Here's some more pics... Rear apron is from Eurostyle here in the Toronto area, as are the side skirts and front lip. The skirts are meant for hardtops, apron meant meant to fit late model E30's as a snap-on / 2 bolt affair. I couldn't find any other suitable apron so went with it and modified it.
For those with an early model doing a plastic bumper conversion, the rear apron has to be attached to the bumper. I had to do some fabrication to make it work, which included trimming the top lip of apron to make it fit flat with the bottom of the bumper, screwing the two together from the inside, making brackets at the ends to stop lateral movement, and fibreglassing the two parts together on the inside. It was a pain in the ass but it came out "ok".
This was my first time ever doing any fabrication or painting... I should have blocked the apron when I prepped it for paint as you can see some undulation in it if you look carefully. As I noted in my original post, the car will be painted later this year so this is a temporary measure; it will be tidied up when it gets resprayed.
There's lots of details yet to finish and I know it's far from perfect, but I like it.
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
For those with an early model doing a plastic bumper conversion, the rear apron has to be attached to the bumper. I had to do some fabrication to make it work, which included trimming the top lip of apron to make it fit flat with the bottom of the bumper, screwing the two together from the inside, making brackets at the ends to stop lateral movement, and fibreglassing the two parts together on the inside. It was a pain in the ass but it came out "ok".
This was my first time ever doing any fabrication or painting... I should have blocked the apron when I prepped it for paint as you can see some undulation in it if you look carefully. As I noted in my original post, the car will be painted later this year so this is a temporary measure; it will be tidied up when it gets resprayed.
There's lots of details yet to finish and I know it's far from perfect, but I like it.
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
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