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Some aboriginal (not being racist) offered me a "hot" BMW badge in the city last week. He was asking $15 - straight off an M3.

Seems like these days the GTR badge is hot property? Probably another GTS-T owner wanting it to make his a "GTR"... I'm seeing that more these days, too!

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Just got off the phone with Nissan,

$190 for the barrel & 2keys but there'll be @least a 2wk wait cos it needs to come from Japan. This doesn't include fittment eitha :P I knew there mustv been lil kids on the rampage, last time my car was egged & before hand i noticed lil

sh$%s scoping thins out. Can u say i love BP Happywash @3am on Sat's?

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ask sinergy might be cheaper thats where i got my badges from and they were brand new and sealed.

Just gave em a buzz now,

awaiting for a callback with price. I've decided not to worry bout replacing the front badge cos it looks more kinda aggressive without, but any tips on removing the glue left behind without damaging paint? I'm assuming bug/tar remover will do the trick?

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Just gave em a buzz now,

awaiting for a callback with price. I've decided not to worry bout replacing the front badge cos it looks more kinda aggressive without, but any tips on removing the glue left behind without damaging paint? I'm assuming bug/tar remover will do the trick?

if that doesnt work, try a clay bar.

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Wuld like to kno the same, im very interested. I cant stand the look of the keyhole without it, looks so cheap & violated.

it certainly does look a little cheap and crappy... not nice at all.

There was another thread about re-attaching the badge to the swivel, and someone posted that they successfully re attached it with a 'C' Clip of some sort... i cant see how thats going to work though...

looks like we're due for a completely new badge / barrel unit. :happy:

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  • 2 weeks later...
Ebay is your friend!

** edit ** I can't get the damn link to work. Search AU Ebay for "R33 boot" and you will find the boot lock

clicky clicky!

5th one down... linking directly to the auction doesnt seem to work on here!

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clicky clicky!

5th one down... linking directly to the auction doesnt seem to work on here!

Thanku so much for that, greatly appreciated!!!! This may in fact just be the spoonful of sugar to help my medicine go down :(

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