If this auction belongs to anyone on here, you should be ashamed of yourself

[JasonC]

Did the US dollar gain some value back?

buy now for $99.00
( approximately C $99.78 )

[CorvallisBMW]

Ya, yesterday I think.

[Toms73NovaSS]

Did the US dollar gain some value back?

buy now for $99.00
( approximately C $99.78 )

Not really , C $ is just starting a down slide!

[Court M3]

well he's sold two so that's $200 in his pocket. Hell like they say a sucker born every minute.

[george graves]

Meh. They are most likely lighter - and sure a lot less messy then drilling.

The real sucker is the guy who bought a driving board car to begin with. ;)

[el_gringo]

ON ANOTHER NOTE

Does tucking your bumpers make them just as crash resistant as the plastics? It seems to me like the diving boards would be much more effective in a crash when left alone.

Well I can see what your thinking. But from experience, no. I had a lil booboo happen when my car came out of gear and rolled backwards to a mailbox. Hit it doing 8 to 12 mph. Dead weight. Had a crack in the taillight, and a crase in the bumper and one chunk of paint scratched off.

This wasn't just ANY mailbox. It was pure brick. I have pictures of it. I can post em if people would like (ill be posting a project thread for my new 318is)

[E30 Cabrio]

Meh. They are most likely lighter - and sure a lot less messy then drilling.

The real sucker is the guy who bought a driving board car to begin with. ;)

Let's see who has the higher repair bill after a low-speed front/rear accident...

I bring this up because last month at work in the parking lot, a bucket truck was out there changing a light bulb on one of the light towers and back right into my rear bumper at about 5 MPH

I saw the whole thing and thought for sure by the impact and how much my car moved, even with it in gear and the parking brake on, that there would be damage.

But it didn't even tear or make a mark on the rubber trim piece. Not so sure a plastic bumper car would have fared as well.

And that's another reason I don't tuck my bumpers either.

I've also heard of insurance companies haggling with E30 owners who have tucked their bumpers, then later been rear-ended at moderate speeds, their car totaled, and the insurance co. seeing the bumpers tucked and refusing to pay out the full cost.

[StereoInstaller1]

IBTl?

[CleanAzzE30z]

Handsome look!!!



Mariano

[ethree]

They'd be almost worth it just to not get hydraulic fluid all over when drilling them. That shit makes a mess and stinks for days.

[reelizmpro]

The metal bumpers are the "10 mph" bumpers while the plastics are supposedly 5 mph bumpers. I've hit a couple of things in my 85 325e and had nothing more than a pushed in bumper. The thing is whatever you hit has to be the same height as your bumper! So if your car is lowered or something they'll do no good unless the object is just as low. I found this out after rear ending a 2002. There was an accident in front of me and my front tires were bad...I skid right into him doing about 20mph or so. My car was lowered and the front dove under breaking. Everything above the bumper got smashed. The bumper itself only had a few scratches!

Seriously though, if you want to tuck in a few inches yet still retain your shocks and keep your bumpers functional you could use 88 model year bumper shocks. You can get a set of 4 for way less than $100. This is what I did back in the day.

[Mossman]

i had to matrix out of the way of a stream of blue shit that was coming directly at my eye when I drilled my db shocks. It hit me in the shoulder and gave me a rash and stunk up that shirt permanently. If I wasn't so damn coordinated paying $120 would be worth it, but I narrowly avoid serious injury all the time, knock on wood :)