hi blclar, first off, thanks for the compliments,
if i remember right and if im talking about the same panel, the front lip and lights bit ( the strip going from wing to wing under the grill and headlights) is from a pre facelift car and i just chopped the shiz nit out of it so it cant be seen through the bumper, and the evo front chin spoiler i bought from here e30zone off a fellow trader and it didn't come with the kit, that also is fiberglass.
the only way i know about telling if a car pre facelift or not is the rear panel has a dip where the number plate sits, plus the rear lights are slimmer on pre facelift so if you have a facelift and didn't want to change the rear panel like i did, you would have to just cut the rear quarters on the kit a tad shorter and blend them into the existing rear quarters, that is all. no biggie, its just no m3 iv seen was facelift. no need to relocate rear lights for anything.
i hope i finish this too lol. i think up to now it stand me around £3000 for EVERYTHING! as iv done all the work, as you may have read, iv never done any of this before so im reading from the internet and just doing trial and error, iv got a picture in my head of how i want it (basicly looking exactly like an M3 evo lol) so that's my guide and standard, if its out by any way, i change it until i get it right, theres no time pressure here so slowly does it.
i think if you show bodyshops my efforts, they would cringe and laugh and probably over price the job but who knows. if you have the time and space to attempt it, don't be afraid, there was one pic on here where i could of cried at one stage where i had cut the back end off my car and the quarters were flopping about and its just looked ready for the scrap heap, i stepped back and had a fag thinking, WTF am i doing, im out my depth, but turns out it just had to get worse before it could get better, i am proud of my shiny shed lol.
id love to see you do a thread just like mine wich i could watch it build and see your progress. do it do it. my personal advice is, if your going to do a rep, do it properly, don't put anything on that shouldn't be there and make it look chavy or council, use as many genuine m3 parts as you can get your hands on, and yes you will have to pay decent money for those bits. keep me posted friend and good luck.
by the way, il be happy to talk you through anything i can help with if you want, just ask. also what you doing about engine and suspention/brakes and so on?