You spent all your hard earned money on a BMW.

After a few hundred, hundred mile an hour plus adventures up and down the local highway combined with those months of your BMW sitting in the harsh southwestern sunshine or plowing through the East coast snow storms you've noticed your BMW emblems or Roundels look less than appealing. You don't even dare pull up next to the new shiny BMWs at stop lights.

Don't worry this guide is going to help you renew the appearance quickly and inexpensively.

Replacement of the BMW Roundel on any BMW vehicle is one of the easiest improvements to the exteriors appearance that any proud BMW owner can do. This project if begun on a weekend morning will commence in no time at all and leave you with plenty of time to show it off in that afternoon and even enough money left over to go out and party that evening.

Replacement of the Roundel will take anyone with even the most novice of mechanical skills less than 15 minutes each to complete once you have read this guide and familiarize yourself with the area you'll be working on, obtain the parts, and locate the tools you'll be using to perform this task.

To begin you will need a new Roundel or Roundels, shown as Image 1, and two plastic grommets, shown as Image 2, for each you are replacing.

         IMAGE 1          IMAGE 2

These are available from many sellers on eBay or from your dealer if you can't wait for them to be shipped to you after have read this guide.

To remove the old Roundel you need to pry it up from the hood or trunklid. I am not a BMW Certified Technichian, but I have a found from years of practice that the easiest way not to damage your paint is to place something thin like a playing card or credit card on the cars surface and then use a Flathead Screwdriver to carefully wedge the Roundel up from the surface. Slow and patient can truly save a lot of pain and agony later. The Roundel will loosen and lift easily when you apply a small amount of force and then you can use your hand to pull it the remaining way off.

Next, you need to remove the old grommets. You may have had yours come off with the Roundel, if they didn't simply take a pair of needlenose pliers and pinch the grommet head together and pull it out.

Next, take a quick second and clean the surface of your car where the Roundel was removed, since I am sure that area has been harboring some dirt and you won't want to leave it like that.

Next, take your new Roundel and simply push your two new grommets onto each of the studs. Do this step firmly to seat them all the way on but be careful as you push as the studs of the new Roundel have no support and can bend easily or even break off. Use a bit more finesse and less braun here.

Next, take your new Roundel with the grommets you just pre-installed and line up the studs with the holes on the vehicle. Once aligned, either use both hands with the fingertips covering the whole outside perimeter of the Roundel and firmly push down, or use the palm of your hand to push cover the Roundel evenly and push down until the Roundel can go no further. (Shown as Image 3)

      IMAGE 3

Last, but certainly not least, take a few steps back and admire the fine job you just did!

Repeat these steps for the other Roundel if you are doing them both.

If your done then go grab a cool drink and relax, you've earned it!