FS:318is shadlowline trim

[.Tom.]

Sold

[VAPORBLADE]

Damn @%$!%^!!~ local pick up shat.

[Majikal]

ahhhh I want it. stupid locality.

[scBeamer803]

ya know, if you shipped it, you would probably sell really quickly. besides, shipping would only be about $15 and would only take 15 min. just saying... gl with sale!

[Jand3rson]

ya know, if you shipped it, you would probably sell really quickly. besides, shipping would only be about $15 and would only take 15 min. just saying... gl with sale!

Ummmm, no. No it wouldn't. I don't know if you know how long some of those peices are, but the bend in the longest peices requires them to go in a box about 18" wide x around 4' long. A box that size immediately goes into oversize category shipping for any carrier, and beyond that, this stuff bends like tinfoil. One bend in it, and you'll never get it straight again. So in order to keep it perfectly safe during shipping, it has to be packed totally solid in a box with at least a good 3-6" of padding around it. One place I took a whole set to was going to put it all in a large enough box, and spray expanding foam into it that would dry rigid, and come right off upon delivery, the whole shebang including shipping came to around $150.

[scBeamer803]

Ummmm, no. No it wouldn't. I don't know if you know how long some of those peices are, but the bend in the longest peices requires them to go in a box about 18" wide x around 4' long. A box that size immediately goes into oversize category shipping for any carrier, and beyond that, this stuff bends like tinfoil. One bend in it, and you'll never get it straight again. So in order to keep it perfectly safe during shipping, it has to be packed totally solid in a box with at least a good 3-6" of padding around it. One place I took a whole set to was going to put it all in a large enough box, and spray expanding foam into it that would dry rigid, and come right off upon delivery, the whole shebang including shipping came to around $150.

wow thats expensive, my bad. i just remember shipping my chrome trim from my old e28 for that via dhl and only cost $15, and didn't bend during delivery... maybe i just lucked out. free bump for ya, sorry for cluttering you thread!!

[ak96ss]

Yeah, I just shipped some trim to Oregon - I already had the peanuts and stuff, had to buy the odd-shaped boxes. Shipping and boxes and everything ran to just about $100.

[Sean]

Pm your way.

I see you have the trim for the rear windows. How could one go about switching those out? I thought they were stuck to the window??

[.Tom.]

Pm your way.

I see you have the trim for the rear windows. How could one go about switching those out? I thought they were stuck to the window??

sending pm
no idea on switching the rears out, sorry.

[ak96ss]

sending pm
no idea on switching the rears out, sorry.

This, or course, is purely my experience - YMMV.

However, the shadowline I just took off of a 1991 318is was NOT affixed to the window; rather, it was two pieces, riveted together to form the frame around the rear quarter window. This piece had two bolts through the B-pillar that hold it on. Once the nuts were removed from those bolts, the whole thing came off in one piece. Took a little finesse, but it comes off pretty easy once you figure it out.

This presumes fixed rear windows. For pop-out windows, I would suppose that the trim is in fact affixed to the window, but I've never laid hands on it, so I don't know that for sure.

[Sean]

This, or course, is purely my experience - YMMV.

However, the shadowline I just took off of a 1991 318is was NOT affixed to the window; rather, it was two pieces, riveted together to form the frame around the rear quarter window. This piece had two bolts through the B-pillar that hold it on. Once the nuts were removed from those bolts, the whole thing came off in one piece. Took a little finesse, but it comes off pretty easy once you figure it out.

This presumes fixed rear windows. For pop-out windows, I would suppose that the trim is in fact affixed to the window, but I've never laid hands on it, so I don't know that for sure.

Ahh, I ahve popout windows. That would indeed be interesting. Maybe they're just glued on there, and I could glue new ones to it? lol

[.Tom.]

bump

[M42Technik]

This is a sick deal guys. Mine is bent too. I did a parts list to see how much it would be for new OEM shadowline, and it came out to $743.56

Bump for you.