What to do about my front lip...

[Fidhle007]

So my "Ree-Gur" (fiberglass Rieger Infinity I knockoff, for those of you keeping score) has finally bit the dust, or should I say gravel road. Now I must decide what to do about my car's front end appearance... I am currently running an iS lip, which I love for it's added ground clearance but I miss the lower look of the Rieger. My options at this point seem to be this: Stay with the iS lip and maybe get a RyanG splitter so I can feel cool, go with an ORIGINAL Rieger lip and splitter which aren't going to break as easily, M-Tech II which is pricey but I think could be very nice, Or this:



Let me know what you guys think, money is an object but so is appearance. I want this to be permanant this time around so whatever I get I plan on keeping it for awhile.

Thanks,
Brendan

Edit:

Perhaps this might work:


?

As I understand it's just an i lip mounted to a standard M-Tech II valence.

Also, is it possible to run an M-Tech valence without the bumber and if so, would it look like total shit?

[czag13]

the first pic is hott, i would say go with that one if you can find one for a reasonable price. As for the second pic, I don't think that it is an i lip, but thought it was from an e36. i could be totally wrong but for some reason I remember that being mentioned before.

[Fidhle007]

The lip in the first picture is about $300 by the time it arrives at my doorstep. Making it the 2nd cheapest behind the is and RyanG option. The only problem I forsee is that according to the US distributor the lip is made of fiberglass. I'm now very wary of fiberglass after the ammount of repairs I've had to do with the Rieger knockoff. If it were ABS I'd be all over it as it's $100 cheaper than a genuine Rieger lip/splitter combo.

[e304me]

omg, andre????

[PeaveyBassist]

also, is it possible to run an M-Tech valence without the bumber and if so, would it look like total shit?

Did anyone else find this funny and remind you of a certain old someone?

Will

[e304me]

17" brakes FTW

[rede30]

I Do really like that lip but you have to picture it on your car. You will have two vents in your valence unlike that euro 318 valence pictured. That will make three vents on top of eachother, it might look weird. Maby somone could ps that above picture to have the dual vent valence. It might look alright but check before you throw down money.

[2002maniac]

bnumbers?

[BMW BMXER]

You can run a lower mtech piece without the bumper, but its a replica. Eurostyle over here in Canada makes them. He is on maxbimmer.com

[Fidhle007]

bnumbers?

I was wondering if anyone would catch the reference...

[Fidhle007]

I Do really like that lip but you have to picture it on your car. You will have two vents in your valence unlike that euro 318 valence pictured. That will make three vents on top of eachother, it might look weird. Maby somone could ps that above picture to have the dual vent valence. It might look alright but check before you throw down money.

I actually have pshopped that already but I can't find the pic. I don't think it looked bad at all, it was just rather "venty". Not to be confused with "venti" which is the size coffee I'm about to get from starbucks because I was up too late posting on this forum...

[Fidhle007]

Found it:

[Fidhle007]

Also, I did a little Group Buy research awhile back and if there are six or more people involved they'll reduce the price by 20%. Originally the lip is $249.90 plus shipping so that should reduce it to a cool $200 ($199.92 to be exact) which would pretty much cover shipping. If anyone's interested I can email my contact again and see what they say.

[BMW2ner]

Where can I find that first lip?
Anyway I would suggest if you go fiberglass go with eurostyle. His fibergalss is magic and it can twist in ways that make karmasutra look tame.
Also if you want to make it look better I could sell you the bottome blank panel for the valance that came off of my 318is. So you'd have the top vent and not the bottom, I dont know if it works the other way, but I'm sure it wouldnt be hard to mod.

[Vedubin01]

The lip on the Mtech 2 front is not the IS lip. That little lip was only made for SA BMW. It was on the Evo 2 cars. There is a post here that states this. I have been looking for that lip forever. I would pay good money just to have something that is that hard to find.

Good luck!