87' 325is Air Dam on Late Model Cars

[AppState325]

you forgot the pics of the 20 million hours of sanding that thing.....and how the room is still dusty from all that paint....haha. congrats

[asubimmer]

Right the fuck on, nice write-up. You might want to include the info/pics on how you mounted the airdam to the bumper itself. I assume it was just with bolts, but pics would be cool. Glad someone finally grew the fucking stones to do this. I'm planning to do it eventually, if I don't end up loving the look of my boards too much when they're done.

yeah I don't personally have a dig camera so I'm still waitin on some of the pics, and yeah they are just bolts holding the air dam to the bumper

[Jand3rson]

Right the fuck on, nice write-up. You might want to include the info/pics on how you mounted the airdam to the bumper itself. I assume it was just with bolts, but pics would be cool. Glad someone finally grew the fucking stones to do this. I'm planning to do it eventually, if I don't end up loving the look of my boards too much when they're done.

[asubimmer]

i like it.

wonder how different it would be for a early models,
i assume we just need the the late metal valance for
us pre-87 so we can mount the plastic bumper. correct?

yep, it would look like mine. you need to top half of the valance and thats it, so you could get a pretty beat one for cheap ;)

[E30_pilot]

i like it.

wonder how different it would be for a early models,
i assume we just need the the late metal valance for
us pre-87 so we can mount the plastic bumper. correct?

[Justin B]

A for effort. looks pretty cool, but at the same time kinda out of place. good work though.

Exactly what I thought when I first saw it too....

[BMW BMXER]

Why the fuck didn't I think of that!

(the way you filled the gap)

[MikeK]

i like it alot

[asubimmer]

thanks for all the comments guys, it'll look better w/ the brake ducts in ;)

[golde30]

A for effort. looks pretty cool, but at the same time kinda out of place. good work though.

thanks for the write up. I've been thinking about this forever but have no plastic bumpers or anything to fiddle with to see how it could work.

Still, I think I would mount the early valence back farther so it isn't so even with the front of the bumper. Another thing I thought about doing was intead of cutting and having to refit/mold the sides back on like you did, perhaps just trimming off the excess length on the sides could work.

[EtaSport]

honestly I think that valance looks better on diving board cars. I don't like it at all, but it looks like you put a decent effort into it.

Agree. I knew it could be done, and I was going to do it. I am glad that I didnt, because I like the look of my car better now. If I want a different look I'd get mtech2

[nando]

honestly I think that valance looks better on diving board cars. I don't like it at all, but it looks like you put a decent effort into it.

[CGDoig]

That looks so fruuckin awesome. I love it. I wish my 87 valance wasn't so wrecked, otherwise i would throw it back on.

[asubimmer]

haha yeah when I paint it, it will looks tons better. I'm just glad I could find white primer. Its not done yet but I had to get it on before the Korman meet ;)