Bumpers, bumpers, bumpers!

[Wishno87]

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

[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

[JoeMadoo]

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

[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.

[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

[Wishno87]

take off the bumper and unscrew from the back.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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]

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]

k thank you

[tofubento]

I am a bit lost on the article , would I lose my aluminium bumpers? or would I be able to reuse those?

Exscuse the ignorance...I know 240s/golfs/crxs not bmws....so I am learning.

[Griffin]

1. Get on your back under the front bumper of the car. Look straight up, and there will be a hole on the underside of the metal part of the bumper about six inches in from each side. In these holes, are the 2 large bolts that hold the bumper on the car.

So I had the car (84 318i) on the lift today for an oil change and figured I'd pull out my printed copy of Josh Anderson's write up... My bumper has no holes in it at all, should I just take the bumper off using the 4 bolts that hold the bumper shocks to the car?

[JasonC]

I haven't looked at a DB bumper in awhile to remember how the shocks was bolted to the bumper. But i do remember that there is 6 bolts that hold the shocks onto the body. There is one in each side in the frame rail. The one above the muffler is harder to get to cause of the heat sheild.