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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:13 pm

Just brought a tech 1 valance for my cabby

How does it fit?

Anoyingly car is here but the part is now at the bodyshop.

Do i need any fittings?

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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:39 pm

From what I remeber of having my whole front bumper \ valance off the car its just held on with nuts and bolts, 8mm I think.

All bits are listed here:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=15
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:52 pm

IIRC tech 1 bumpers wont fit a facelift car without quite alot of modification.

Is yours facelift or pre facelift?
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:30 pm

Its pre facelift, hence tech 1!

Do i run it with the original valance and just remove the old splitter?

Ill have a look tomorrow when we start painting!
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:00 pm

If your talking about the metal valance then it's just 8mm bolts and straightforward. If you are talking front tech 1 spoiler / body kit then remove your bumper. Strip it down and it sandwiches between the rubbing strip and the bumper itself.
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:10 pm

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Post Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:32 pm

managed to work it out, painted the car, nfortunatly its come up too light so were going back and gonna try some different tinters :)