One month into X ownership....

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Originally Posted by 1stE53

Are your BMW roundels that colour or did you use those stickers that are our there? The previous owner of mine used the stickers, I had no idea till I looked REAL close.
Great looking X5!!!!

I bought those roundels - they're proper OEM quality roundels, not nasty stickers!

I got them from a guy in China on eBay....he shipped to the UK in under 3 days....amazing!

You can check out his store here - eBay UK Shop - emblemshoppe:

I've upgraded all my roundels - all 4 wheels, the front, the rear and the steering wheel badge.

The only thing to note is that the steering wheel badge isn't a perfect fit (nobody seems to manufacture one that is)!

The reason is that technically speaking the badge on the steering wheel is 45mm, which it kind of is, edge to edge. However, the way that the OEM badge hooks into the airbag cover is via 3 or 4 metal retainers (teeth / clip things) that actually add to the diameter of the badge and the gap you're left with when you remove the badge is about 48mm across.

So when you buy the aftermarket one (which is adhesive rather than having the metal 'teeth') you end up with a small gap around the edge of about 1 / 1.5mm.

Not a problem...I just bought a rubber O-ring (that plumbers would use) that was 44mm across and 1.5mm thick and it fits snugly into the gap and looks great.

I actually have a whole bunch of them as I couldn't only buy one from my plumbing supplier - so I've got about 10 spare! (If you don't mind waiting a few days I can ship 'em out to anyone who wants one)!

Cheers.