If you look closely, there may be witness marks where the old badge grooved the paint.

On my 2012, I replaced the new badge with a classic badge, and it looked so much better. But when I tried the same move on my 2016, the new badge had left some indentations in the paint which would have been tough to remove, so I left it alone.


DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4