Rear plastic bumper fitment.

[SedanSandwich]

I have an 08/88 325i (PB from factory I assume) The rear and front plastic bumpers are off another E30. On to the point, The rear bumper seems to have too much gap from the rear valance and I can't seem to get it adjusted right with the brackets. Here are some pictures. Anyone have an idea of what I should do or what might be wrong?

[jw 325ic]

Has the car ever been wrecked? Try adjusted the brackets more...

[SedanSandwich]

Small fender bender up front I think. (has different color fender/hood and the bracket that holds the lights have a wrecking yard code written on them) nothing in the rear though. everything is straight up front and in back other than my front valance has a small dent at the bottom by the lip. How much spacing should I have from the rear fenders? or none at all? I will give the adjusters another go tomorrow.

[jw 325ic]

Heres some pics from searching google:







Definitely check the brackets again.

[SedanSandwich]

Thanks! I completely spaced searching for that.

[jw 325ic]

No problem bro, glad to help. Post pics when youre done

[SedanSandwich]

So I am still not getting it to where it needs. Its better for sure but I still have a small amount of gap on both sides now. Should I get some washers to offset the brackets and play around with that? Thanks for all the help JW. I am a complete noob when it comes to adjusting the bumpers.

[jw 325ic]

Here we go man, dont know how i forgot about this:

http://e30.bmwdiy.info/bumper-adjust/index.html

Hopefully that'll help some. Its hard to say based off just pics.

Did the rear bumper shocks get out of alignment?

[cardnation]

Some bumpers just fit like crap on some cars and take a tremendous amount of tinkering to get them perfect. You aren't alone my friend, my front bumper fits like dooty.

The tolerances 20+ years ago just weren't what they are today.