The inappropriate badging thread

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So help me here. In the old days we'd buy a car and then send it to a tuning house. In my case it'd have been may have been Schnitzer for my BMW and backed by BMW. Then they (manufacturers) started selling their own performance cars. Have they killed the tuner.......?
 
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So help me here. In the old days we'd buy a car and then send it to a tuning house. In my case it'd have been may have been Schnitzer for my BMW and backed by BMW. Then they (manufacturers) started selling their own performance cars. Have they killed the tuner.......?
No, MSL, GAD and others do pretty well
 

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Depends on the price I suppose, you could get them from Mercedes. When you fitted them Mercedes dropped the warranty to 100k miles from U/L.
So I presume they were expecting more wear.
I still fancy a re map. But suppose its just getting round to it..
 

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But to you get a manufacturer warranty?
Best carried out after 3 years once the warranty has expired and even then only if you know your insurer won't cane you for the modification.

Of course if you happen to buy the car used and it has been re-mapped then you may not know..

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This guy has taken it to the next level with badging and the turquoise accents.....(some ideas for somebody ;);)). Saw it when dropping my wife's car for a service. Mechanic was telling me that it is a 200 diesel and it also has a big sound maker under the rear end in an attempt to make it sound like an AMG.
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This guy has taken it to the next level with badging and the turquoise accents.....(some ideas for somebody ;);)). Saw it when dropping my wife's car for a service. Mechanic was telling me that it is a 200 diesel and it also has a big sound maker under the rear end in an attempt to make it sound like an AMG.
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No. Just no.

As they say, you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.
 

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This guy has taken it to the next level with badging and the turquoise accents.....(some ideas for somebody ;);)). Saw it when dropping my wife's car for a service. Mechanic was telling me that it is a 200 diesel and it also has a big sound maker under the rear end in an attempt to make it sound like an AMG.
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Wheels and boot spoiler work but then it just went a bit mad
 
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This guy has taken it to the next level with badging and the turquoise accents.....(some ideas for somebody ;);)). Saw it when dropping my wife's car for a service. Mechanic was telling me that it is a 200 diesel and it also has a big sound maker under the rear end in an attempt to make it sound like an AMG.
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Aw Bless :p
 

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Ok, not the AMG badges, and not the sound maker,
(whatever that is) but apart from that, it looks fine. :)
 

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Managed to get a rear end shot when collecting our car. He certainly has gone to a lot of trouble.

It is the turquoise callipers and trim that gets me!
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A sheep in wolf's clothing.
Much rather have it the other way around.

If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!
Speak softly and carry a big stick :cool:
 

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Speak softly and carry a big stick :cool:
My detailer said to me "I saw you at the weekend" I replied "I must have been slowing down" he laughed and said "I recognised your number plate but yes you were motoring". He lives in a cottage on my nearest unrestricted local country road without speed traps or many bends!
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My detailer said to me "I saw you at the weekend" I replied "I must have been slowing down" he laughed and said "I recognised your number plate but yes you were motoring". He lives in a cottage on my nearest unrestricted local country road without speed traps or many bends!
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What kind of dealer? ;)
 


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