Check out the bumper tuck on my cabby!

[E30SRPower]

Hey guys,

I tucked my diving boards a few days ago. My friend took a video of the front getting pushed in by a wall. I can't host .mov files though. can anyone else?

I drilled all four shocks while they were on the car. I am going to do a plastic bumper swap in a few months (depending on $$$), but this was totally worth the 20 minutes it took.

I also stopped by this tiny park to take a few pics. I painted the wheels also. Don't laugh, I know they look totally 1988 JDM fabulous. I just wanted them to look better than they did, and they impressed the only person I was trying to impress (ME :D )

Don't mind my half finished interrior.

Stock:




Tucked:




Partially shadowlined, painted wheels, partial interrior:





Joey

[Bimmerfanatik]

Re: Check out the bumper tuck on my cabby!

Looks great man, I like the wheels. Any black center/polished lip looks good IMO. What kind of wheels are they/what size?

Did it get messy drilling the bumpers on the car? I wanted to tuck my beater's bumpers, but I'm too lazy to take them off. Did you mask it off or anything?

[KenC]

You should paint the front bumper strip. It'd make it look 10x better.

[Bimmerfanatik]

You should paint the front bumper strip. It'd make it look 10x better.

Second that!

[Mystikal]

I like the wheels. I think I'll have to refinish my Fittipaldis for this winter.

[E30SRPower]

I have no idea what brand the wheels are. They will be for sale this summer sometime most liekly. They are 14x6 I believe. They would make great autocross wheels (lower your gearing) Because you can get pretty small diameter tires for them. Like I have now.

I would paint the bumper strip, but I am going to do a plastic bumper swap and get some urethane paint for the whole car this summer. It would be a waste of $$$.

The shocks werent too messy. Not much oil came oit, but it sprayed pretty wild. I spilled some in the back, since it sprayed out about 15 minuted after I drilled it. I had a 30"x50" oil drop pan below the shocks when I drilled them. I never removed anything from the car to do this mod, and I think anyone who does is a sucker. (not really. But it would have been a waste of my time ;) )

Joey

[jgentile]

i tucked my rear bumper yesterday(front is plastic) but i didn't tuck it as much as you, i think there is a point where it is too tucked, mine is just less noticable and more subtle. i also blacked the bumper out, it looks 100x better with the diamon shwarz

[etajohn]

So you drilled the bumper shocks while on the car, then pushed them in against a wall. Then what? Ran a screw in the hole you drilled to keep the bumpers in place? I need to do this pronto! Thanks.

[E30SRPower]

So you drilled the bumper shocks while on the car, then pushed them in against a wall. Then what? Ran a screw in the hole you drilled to keep the bumpers in place? I need to do this pronto! Thanks.

It take s a lot of force to compress those shocks, I wouldn't be concerned with them ever coming undone. I am really not concerned since I doing a plastic bumper swap this summer.

Joey

[PanamaE30]

So you drilled the bumper shocks while on the car, then pushed them in against a wall. Then what? Ran a screw in the hole you drilled to keep the bumpers in place? I need to do this pronto! Thanks.

It take s a lot of force to compress those shocks, I wouldn't be concerned with them ever coming undone. I am really not concerned since I doing a plastic bumper swap this summer.

Joey

Great info and pics! I outta do it this weekend..

About the shocks coming undone... if they do, just give the wall in the garage some more love lol.