e36 sallon and coupe and convertable diffrence

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beemer_twins
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Post Thu May 24, 2007 10:03 pm

is there a diffrence in the bonets? or are they exactly the same? i no this is for us e30 zoners but its for my mate but we cant find any infomations anywere maybe some one mite no? :mad:
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Post Thu May 24, 2007 10:09 pm

E36 Saloon, Touring and Compact have the same bonnet
E36 Coupe and covertible have the same bonnet
you can not swap from saloon to coupe as the bonnets a different length

Easiest way to tell what bonnet it is, if it has slats where the washer jets are it is for a coupe/convertible
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Post Thu May 24, 2007 10:24 pm

what do you mean buy slats?
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Post Thu May 24, 2007 10:29 pm

beemer_twins wrote:what do you mean buy slats?
look at bonnet on link below

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-328I-SPORT-Co ... dZViewItem

at the top edge by windscreen you will see slats in bonnet
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