WTB: Early Model One Piece Euro Valance

[Cody]

Yea, Ive been trolling ebay.de and co.uk nothing yet.

Its going behind another valance so i've given up on perfect, just need the proper mounts for the fogs.

The dealer is looking into a nos non-vented piece, and then ill just cut it...
But ill try your guy as well.

[Cody]

Called dealer to order the 770 valance without vents, back ordered too...

the vented and non vented were supposed to be delivered in Sept, 400 vent 500 non vent,,, nothing yet.

Is the car at the age where they are no longer going to be making parts...?

[pbsun]

This is where I got my non vented one from. Be warned shipping does take a long time ~3.5 weeks via DHL (you might get lucky and get it quicker) but it came in great shape, meaning no damage during shipping.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-300Serie-E30-85-87-Cabrio-Frontschurze-unterer-Teil-Frontmaske-Frontblech-/251885689483?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&fits=Platform%3AE30&hash=item3aa58e9a8b

FYI search for "e30 Frontschürze" or "e30 VFL" on German sites.

[Cody]

Thanks for the link.

Was the piece OEM or a pattern part?

And the damn shipping is more than the cost of the part :(

[pbsun]

It's a pattern part but fitment (eyeballing it) looks really good, I'll send pics when I'm done installing.

And yeah shipping isabiatch, I just lost patience waiting on BMW and decided to bite the bullet. Besides total comes out about the same as what I would have paid the dealer.

[Cody]

Went your route.

He happened to have a couple vented versions, so ordered one....

Cost more than the dealer for a pattern part... but at this point i doubt there will ever be oem ones available again.

[pbsun]

He had vented ones?? Damn should have asked before ordering. Good to hear you got one.

[pbsun]

Non vented valance installed. For the most part it fits well, however ran into a few issues where I had to resort to bending things into place but it was nothing substantial. You'll notice there are a couple of scratches, those were there when I got the valance but not a big deal since they'll be painted over.

[AlonzoS]

Figured I'd help out since i'm having this same issue as well. I found a similar but different euro valence on ECS PN 41331916986, and this one seems to have more angular lines. ECS hasn't done me wrong..yet, but the availability says ships in April. Gonna give them a call tomorrow to see if the ETA is correct and if so, problem solved ��

[AlonzoS]

Actually, just noticed its a two piece since there's no cut outs for the kidney grills. If anyone knows the part number for the upper part this would be perfect.

[pbsun]

Part number is 41331884353
http://www.ecstuning.com/ES71484/

The 2 piece will only work for cars without an oil cooler.

[AlonzoS]

Part number is 41331884353
http://www.ecstuning.com/ES71484/

The 2 piece will only work for cars without an oil cooler.

Darn, after all the research I did, I did not read that. Thanks for the heads up. Also, what lip is that you have on? Curious cause I know my stock one won't clear the cooler once it gets lifted a bit to euro

[pbsun]

Yeah everything clears had no issues with mounting over the cooler.

[pbsun]

It's a "Jimmy hill" mtech lip 51711943868