Harmonster

My newish to me .2 dropped its rear carpet badge over the weekend. Are these things glued on from the factory? Would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.

Thanks!

Harmonster

Bump. Any points in the right direction greatly appreciated.

Thanks

bmwtye

The logo plate itself is lightly glued into a plastic retaining frame that has plastic posts that go into the carpet and expand holding it tightly against the carpet.
You can see the holes in your carpet that he posts go into.

Harmonster

Thank you!

Ten Years

Sorry, old thread.

Tye, do you think these expanding plastic posts are reusable, meaning you can carefully pull the whole plate off, and reinsert, and it will be as secure as before/factory? Thinking of asking Eric at BP to paint the piece to match my other painted interior pieces.





OP, did you manage to reattach using only glue, seeing as it appears the plastic posts on yours broke off, or otherwise were removed? I'm wondering if the previous owner of your car added the glue, meaning that the original part was just "tacked on" by the expanding plastic posts, they were not reusable, and so he cut them off and glued the plate on. Sounds possible. Likely, even? In that case, and if I wanted the above mentioned done, I'd likely pay the $75 or so for a whole new badge+plate combo, instead of gluing it to the carpet. Unless it worked perfectly, for you. Please advise. Ideally the posts would be totally reusable, though.

Harmonster

I bought a new badge so I could affix it properly. The glue never held. I have no idea why the PO did this

Based on installing the new one, I think you could re-use it w/o any issue. I had to spread the end a bit to get it to hold anyway. It's really not all that solid - just two prongs.

Dan

bmwtye

If you carefully remove it yes it is. I removed mine and re-used and have not had any issues.

In terms of painting, are you wanting to paint just the frame, or the GT3 plate?

Ten Years

Wow, thanks for the rapid responses, especially to an old thread, guys.


That makes sense. I think maybe your car's PO broke the plastic posts, and therefore couldn't rescue them. Instead of paying, what, $75-ish? for a new one, he likely trimmed off the posts and glued it on, thinking it would never have to be dealt with again. In my experience, gluing anything to carpet never works well. Thanks for the advice and feedback.

Did you order yours from your dealer? Do you happen to have the part #?





Very cool. Did you modify yours, or you removed it for some other reason?

I want to paint both the frame and the plate to match my other painted trim, and also paint the lettering yellow or gloss black. If possible.



EDIT: are you saying maybe if I left the frame alone, the center GT3 plate comes off more easily? That might make things easier...? Just paint that plate and the GT3 lettering.

Harmonster

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You would destroy the 'GT3' part if you try to pull it out of the frame. Thin metal + a lot of glue.

bmwtye

The better option is have an aluminum sheet cut in the same shape. Paint that. Then use a template and paint the GT3 logo in in whatever color, and then glue that to the retaining frame.

I removed mine to do a carbon fiber insert

Ten Years

Ok. I see. Thanks for the part number. Had no idea the center plate was thin metal that's very well glued in there. Looks and feels like a pop-in plastic plate that's easily removed and reused. Too bad it isn't.




Whoa. Your CF piece is legit. Nice. Which vendor provided that? Is that OEM-like raised lettering, or a decal that's on the CF, and under the clear acrylic? Nice, either way.

Eric at BP did tell me that they could paint the frame/backing, but they couldn't do the GT3 plate. Now, knowing it's a thin metal piece that's glued onto the plastic backing and frame, it makes more sense. I'm sure he wouldn't mind me sharing a couple of these photos... Pretty nice painted frames/backing plates! Your CF piece would look amazing with the painted frame, too.