"The moment you all have been waiting for has arrived...
I had everything layed out and ready for instal on my dresser and at this point was just waiting for the Fedex Truck. I began to prep my car for the swap (Take off diving board). I was gonna shit a brick if the Fedex truck didn't come with the rest of the parts because this is my DD and I'd be stuck driving around with no bumper.
Please excuse the layer of filth on my car. Tomorrow I will wash it and take pics for all to see. Also in a few pics the sun glare makes it look weird but deal with it.
Something kind of cool that I learned is you can do almost anything with the BMW toolkit because my socket set is mixed and matched from like 5 different sets and I didn't have the right socket size to take pretty much anything off. I used only the tools from my toolkit in the trunk.
Euro Plate off/Last look at diving board
Bumper off
Right Apron off
Shocks off (notice the dead spider)
Left Apron off
While I had everything off I figured to do the best I can without a huge hassle to make the valence look good, even though it's getting replaced very soon. So I washed and clayed it to get as much shit off as I could. There's a bit of a difference, worth the 10 minutes.
At literally the same time as when I had nothing else to do but instal the bumper, the Fedex truck came with my last package.
Moved everything needed for the instal off my dresser and outside.
Bumper Mounts on
The mess I had created
What I thought had been the correct plug housing for the Euro turn indicator was far from it. For now I just have plugs on there but will eventually get plug housings if I am able to find the correct housing.
There are 3 wires in the diving board turn indicators, Blue, Brown, and Grey/White striped. By Process of elimination I found the two you need for it to function correctly are the Blue and Brown. The correct function is that they are NOT running lights like your previous turn indicators, they simply blink when the blinkers and hazards are on.
This is how the chrome overlay works at the joints.
Fully chromed out
Mounted bumper and lifted up as much as I could while screwing into mounts so as to leave as little gap as possible.
slight gap by corner... fixable at some point
Other side on with same small fixable gap
Trim piece on
Turn indicator on along with center plate. If there is one thing differently that I would have done it would be to put the turn indicators on before I mounted it. There is one nut that took me 30min to get screwed in tight enough, it's just a horrible angle to get into place.
Other side trim piece on
Small gap in between light and trim pieces (gap is normal)
Here it is
But there is one last step
One more more step
started to repaint lip while it was off (still wet in pic)
I have little pics of the bumper installed but will have loads more tomorrow
Euro Early Model valence, euro fogs, and rear chromie to be followed."
What is the best way to remove the gap in between the side chrome pieces?
boring
4 cell v 6 cell 
