Front and Rear bumper mtec1 wont fit

[mariamu]

hi every 1 at the zone i have been restoring my 88 cab for 6mouths now its had new paint job new lether interior but im stuck on the bumpers for some reason they wont go on their are mtec1 front and rear bumpers any help will be greatfull thanks

[zaust]

Do you have any pic's of the car with out the bumpers on. Would be able to tell you where/ your going wrong.

Unlikely but is your's a plastic bumper model ???


Welcome to the zone btw.

[mariamu]

The car had crome bumpers when i took all the bumpers off

[Ziggy]

Moved to E30 chat & duplicate post removed

[oakey]

hi every 1 at the zone i have been restoring my 88 cab for 6mouths now its had new paint job new lether interior but im stuck on the bumpers for some reason they wont go on their are mtec1 front and rear bumpers any help will be greatfull thanks

What do you mean by "they wont go on"? A bit more in depth info needed

[stevotheevo]

it is a pre-facelift model judging by the lights, so the m-tech1 kit should fit.

get a pic of the kit up mate.

[Jhonno]

it is a pre-facelift model judging by the lights, so the m-tech1 kit should fit.

get a pic of the kit up mate.

those are post facelift light actually (i think!)
Preface light have no central projector at all

[stevotheevo]

it is a pre-facelift model judging by the lights, so the m-tech1 kit should fit.

get a pic of the kit up mate.

those are post facelift light actually (i think!)
Preface light have no central projector at all

i thought the facelift lights were of the 'smiley' design, hence making this model pre-facelift.

[Jhonno]

the early facelifts came with the above lights.. smilies without the smile..

[stevotheevo]

just looked at oakey's sig, no projectors there.

ahh well wrong again

[Jhonno]

that is a prefacelift car though, you can tell by the front valance.. its 'short' and the oil cooler sits below it

[Theo]

That's definitely a prefacelift car.

To fit the tech 1 kit you have to take the black plastic bump strips off the metal bumpers.

[stevotheevo]

that is a prefacelift car though, you can tell by the front valance.. its 'short' and the oil cooler sits below it

so its a prefacelift car, with facelift lights, in essence its a 'bitza'

[Theo]

I think those headlights were on all '88 cars

[E30Mark]

I think those headlights were on all '88 cars

+1

[oakey]

That's definitely a prefacelift car.

To fit the tech 1 kit you have to take the black plastic bump strips off the metal bumpers.

Aswell the tech1 kit plastic bump strips are slightly different to allow for the skirt to fit underneath.
It sounds like he's trying to fit the whole bumper though.

All prefacelift cabs I've ever seen have had the projector lamps.

[Jon_Bmw]

Yes Theo'na is right I believe. Early early cars didn't have projection lamps at all. 88 cars got the ones above. Late 88/89 cars got smileys.

Well maybe anyway.

[Jhonno]

Yes Theo'na is right I believe. Early early cars didn't have projection lamps at all. 88 cars got the ones above. Late 88/89 cars got smileys.

Well maybe anyway.

thats how I saw it..

[stevotheevo]

mine was registered 25/04/1988 and has smileys.

[baur320]

The car had crome bumpers when i took all the bumpers

My Baur's an 84 so obviously has chrome bumpers and has the same mounting irons is this pic, but does not have a steel valance fitted. Kit fits to the bumper, bumper attaches to the mounting irons + bolted through the end from each wing.

I wouldn't use the type of headlight as a clue to a cars age - could have been changed in the past by an earlier owner.

[mariamu]

well it looks like i have to cut out on each corner under the crome bumpers to make it fit as for the front doesn't fit propally and for the rear i have to make a bracket because the mounnts dont fit with tec1 all fun thanks guys@zone

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Yes Theo'na is right I believe. Early early cars didn't have projection lamps at all. 88 cars got the ones above. Late 88/89 cars got smileys.

Well maybe anyway.

So the headlights are the reason the tech 1 kit wont fit then eh??

YOu bunch of anorak gaylords. Stop willy waving about e30 almanac brains and help the guy!

[gooner1]

Ha ha, you tel them Nathan, and i thought I was the O/T king.

[eko]

well it looks like i have to cut out on each corner under the crome bumpers to make it fit as for the front doesn't fit propally and for the rear i have to make a bracket because the mounnts dont fit with tec1 all fun thanks guys@zone

Sounds like you have the one piece bumper trim(number 11 in the pic).
Pretty sure you need the two seperate pieces,number 19 and 20 to be able to fit the front skirt.
Wait for someone to confirm though before taking my word for it

[zaust]

You are correct Eko. And then it sould go straight on. The front is spot on for fitment.
Now it is an 88 car with pre facelift bit's so now why is the rear not going on ??? Should also be the same fitment, as the kit more or less just hangs off the rear bumper. Or is the valence lower than the kit ??

[baur320]

Sounds like you have the one piece bumper trim(number 11 in the pic).
Pretty sure you need the two seperate pieces,number 19 and 20 to be able to fit the front skirt.

Part 11 is the M Tech bumper rubber, 19 & 20 are the standard rubbers. These shouldn't effect the bumper fitting.

mariamu, before you start cutting things up, see if the valences can be unbolted and then fit the bumper to your car with the kit attached. As I said in my first post, mine has an M Tech 1 kit and has the same bumper irons as yours and there is no steel valance behind the kit.

All I've done in the photo below is take the bumper/valence and wings off



Not the best photo, but I'll post a front on one as soon as I can.

Mick

[mariamu]

Yeah the rear valance is lower than the kit was about to to take a humer to the valance what do you sugest Zaust??????????? thanks again mate.

[mariamu]

Thanks eko for you diagram cheeseeee gizza!!!!!!!!

[mariamu]

Baur320 thanks mate i will post the pictures soon, top gizza!!!!!!!!!