Bumpers, bumpers, bumpers!

[StereoInstaller1]

Is Jordos write up on late bumper swap still on the "tech" pages?

Why yes, here it is: http://www.r3vlimited.com/tech/bumper/bumper1.htm

Fronts are bolt on, rears are...um...a bit tougher.

[tofubento]

So how do I swap to the bumpers I want on the car? and has anyone seen pics of the bumpers I posted on a 4 door? Does it look good? or no? This is for my DD...so going for a touch of looks this time around....

[StereoInstaller1]

My current 4 door 325 has that some bumper/cover combo, and I hate it...I am the cars 5th owner..2owners back put it on...and did a shite job of it.

Yeah, yours has the typical sag/shitty broken stock mounts.
Mine has that same bumper/airdam and I love it:


I pulled all of my shit apart, cleaned and painted everything, then re-aligned and tucked. Then I bolted the airdam directly to the bumper so no gap/sag.

[StereoInstaller1]

Yep its the same but you should remove the bumper instead of running into a wall.

Why the hell not? If you are a retard and hit the wall at 30MPH, you get what you deserve.

I have tucked bumpers on several cars, mine were just not gonna budge. I SLOWLY backed into a wall and mushed them in...why fuck with taking the bumper shocks out? Way too much hassle to do a 5 minute job.

Luke

[tofubento]

which model is this one???

How hard would it be to go from that bumper and airdam/cover...to this :




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My current 4 door 325 has that some bumper/cover combo, and I hate it...I am the cars 5th owner..2owners back put it on...and did a shite job of it.

[Wishno87]

take off the bumper and unscrew from the back.

[Paukert11]

Hey on the large aluminum bumpers. How do you take the rubber, and plastic peaces off ??? I want to take them off and paint them

[Tom325ES]

you can just kick them in trust me. we did it up at the shop i work at and well they just kick right in. but watch out the fluid will spray out also. make sure u drill all the way though you will know when u get sprayed.

[JoeMadoo]

Anyone have experience putting an E30 M3 front bumper on a pre88?

[j30]

why cant i just run into the wall? lol that sounds funny
i wouldnt mind removing the bumper, i just want to know if something would go horribly wrong if i did so

[Wishno87]

Yep its the same but you should remove the bumper instead of running into a wall.

[j30]

i know im a little late to the party but i had a question

when doing the tuck for the rear bumper its pretty much drilling holes into the rear shocks and reversing into a wall carefully right?

would i be able to do the same (drilling holes and driving into wall) for the front bumpers? this sounds much easier than removing the front DB and doing the stuff mentioned in the write up but i wasnt sure. can i get some answers please

[willsol]

Ok guys Im having some issues.

Im trying to swap plastic bumpers from a 91 onto my 89 vert with a build date of 9/88.

Nothing has been a direct swap over. Apparently the metal on rear under the bumper slopes in and has a plastic piece the bumper has two clips that slide in.

The front had the same things but we were able to make stuff fit. I did have to cut the two front tow hooks though.

Any tips on the rear?

[willsol]

thanks

[ethree]

Ok Im a LITTLE confused on this I have an 89 325Ic and I want to convert to plastic bumpers.

Apparently the front is just pop and swap...

After that Im confused on the rear. Im not exactly sure what people mean by rear valence is part of the unibody... yes Im dumb can I get some pics please?

If this is true how hard will it be to fit a plastic rear on my vert? Will I need extra parts or need to keep some of my own.

Thanks and I appreciate the help... Im trying to learn as much as possible before doing this swap.

Plastic bumpers will be a direct fit swap. I don't know about verts but the early models do not "hang down" as far in the back underneath the bumper sort of giving early models the appearance of being higher in the back.