Cab bootlids.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:44 pm

Made a discoverey today, the above are not the same as others.
The corners on a cab lid are far more rounded.
Will take a pic tomorrow to show the difference, unless of course it,s a pre facelift thang.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:47 pm

did you check against your old lid then rob?

didnt think it looked right.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:05 pm

I did indeed Dave. Got that council photo up yet

Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:07 pm

Get on with that pic then! I've had a non-cab bootlid on my car for years & I never noticed a difference...

Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:09 pm

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref.do? ... showeur=on

??

Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:24 pm

I always thought they were same. Sure ones not a pattern panel?

Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:57 pm

Rob I will grind the corners off if you like I'm quite handy with a grinder

Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:09 am

Was unaware of this...(pre-facelift boot below)

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:48 am

George, i mean the corners nearest the rear screen.
Will try and take a pic of the old bootlid laying on top of the newly fitted one tomorrow,
if i get the chance. The cars going to the bodyshop in the morning, and i,m still packing
so bit pressed for time.
Roy, i,ll pass on your grinder offer if you don,t mind. Dave,s still looking for the blade that flew
off

Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:36 am

I would say this is a pre-facelift thing,bootlid on my cabbie looks just the same as the one on the 4 door.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:58 am

When i changed the boot on my prefacelift cab it did look different and the buyer noticed it straight away to.

Not sure what the boot came off though as its one Marc (Zaust) gave me.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:15 pm

ive always thought they were the same

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:54 pm

Just dropped the cab off for some work, and the bodyshop wallah spotted the differnce
straight away. He has offered to round the offending corners off.

Managed to take a couple of pics of the non cab bootlid fitted.

and here is the one that originally came with the car.

Now is it my slightly jaded old mincers, or are the corners on the bottom pics less sharp.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:56 pm

Well my mincers are probably a bit jaded too, but I'd agree that the curve in the bottom pics is more gradual.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:04 pm

In the first couple of pics, with the lid fitted, the curve on the lid clearly does,nt
follow the contours of the lid aperture. Just wish i had better photos of the original lid
fitted.

Any younger eyes agree, mine and the Old girls have both "seen" better days.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:07 pm

gooner1 wrote:Any younger eyes agree, mine and the Old girls have both "seen" better days.

They're still 20/20

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:13 pm

beemerbird wrote:
gooner1 wrote:Any younger eyes agree, mine and the Old girls have both "seen" better days.
They're still 20/20

As are mine my dear, but i have a better eye for a curve.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:14 pm

gooner1 wrote:
beemerbird wrote:
gooner1 wrote:Any younger eyes agree, mine and the Old girls have both "seen" better days.
They're still 20/20

As are mine my dear, but i have a better eye for a curve.

I'm sure you do

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:46 pm

Young'un here

I can see the slight difference too, i'll have to check mine out too

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:48 pm

Old 'un here........what corners?

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:48 pm

I put a facelift boot from a 2-door onto a facelift cab a couple of years ago, and I noticed a very slght difference in he way the "point " rose at the curve. So the saloon boot just looked slightly higher at that point. It really didn't notice much at all,so it was ignored!

Has anyone checked to see if the bootlids are the same part number?

Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:04 pm

Z3I wrote:I put a facelift boot from a 2-door onto a facelift cab a couple of years ago, and I noticed a very slght difference in he way the "point " rose at the curve. So the saloon boot just looked slightly higher at that point. It really didn't notice much at all,so it was ignored!

Has anyone checked to see if the bootlids are the same part number?

I've just done a parts no. comparison check between an '86 and an '89 bootlid. Same part number quoted for both (based on a manual 325i euro spec convertible in both cases). 41621888221

Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:07 pm

I'll have a butchers at mine, but I don't think it looks like that despite having come from a tin-top... still, even if it does it's going nowhere!

Z3I wrote:
Has anyone checked to see if the bootlids are the same part number?

See the link I posted up near the top of the thread

Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:19 pm

Ziggy wrote:I'll have a butchers at mine, but I don't think it looks like that despite having come from a tin-top... still, even if it does it's going nowhere!

Z3I wrote:
Has anyone checked to see if the bootlids are the same part number?

See the link I posted up near the top of the thread

Didn't spot that!

Hand finishing bodywork was coomon in tht "old" days, 50's cars and before, and I remember reading that when they assembled MGB bdies, they had to try several doors/bonnets/boots before they found a good fit. Wonder if that was a practice at BMW in the 80's? Doubt it .

Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:33 pm

Z3I wrote:
Ziggy wrote:I'll have a butchers at mine, but I don't think it looks like that despite having come from a tin-top... still, even if it does it's going nowhere!

Z3I wrote:
Has anyone checked to see if the bootlids are the same part number?

See the link I posted up near the top of the thread
Didn't spot that!

Hand finishing bodywork was coomon in tht "old" days, 50's cars and before, and I remember reading that when they assembled MGB bdies, they had to try several doors/bonnets/boots before they found a good fit. Wonder if that was a practice at BMW in the 80's? Doubt it .

If you did that in Bavaria you'd get a bullet in the back of the head.