Installing M technic 2 bodykit

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:43 am

Hi everybody!
Back from summer vacations!
OK, lets do some business! I ve bought for some time now and just painted the full M technic 2 body kit for my cabrio e30. I really want to do the installation by myself, i really enjoy spending time on my car. I have bought one by one all the clips i am gonna need for that job! From what i ve seen, things are quite simple and easy for the most of the parts. The one that seems difficult is the front spoiler, under the bumper. The under part clips right there where the black plastic lip it originally has, clips. But the upper part? I am not sure...

So, does anybody ever installed this? Or maybe, is there a site or maybe somewhere i can find installations info??
Thank you!

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:50 am

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15622

and have a look in the search option for more help, most probably every possible uestion has been asked once before

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:07 pm

Thanks man,

I allready have done the search and found the thread u showed me, but this one refers to modifying a pre-88 model to a face lift bumper in order to install the spoiler. That is not my case... I have a '92 model, it fits theoritically correctly, i just dont know how!

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:43 pm

aha

u can get hold of a drilling template so ive heard, but this is bound to be costly

then there is the ono method which would involve lots of masking tape, a ruler or 2, an extra pair of hands, a 6 pack and 20 benson

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:48 pm

I just done it. Drilling template 15 qud form germany. I didnt use one, but it took me a long time. Still i got there in the end spot on, so its not necessary for the templete! Get some new clips, and remember push the clips in the holes, THEN fit the upper bumper, THEN the lower valance, and THEN push it on to the clips from the front! Took me a while to work out, so just saving you some time! You can only do it in that order!!

Let us know how it goes!

Paul

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:52 pm

i have the drilling templates, cost me 26quid for the whole lot, you can have them after i`ve finished with them if you like?

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:11 pm

A1BMW325iSport wrote:i have the drilling templates, cost me 26quid for the whole lot, you can have them after i`ve finished with them if you like?

Ahhh, they would have been so useful!!!

Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:31 pm

have u got the right skirts? the fatter ones for cabbys mate? the rest of the kit will fit if it's off a tin top

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:45 am

GUYS!! THANKS A LOT!!!

I do have the clips, t thought i would have to drill but i didnt want to start making holes on my car without being sure!!! It seems i should get this template (i understand this is like a guide where to make the wholes). To make a wild guess, is this template this long part i see on the front spoiler's diagram on the ETK (shown right above the spoiler) that doesn't have a part number??? Or am i just saying crap? So, how do i get it? (A1BMW325iSport, thanks for ur offer mate, but i am far away, Athens, Greece) From a BMW dealer or maybe from an e-shop? Where did you get it? I dont wanna risk any mistakes on the drilling... Thanks!

ps. simon13> what do u mean the fatter one for the cabrios? havent found any difference in th ETK, in the part numbers from coupes to cabrios... the body kit i have is from 320is 2door.

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:35 am

i got mine from my dealer its the full set of templates, i seriously recommend getting them, they proved invaluable when fitting my sideskirts

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:28 pm

A1BMW325iSport wrote:i got mine from my dealer its the full set of templates, i seriously recommend getting them, they proved invaluable when fitting my sideskirts

your BMW dealer you mean...

SET of templates???

am i gonna need one for the skirt? (skirt is the marspie, right? at the side of the car, under the door - sorry i have these stupid questions, is that i am not that familiar with the automotive terms in english) I need to make holes for the skirt too?
i am definetely gonna need that set!!!! Do you have the part number? the ETK code i mean, that would be nice...

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:19 pm

the skirts need two holes each side for the front to be held on, and holes at the ends for holding to wheel arches. (they can be hard to get a dril into, you will need the wheels off for sure) I didnt use a template because its easy to line up, because it can only sit correctly in one place! Check out the link for a pic below (in my signature) for my kit i have just fitted using no templates, its fairly straght forward!

Paul

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:20 pm

bmwe30mtech wrote:the skirts need two holes each side for the front to be held on, and holes at the ends for holding to wheel arches. (they can be hard to get a dril into, you will need the wheels off for sure) I didnt use a template because its easy to line up, because it can only sit correctly in one place! Check out the link for a pic below (in my signature) for my kit i have just fitted using no templates, its fairly straght forward!

Paul

its gorgeous!!! god, i hope mine will look like this some day in the near future! we have the same wheels, i ve bought the eyebrows as well...
the spoiler back, on the hood... you need a template for that too, right?

sorry, guys, when you say "quids", what monetary unit is that??? (i feel dumm...

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Is this set of templates a BMW original part? Can you find it in the ETK? Haven't seen anything like it in the ETK, that's why i am asking...

I think i am going crazy here... and i am driving you crazy as well!

Post Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:27 pm

No worries, not at all! Yes they are a genuine part, but im told by dealer they have to be ordered from germany (but dealer does that free!) Yes the boot does need drilling, but mine had a lip spoiler and it uses the same holes. (i think the boot can be hard and have benn told a template doesnt exist for it, so best buy one with the holes already in it

) Quid = pound !

Thanks for compliment on my car. (i just put it in the gallary for first time, only had it a month!!!)

Paul

Post Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:36 am

ok, this is crazy!
nobody in greece knows about these templates...!!!!
I have asked so far 3 BMW dealers and they dont f*cking know about it! They calculate by eye!
It seems i ll have to do the same...
Unless... could you communicate with your dealers and ask for part numbers? My last resort...

Post Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:30 am

Simon13 wrote:have u got the right skirts? the fatter ones for cabbys mate? the rest of the kit will fit if it's off a tin top

U WERE RIGHT!!!! and i feel so stupid!!! should have paid more attention to what u said... I 've done the rear spoiler, i 've done the front (without drilling template - not that dificult after all) but i cant do the sides! Don't have the right skirts... it seems i need taller skirts... i guess this is what u mean by "fatter"... just great!!

when i get them (probably new from BMW dealer - where to find used ones for cab?) do i need to drill at the side of the car for these too? The car allready has some holes at the side because tha cab had an extra trim under the door. The clips fit there or i drill?

Post Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:47 am

Saloon side skirts can be modded to fit cabriolets, never don it so can' tell you what's involved.

Drilling jigs as follows

Side skirts

l/h 51.71.2.239.845
r/h 51.71.2.239.846

Front wing pods

l/h 51.71.2.239.843
r/h 51.71.2.239.844

All the templates are listed for 2 / 4 door saloons and touring not cab, but i can't see why they will not work for you.

There is a template for the fitting of the rear bumper, but as yours is a cab i guess its a chrome bumper model? if so the rear valence is completely different and the jig won't fit anyway...

Post Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:16 am

E30Mark wrote:Saloon side skirts can be modded to fit cabriolets, never don it so can' tell you what's involved.

Drilling jigs as follows

Side skirts

l/h 51.71.2.239.845
r/h 51.71.2.239.846

Front wing pods

l/h 51.71.2.239.843
r/h 51.71.2.239.844

All the templates are listed for 2 / 4 door saloons and touring not cab, but i can't see why they will not work for you.

There is a template for the fitting of the rear bumper, but as yours is a cab i guess its a chrome bumper model? if so the rear valence is completely different and the jig won't fit anyway...

Thanks...
I have the plastic bumpers, '92 model, one of the last e30's...

modify the salloon sideskirts for cabs?? How can that be? The floor proved to be taller (wider) at the side. How taller? About 2cm, just as the extra trim is. Cant think of any way to do that...

I checked the ETK and saw the codes for drilling u said. Surprisingly, it gives drilling jigs only for saloon/coupe models and not for cabs!!!! Isn't this weird?