Cabby: Bumper Conversion, skirts, rear apron

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  • talltorontoguy
    Wrencher
    • Apr 2006
    • 267

    #1

    Cabby: Bumper Conversion, skirts, rear apron

    Finished a plastic bumper conversion on my 88 325 tonight. Plastic bumpers, front spoiler/valence, etc came from a donor car. Front lip, skirts, and rear apron came from Eurostyle (Toronto). Prepped and painted myself, wetsanded and polished - came out ok for 1st time painting; car is going in for complete paint this fall so I wasn't too concerned.

    The skirts are meant for non-vert and were a biatch to fit. Had to leave the molding at top of rocker panel. Maybe I should paint it body color to match?


    Mods so far:

    - 5 speed conversion
    - H&R / Bilstein suspension
    - z3 SSk
    - E46 M3 RSM
    - Personalized gauge faces
    - Infinity Components, alpine head, 10" Sub
    - 4300k HID conversion
    - 17" Wheels w/215-40-17 tires
    - Deleted side markers
    - Smoked front indicators
    - Plastic bumper conversion
    - Eurostyle mtech rear apron
    - Eurostyle mtech side skirts
    - Eurostyle infinity lip

    Before:





    After:













    Last edited by talltorontoguy; 07-25-2007, 07:19 AM. Reason: Added new pics per request
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  • drifty340i
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    • Oct 2004
    • 1076

    #2
    really nice mate
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    • Vedubin01
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      • Jun 2006
      • 5852

      #3
      Thats hot!
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      • Majikal
        E30 Addict
        • Nov 2006
        • 518

        #4
        wow thats a hell of a transformation!

        I kinda like the black atop the skirts.

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        • talltorontoguy
          Wrencher
          • Apr 2006
          • 267

          #5
          Thanks for the kind comments guys!

          I only wish I had some pictures the day I bought it; blown auto tranny, seized brakes, moldy interior, flat tires. The "before" picture above is after a year of work on the car (on and off)!

          Next up is an M30 swap this winter... IF I can find the damn mounts to fit the E34 M30 engine sitting in my garage.
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          • jex
            Wrencher
            • Dec 2003
            • 285

            #6
            Nice! Looks a lot better.

            I kinda like the black above the skirts as well.

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            • RL 325i
              Advanced Member
              • Aug 2006
              • 129

              #7
              Ver clean and nice, Can we see your rear better?:p

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              • scBeamer803
                Banned
                • Apr 2007
                • 641

                #8
                i wanna see some pics of the rear!!

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                • Spec
                  Grease Monkey
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 320

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jex
                  Nice! Looks a lot better.

                  I kinda like the black above the skirts as well.
                  +1 the 2nd black strip doesnt look shabby at all. Looks MUCH better! Congrats!
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                  • 87Blue325iC
                    E30 Enthusiast
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 1111

                    #10
                    Looks really good - show pictures of the rear. I like the black strip...
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                    • SchnellerVert
                      No R3VLimiter
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 3948

                      #11
                      M30 for a vert. Woah that suckers gonna have some weights. Are you gonna add FI too it?

                      Looks good what rear did you use? Never mind missed the Eurostyle note.

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                      • Court M3
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                        • Jan 2004
                        • 6713

                        #12
                        sweet now get some daylight pics!
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                        • Garageaholic
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                          • Dec 2005
                          • 5204

                          #13
                          What kind of rear apron did you use? More pics!
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                          • ZM Blue Devil
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                            • Dec 2006
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Majikal
                            wow thats a hell of a transformation!

                            I kinda like the black atop the skirts.

                            +1 i like the parallel black lines... Well done!
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                            • cbouchez
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                              • May 2007
                              • 2789

                              #15
                              It looks great!
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