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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:37 pm

will the m tech 1 kit fit on a face lift car?as i`ve broken up a rotten 1986 325 sport :( and put all the running gear and interior in a 1989 316 :D but would abvously want to keep the tech 1 look can anyone help
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:40 pm

skirts fit
front bumper fits aslong as you can swap bumper mounts too
rear is impossible though?!
if you find a way to fit the rear let me knw
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:43 pm

cheers mate thanks
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Post Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:45 pm

As liam said,sides will fit,front and rears are different size,but front will fit with some work(odd bumpers then though!!).

Could always do a deal with me for an iS front bib winkeye for your rear skirt?
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:49 am

Def fits cos thats what i have on mine! winkeye
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:01 am

With work a tec1 kit will fit a face lift car.

Ask Dips im sur ehe can help winkeye
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:19 am

i challenge anyone to produce evidence of the rear tec 1 fitted on a facelift car....!
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:06 am

liam012 wrote:i challenge anyone to produce evidence of the rear tec 1 fitted on a facelift car....!
This wil be interesting winkeye who will take up the challange

I would if i had a face lift car sitting spare
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:19 pm

lol i'm sure i do! lol

is this not one??

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ht=#419227
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:16 am

i dont think that is mate u have the old style rear lights on that
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:33 am

i was under the impression that the post face lift cabs retained the old style rear lights? Am i wrong?
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:37 am

NH325CAB wrote:i was under the impression that the post face lift cabs retained the old style rear lights? Am i wrong?
Yeah the new lights went on the facelifts, Urs is the same as a chrome bumper model mate
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:41 am

FROM BMW Heritage:

By 1987 all the European E30's received a minor face lift, with the exception of the M3 which remained the same. Chrome style bumpers were replaced with color coded bits or black style. Just about all post 1987 E30's had power steering with the exception of the 318 carburetor model, and the accelerator pedal had a lighter spring. In the final years of the convertible only a few were equipped with the newer style tail lights Only the final few years of the convertible gained the newer style tail lights.

So i DO have a face lift (being a 1990)! :mad:
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:44 am

well i hope someone says this can be done
as my latest dream involves a touring and a tech 1 kit for starters winkeye

im deffo gonna have a go at this either way
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:49 am

Cabriolets were subject to a later facelift, you see metal bumper cabs with G/H registrations on.

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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:54 am

hmmm, ok.... its just that i remember meeting Iain (HartgeH27) and he thought it was rare to see a post face lift with a full Mtech 1 kit.

I stand corrected then.... :oops:
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Post Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:22 pm

to fit the front you will need to change the front vallance
someone give me a early rear bumper and i'll see if i can get that on the phase 2 car

ive done tech 2 kit on a phase one with some work to the rear bumper but not seen it done the other way round
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:41 pm

my dad got a 1990 h plate cab and its still got the chrome bumpers but it has got the smiley headlights "strange"