Mtech1 sideskirt styles?

[NickiX]

Does anyone know if their are two styles of mtech 1 sideskirts? I was looking at mtech 1 cars and noticed a couple had different sideskirts, mostly the sedans.

[Pantless Spency]

i do know that coupes and 4 doors have different skirts, coupes have the little upwards kick on each end that is flush with the wheel well on the fender.
see as pictured below:


IIRC four doors dont have the kicks on each end.

[mikeedler]

4 doors have those ears too, there was 2 different styles of them though.
here is the other set without the "ears"

[NickiX]

hmm interesting. Was it a year split that they changed?

[Pantless Spency]

thank you for clearing that up mike :)
i personally like them w/o the ears more..... but either way is sex

[Jean]

Two kinds

[mikeedler]

I'm not sure what made the difference, but I know that I helped strip a 1987 original factory M tech I 4 door 325i last week and it had the ears on it.

o.k., just found it. the ones without ears were made for the cars up to 3/86.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1231&mospid=47263&btnr=51_0750&hg=51&fg=20

[NickiX]

so kindof on the same subject, there's also seperate part numbers for the euro bumper trim for mtech and non-mtech cars. Anyone have any ideas on that?

[Jean]

Yes, the non m-tech specific euro trim is for cars w/o the mtech valance attached to the bumper. The m-tech speicifc euro trim is for the cars with m-tech valance.

The difference is small, the non m-tech trim has a small lip/section that would need to be cut off if you install mtech valance.

[Wishno87]

From what I have heard no ear = 86
ear = 87