M-tec 2 Kit

[steve_k]

Kman82 - No probz!

Lol@the price of the fitting kit........no chance was i paying £400 for clips and grommets haha.

I only ordered the stuff I needed which to be honest wasnt alot....

For the side skirt i ordered 'part 6 - Clamp' from the following illustration...
http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E30/C ... technic-2/

I used 6 or 7 for each skirt....Check how many slots there are on the sideskirt to make sure (in the picture you can only see 2)

Then either order part 7 or use self tappers for the 2 holes which go onto the front wing.

just had a look at that link & it show's the M-tech 1 side skirts as still being made is this true??

[FormerMember]

just had a look at that link & it show's the M-tech 1 side skirts as still being made is this true??

Noup, cabrio side skirts are only available to the RHS (not many of those left neither).

[steve_k]

just had a look at that link & it show's the M-tech 1 side skirts as still being made is this true??

Noup, cabrio side skirts are only available to the RHS (not many of those left neither).

fair enough. sounds about right.

[GovR]

Yes I know what's in the way as I've testfitted the hardtop skirts to cabrio. How do you attach the bottom part of the skirt to the body?

You dont? To be honest where is the skirt going to go? Its not going to flap off in the wind that it needs a million clamps to hold in place.

I also know you can fit "any body kit" to the cabrio with "big enough screws", but to do it properly is completely different thing.

Indeed it is a completely different thing......starting off with the right sideskirts would be a bonus...but with it being hard to find parts for cabs or coupe's - you have to make do with what you can find and get? btw i didnt use "big enough screws" - sikaflex works a treat

.. and a pic showing the underside, please.

Il take one when im next working on the car and when it stops raining.....

[FormerMember]

You dont? To be honest where is the skirt going to go? Its not going to flap off in the wind that it needs a million clamps to hold in place.

Indeed it is a completely different thing......starting off with the right sideskirts would be a bonus...but with it being hard to find parts for cabs or coupe's - you have to make do with what you can find and get? btw i didnt use "big enough screws" - sikaflex works a treat

Hmph, that's what I thought. Sikaflex and lots of screws..

Cheap-ass fitted skirts / bodykit is something I would not recommend anybody doing, but each to their own.

[GovR]

Sikaflex and lots of screws..

I was being sarcastic about the sikaflex....as for the screws...dint use them.......only for the brackets to be fixed to the sill.

Lol i didnt know genuine mtec 2 sideskirts / bodykits are cheap-ass...oh well....indeed each to their own!

[kman82]

ha yeah. My girlfriend can vouch for he fact that my mtec kit really wasn't cheap!!

GovR, you didnt use part 8 in this diagram then?
http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E30/C ... technic-2/

[FormerMember]

I was being sarcastic about the sikaflex....as for the screws...dint use them.......only for the brackets to be fixed to the sill.

Lol i didnt know genuine mtec 2 sideskirts / bodykits are cheap-ass...oh well....indeed each to their own!

Oh yes they are when you need to cut and glue them..

[GovR]

Kman82 - Yes mate i did use part 8...Had to take the wheels off to mark out and drill the holes for it on both ends.