touring front valance removal

[tomtomiS]

silly question maybe, here goes..
i want to repaint the front valance as its seen more than its share of stonechips and is corroding and letting down the front of my car. gonna get some rattlecans from the stealers and repaint it myself. i would just mask everything up but i would like to remove it so its easier to rub down etc. am i likely to run into probs with removal/ refitting

[zaust]

Easy as poo.. remove front bumper and the every 10mm you see holding it on..

[tomtomiS]

oh ok cool, no clips to worry about breaking then. cheers! that'll be the next job on the list after fitting the lock set i rescued from eko.

[dobbie82]

let us know how you get on..

I have bubbling on the 320i valance and the one on the 318i is rusty too so one will need to be sprayed, tempted to courier one to my dad's to spray!

[Brianmoooore]

Easy as poo.. remove front bumper and the every 10mm you see holding it on..

And the two countersunk female hex headed ones under the headlamps that you may not see!
Surprisingly few screws hold on the whole front valence.

[aus325]

My front valance has also seen better days, and I would love to replace it, however E30's with no front damage are hard to find at wreckers. Looked through some old threads regarding replacement, and it seems that both the ETK, and realoem list the incorrect part? I have both, and they seem to only show the pre-facelift front. Does anybody know the actual part no. for post-facelift ones? Or are they available elsewhere...

[Brianmoooore]

The ETK is for part identification only. It's quite likely that the pre facelift pics are used for the post facelift parts.
Stick in your post facelift VIN and only the right parts should come up in the list.

[gazza]

180.00 for a face lift one from bmw about 45.00 from gsf but i was lucky enough to get a good second hand one
there are still so good second hand ones around

[zaust]

except the tow i have and am going to throw next tuesday if no one comes to get them....

[Brianmoooore]

Plenty of good second hand ones around. Most scrappers have relatively new parts on them, put on in the hope of keeping it alive a little longer.

[tomtomiS]

mines fairly bad but im hoping to rescue it