had a black and white one on my old e92 and it looked great and stayed on from the time I installed it to the time I sold the car 4 years later. For $28 I think it's of little harm to buy it and see if you like it or not. It's dome-shaped so the real badge underneath will not be visible and the sticker will not fall off by accident. If you decide you don't like it you can just peel it off, no big deal.

BMWCCA1 · 08-13-2022, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Westside Guy

This is a sticker type badge and I would be concerned about it staying on.

That's the same one that came with my set of four for the hubcaps, one each for trunk and hood, and one for steering wheel. The entire set was twenty-bucks!

AndrewC1989 · 08-13-2022, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

That's the same one that came with my set of four for the hubcaps, one each for trunk and hood, and one for steering wheel. The entire set was twenty-bucks!

Feel free to share a link, lol. All the 50th anniversary 7 piece sets I see are $80-200.

DanG · 08-13-2022, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewC1989

Feel free to share a link, lol. All the 50th anniversary 7 piece sets I see are $80-200.

The stickers are not the same. That is why they are so cheap. You are better off with OEM roundels.

AndrewC1989 · 08-13-2022, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DanG

The stickers are not the same. That is why they are so cheap. You are better off with OEM roundels.

I've already bought the OEM hood and trunk roundels for the 50th anniversary badges. Unfortunately they aren't available in 68mm for the wheel center caps and the steering wheel emblem doesn't exist, so 3rd party seems to be the only solution to getting those pieces.

BMWCCA1 · 08-13-2022, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewC1989

Feel free to share a link, lol. All the 50th anniversary 7 piece sets I see are $80-200.

I really just wanted the 68mm hubcaps for my 128i M-sport and bought the 7-piece set first and ordered another set of just the large caps at the same time. The large set came within two days off Amazon sent from California. As soon they arrived, I checked and the item as well as the seller were no longer listed on Amazon. The other caps-only set came from Ebay and were delivered from China within a week. That seller disappeared shortly thereafter, too. I tried one more set quickly so I now have 12 68-mm hubcap emblems. It's easy to tell these Chinese non-OE parts as the BMW emblem is larger and the color bars around them are smaller. But if BMW isn't going to offer them, we have to take matters in our own hands!

From earlier in this thread: https://www.1addicts.com/forums/show...7&postcount=25

Oddly enough I ordered a black M5 emblem for a co-worker's new 2022 M5 from our BMW parts department and it came from China!

BMWCCA1 · 08-14-2022, 10:26 AM

Looks like the California seller of the 7-piece set for 68-mm hub cap is back but on Ebay with a price that's over five-times what it was when I got mine.

Whoops, and back on Amazon for just $30.

AndrewC1989 · 08-14-2022, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

Looks like the California seller of the 7-piece set for 68-mm hub cap is back but on Ebay with a price that's over five-times what it was when I got mine.

Whoops, and back on Amazon for just $30.

Ordered

nyc_dude · 08-15-2022, 12:01 PM

Yes. I ordered from eBay from a seller in Beverly Hills, CA for $100. The set arrived from Amazon, where the price is $30. So the eBay seller pockets $70 in profit. Avoid ordering anything from China for obvious reasons.

So order from Amazon for $30.

The wheel center caps say made in Italy, but they are from China. The center caps are actually the base gray plastic cap, with an aluminum graphic on top.

I am waiting for the BMW OEM hood/trunk roundels, but the other emblems aren't available for older BMWs, so aftermarket is the only option.

Cheers

Johnny-J5 · 08-17-2022, 09:24 AM

Just installed part #51148087192 (2 posts , no adhesive) on my e82. Old roundel exactly the same

nyc_dude · 08-17-2022, 08:21 PM

Great looking white E82 1M. There should be an eBay seller and Amazon item that has the center wheel caps with the gorgeous rims so everything matches. Buy the full kit of 7 pieces for $30. It includes the steering wheel emblem too.

Cheers

Johnny-J5 · 08-18-2022, 03:39 AM

I wish it was a 1M! Thanks for the inputs on center caps, I’m toying with that idea. One side of me wants to match but then the other side says it’s too much. Trying to strike the right balance.

Can you post up pictures of what your received from eBay/Amazon?

BMWCCA1 · 08-18-2022, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny-J5

I wish it was a 1M! Thanks for the inputs on center caps, I’m toying with that idea. One side of me wants to match but then the other side says it’s too much. Trying to strike the right balance.

Can you post up pictures of what your received from eBay/Amazon?

If "too much" refers to cost, the point isn't cost but availability. BMW doesn't supply 50th hub caps for earlier wheels. If you check the rest of this thread I'm pretty sure I posted a photo of the copies from Amazon on my 128i Apex wheels (post #28), though dirty and in poor lighting. I also posted a side-by-side comparison of "real" versus "copy" (post #25) so you can see the copy has a larger BMW emblem compared to the narrower color bands. Some even like it better.

Johnny-J5 · 08-18-2022, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

If "too much" refers to cost, the point isn't cost but availability. BMW doesn't supply 50th hub caps for earlier wheels. If you check the rest of this thread I'm pretty sure I posted a photo of the copies from Amazon on my 128i Apex wheels (post #28), though dirty and in poor lighting. I also posted a side-by-side comparison of "real" versus "copy" (post #25) so you can see the copy has a larger BMW emblem compared to the narrower color bands. Some even like it better.

Not ‘too much’ in cost but overboard of use with the color combination.

I have ordered the rear 70mm sized 50th roundel from BMW San Jose motorcycle (which I’ll have to figure out how to adapt)that has the narrow bands. Thus, I may keep the wheels with the traditional roundel.

Thanks for reminding me about your post. I’ll check it out ��

nyc_dude · 08-18-2022, 01:11 PM

The eBay seller is from Beverly Hill, CA and has photos attached for the 7 piece $100 kit. The same product is on Amazon for $30. You can tell by the photos it is the same item made in China, but listed as made in Italy. Grey plastic wheel center caps.

Order from Amazon, since the eBay seller will send you the product via Amazon anyway, pocketing $70 in profit.

The gorgeous tricolor ///M stripes on White, with a full set of roundels are perfection.

Cheers

AndrewC1989 · 08-19-2022, 08:07 AM

Finally got all of mine. The trunk and hood are OEM, and the wheel center caps and airbag are from Amazon. The knockoffs look close enough IMO.

nyc_dude · 08-19-2022, 11:34 AM

WoW!! I have an F30 335i M-Sport as well with the same wheels.
My M-Sport is a lighter blue Estoril Blue, so the 50th Anniversary Roundels should look good. I have the aftermarket center wheel caps and steering wheel emblem. Waiting on the BMW OEM emblems, that are backordered.

What PNs did you receive?

Cheers

AndrewC1989 · 08-19-2022, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nyc_dude

WoW!! I have an F30 335i M-Sport as well with the same wheels.
My M-Sport is a lighter blue Estoril Blue, so the 50th Anniversary Roundels should look good. I have the aftermarket center wheel caps and steering wheel emblem. Waiting on the BMW OEM emblems, that are backordered.

What PNs did you receive?

Cheers

IND has them in stock, no wait. Not sure about the part numbers because they're part of a prepackaged kit and not listed.

https://ind-distribution.com/collect...del-set-f80-m3

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