Chromie front valance

[speedsnake74]

Hi guys,

Can some one give me an answer on this one,

I have an A reg chromie coupe and a G reg chromie convertible, and they have a different front valance panel.....

Can someone tell me when they changed and are coupe/4 door/estate/convertible valances the same ?

Thanks

Andy P.

[eltel]

how is it different..?? any pics of them??
i would have thought that the fittings are the same... just put an aircon front valance on a non aircon car and it was a straight swap, they just look slightly different ..(an extra air hole)

[speedsnake74]

okay so i am lucky enough to have what i think are 1 of each of the three front valances,

this one: facelift - on my '88 320 coupe


this one off my 1983 A reg coupe - air con model ??


and one like this one - on my G reg convertible


if some one can confirm thats right please.......

thanks

Andy

[town325i]

The very early chromies had a 2 piece front valance like the M3

Its something like this but the top piece is missing in the pic

[Ollie_bwoii]

The second valance in your pictures is the pre-pre facelift one, which featured on 2/4 door cars from the start of production too late 1985 built cars, whatever the variant, that was the basic front valance.

Like this:



The last picture is the later pre-facelift front valance, this featured on cars built from late 1985-1987 built cars. But the convertible did not get the facelift the other model's had in late 1987 until 1990 so this continued with the later style pre-facelift front valance.



For the UK market the convertible never had the pre-pre facelift front valance, only the baur's did if they slotted in the same build dates as suggested for 2/4 doors above, as baur's start life as 2 door saloons.

[speedsnake74]

Nice one ollie....thanks for clearing that up

middle one is surplus to use now, are they rare - is it worth anything ???