Bumpers, bumpers, bumpers!

[cale]

How about euro bumpers, can they be tucked? I'd prefer to go to plastics but apparently that's not possible. Can euros be fitted better?

[CGDoig]

Perfect, that was the answer i was looking for. I tried to do the rear too but it won't budge. I'm thinking i might take the shocks out and compress them with a vice or something. And thanks, i think it looks better than my crappy iS airdam that was curbed to shit. I'm waiting to buy the lip but it'll come after the holidays.

[StereoInstaller1]

I read and re-read your post CGDoig...do you have a question? What kind of help would you like?

If it is about the rear tuck (you kind of phrased a question there) I can tell you I did mine by drilling until I hit a pocket of compressed air (I assume air, may have been anything) then I SLOWLY backed up against a wall until a foaming, smelly greasy liquid came spewing out...nasty, I tell ya.

I am not happy wiht my rear tuck becuase I went a bit far in. The damn thing does not seem to want to come out. Oh well. Some other day.

The tucked diving board/late valence is looking pretty good. I assume you are gonna find an "is" lip for it. That would look pretty good, I think.

Luke

[CGDoig]

Bump, someone help me here?

[CGDoig]

I just did a late valance swap on my 87 iS, due to the fact that my stock airdam was mangled. It bolted up perfectly. Had to cut tow hitches, and the plastic bumper cover has nowhere to screw into, but it was relativly easy to do. I also did the front tuck. Cleaned up pretty good. The rear tuck i can't do, i've drilled two holes in each shock now, and it won't budge. There no chance of rust so i don't know what would be stopping it.

PS: I know the cars dirty, its been raining and snowing a lot here and theres no point in washing it.

[kencopperwheat]

There are no euro bumpers that will fit an 88. In Europe they came with the plastic ones.

[erik325i]

Does anybody have any pics of an '88 with Euro bumpers?
What valence did the Euro '88s come with? in the US, '88 switched to the new style valence. What about in Europe?

Or if someone could photoshop a set of Euro bumpers onto an '88... or even photoshop a late model front valence on an early Euro car...

PLEASE ;)

-Erik

[lakipolitis]

OKay... i've decided that i'm going to do the bumper tuck, because it's free, and free's so much better than paid for new bumpers. But i don't have the front valence for the car. Can anyone point me in the direction of one, and how to put it on?

Thanks.

I have a 1987 BMW 325i. made 04/87.

[E30_pilot]

ok, i still a noob so here my noob question:

I have a '87 325is can i do the euro bump swap and still keep the "IS" front bottom?

[Jand3rson]

Hey, SMARTASS. I'm only going by what I've been told, I haven't done the swap myself. I'm sorry if I was incorrect.

[motorprestige]

The front requires no modification whatsoever, you just need the late-model front airdam.

Then why did i need to drill 2 holes on mine when i did it? Sounds like modifacation to me. Bumper shock mounts need a little modding too.

[Marvin_Hecht]

For those of you who haven't found this, Jordan's
and Jason's writeups are linked below.

Eurospeed is right - in addition to a front bumper, you need
to convert the 88 or later valence/airdam if you have a pre-88
car. You may also have to hacksaw off the toe-hooks on
the front of your diving-board bumper car.

On the rear, you need to shave/dremel off the bumpers
where they go into the wheel well because they will be
too long. And you need to get yourself a rear apron from
somewhere or it will look really bad.

As far as I can tell you will also need the front and rear
shocks and hardware etc from the plastic-bumpered car.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/Tech/bumper1.htm

http://www.r3vlimited.com/Tech/bumper2.htm

http://www.r3vlimited.com/Tech/bumper3.htm

http://www.jason-steele.com/index.php?id=2,41,0,0,1,0

[dableds]

88+ bumper -> 85 323 ? i dont think so
88+ plastic -> 88 metal bumper = no mod

i`ll did that...
no problems to do that

[Jand3rson]

you can put plastic bumpers on a pre 88' car. the front requires slight modifacation

The front requires no modification whatsoever, you just need the late-model front airdam.

[UNHCLL]

Ok... so if I have an '87 325is, I can put on EARLY euro/international (are those 2 terms interchangeable?) bumpers? Would early mean from a euro '87 325is?

You want to source a set of Early (pre-88) Chrome/metal European spec bumpers with mounts.
They will work with your existing lower valance, but upgrading to the euro valance is advised if you arent also including a body kit such as Mtechnic 1/Hartge/etc.

HTH,
Chris