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      12-19-2011, 09:06 PM   #1
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Black & White wheel caps and roundels

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Looking to to buy a set of 4 center wheel caps and 1 hud and 1 trunk roundels for my X6 ?

I'm going to make my car an all-black look, so I want to change those emblems to black and white.

Any sugestions ?

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Hello there
Looking to to buy a set of 4 center wheel caps and 1 hud and 1 trunk roundels for my X6 ?

I'm going to make my car an all-black look, so I want to change those emblems to black and white.

Any sugestions ?

Thanks in advance !
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If you are going to change the roundel colors, check out Bimmian.com. They offer roundel overlays of all sizes that will fit over the Blue and White colors of your current roundels. The overlays last pretty long, and ad a nice personalization for your car.

Just don't have the rear roundel removed if you decide that you don't want the overlays and decide to purchase actual aftermarket roundels. The shape of the rear roundel is hard to replicate, and it was a pricey mistake I made to have the rear roundel replaced by the dealer.

If you want to get a good look at how the ovelays look after it is mounted, check out my pics by clicking on my avatar icon, or check out the Happy Birthday thread on the picture section of the forum. I have pics there as well. take care and enjoy the holiday season!
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I found a couple of square yards ( leftovers) of 3M adhesive carbon fiber from my former X6, so I will put some over the blue triangles of the wheels center caps to make them look more like black and white, is a simple job and got the idea from the bimmian website
Enjoy your holidays too!
Here in Costa Rica, we are starting the summer or dry season, so I'm going to spend the holidays at the beach at 90 degrees or mayabe more.......and "just a couple" of good cold beer's..........
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I found a couple of square yards ( leftovers) of 3M adhesive carbon fiber from my former X6, so I will put some over the blue triangles of the wheels center caps to make them look more like black and white, is a simple job and got the idea from the bimmian website
Enjoy your holidays too!
Here in Costa Rica, we are starting the summer or dry season, so I'm going to spend the holidays at the beach at 90 degrees or mayabe more.......and "just a couple" of good cold beer's..........
Nice!! What a way to spend the holidays... on the beach... lol im jealous... have a cold one for me too!
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i got mine off ebay… had em professionally installed though on the hood and trunk.
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i got mine off ebay… had em professionally installed though on the hood and trunk.
Please take pics of the rear roundel then post them for us. I tried to order the rear roundel... (a few years ago as i have had my car for three years) I guess they didn't have the option you went with available at the time...?

It was a mistake for me to try to replace the rear roundel at that time but I would like if you post pics of the rear one so that we can see if they have made more options available for the X6 rear roundel... Can't wait to see the finished product. Thanks.
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Please take pics of the rear roundel then post them for us. I tried to order the rear roundel... (a few years ago as i have had my car for three years) I guess they didn't have the option you went with available at the time...?

It was a mistake for me to try to replace the rear roundel at that time but I would like if you post pics of the rear one so that we can see if they have made more options available for the X6 rear roundel... Can't wait to see the finished product. Thanks.
Here are the pics of the Roundels… I went with the carbon fiber finish but they have them in just black too. I also just installed my HID halos from www.alpinemss.com and they look so sick!
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Nice roundels ( and car too....) can you tell me where to buy those CF roundels and how much you paid ?
Putting adhesive carbon fiber film was a difficult jon, not 100% happy with the result, so looking at yours, that's another story......
Check mine done today with some CF film leftovers I found in my garage
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honestly that was about a year ago and I found them on ebay I paid around $140 for them because these are high quality and they actually replace them and don't just stick over the existing ones, and they came with the wheel caps too.
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honestly that was about a year ago and I found them on ebay I paid around $140 for them because these are high quality and they actually replace them and don't just stick over the existing ones, and they came with the wheel caps too.
That's Ok, I will browse over Ebay Motors later, there is a lot of bad quality roundels out there, yours look like OEM quality

Nice job, thanks for the info
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Here are the pics of the Roundels… I went with the carbon fiber finish but they have them in just black too. I also just installed my HID halos from www.alpinemss.com and they look so sick!
Nice!! the roundels you found on ebay are a great score. the halos are a nice touch as well. your x6 is looking awesome. enjoy
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Nice!! the roundels you found on ebay are a great score. the halos are a nice touch as well. your x6 is looking awesome. enjoy
THANKS! yeah I did another search for them earlier and i couldnt find the good quality ones anymore….
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honestly that was about a year ago and I found them on ebay I paid around $140 for them because these are high quality and they actually replace them and don't just stick over the existing ones, and they came with the wheel caps too.
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How did you go about swapping out your rear roundel? I ask because yours is raised just as mine would be, and it looks almost identical, so I'm curious how you went about removing the oem one for replacement, as you mentioned you did not just stick an overlay on.

How did you pop it off ? Did you remove just the oem roundel or the entire piece (roundel/chrome holder) from the trunk
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I did my rear roundel with a stick over version. It uses 3M adhesive so does not come off even when pressure washed by my detailer every 2 weeks. If you get a good one you can expect it to last as long as an OEM one. Plus if you sell the car on you can simply heat it up and remove it back to stock. The OEM rear roundel allegedly uses double sided tape so you need to heat it up to remove. I didn't bother in the end and just went for the stick over which looks just fine thank you :-)
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I did my rear roundel with a stick over version. It uses 3M adhesive so does not come off even when pressure washed by my detailer every 2 weeks. If you get a good one you can expect it to last as long as an OEM one. Plus if you sell the car on you can simply heat it up and remove it back to stock. The OEM rear roundel allegedly uses double sided tape so you need to heat it up to remove. I didn't bother in the end and just went for the stick over which looks just fine thank you :-)
I have no issue going that route, but I would also like to know how he did it with actually removing the oem roundel. I do believe its held in with 2 pegs not only adhesive tape, so I'd like to know the process he used or anybody whose done the actual oem rear oem roundel removal for that matter
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The guys that did my clear bra suggested getting the black - white look for my rounders, too. I wasn't keen when they first mentioned it, but I really love the look!! Don't forget the roundel in the steering wheel. They used black appliqués over the blue. They look perfect.
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Nezo86

How did you go about swapping out your rear roundel? I ask because yours is raised just as mine would be, and it looks almost identical, so I'm curious how you went about removing the oem one for replacement, as you mentioned you did not just stick an overlay on.

How did you pop it off ? Did you remove just the oem roundel or the entire piece (roundel/chrome holder) from the trunk
I had a body shop do it here in Dallas and they removed the entire thing as it is one piece (roundel + chrome holder). How they did it, I do not know but I would around and ask. The sticker overlay route did not sound appealing to me.
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I had a body shop do it here in Dallas and they removed the entire thing as it is one piece (roundel + chrome holder). How they did it, I do not know but I would around and ask. The sticker overlay route did not sound appealing to me.
Thanks. I figured it was one piece, then once removed need to pop off the roundel and replace it. I'm comfortable doing this in spring (when weather is warmer up here in the North)
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