87-91 cabrio rear bumper.

[Julien]

I've been reading some different facts about cabrio's rear bumper. Just to get it straightened out. is the rear bumper off a diving board cabbie the same as a pre facelife car? (i'm mainly talking about the length between the rear of the car and the wheel well). somewhere i read that every cabrio has the LM stye lenght... which means, will plastic bumper plug and play on the rear? or will euro bumpers? or neither??



Julien

[marakka]

Plastic bumpers plug and play on cabbies. Here in germany they made the cabbies with plastics.

Oh yeah.... check yo pm's sucka. ;)

[MR 325]

Yes, all cabrios had the lower rear arches

[Nate325ic]

All cabrios have the late model arches, so plastics plug right on, they made early style euro bumpers for it though

[fporro]

very odd since i tried late style bumpers on my 87 325iC and it was a no go.
too long as on coupe and sedan.

why ?

[e30_melbourne]

checkin

really? does anyone know for sure whether late model bumpers fit straight onto an early model cab. (eurostyle) ie. has anyone actually done it with success
thanks in advance

[Bimmerfanatik]

very odd since i tried late style bumpers on my 87 325iC and it was a no go.
too long as on coupe and sedan.

why ?

Something's amiss then. My 87 cabby has plastics, and they fit fine. Low arches FTW.

[e30_melbourne]

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thats good to know, because i was considering the fiberglass m-tech II kits made for pre facelift cars (like at www.carmate.com) but if the genuine rear m-tech II bumper fits pretty much ok on the cab then ill go that. assuming i can find one.

this is all asuming that if the plastic bumpers fit easily on pre-face lift cabs then the m-tech II kit as well? i can't see why not.

[MR 325]

Yes, all cabrios had the lower rear arches

[fporro]

I'll correct my previous statement,
plastic bumpers are a direct fit on cabrios as long as you have the proper bumper shocks...