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For the ones with front bumper swaps
I'm about to swap my front bumper in the middle of November for my birthday. I bought the car with the horrible plate Mount they did for one year and it sucks plain and simple, ruins the whole appearance to me. I live in a state that doesn't require a front plate so I'm going to do the M-sport front bumper. I've never swapped the front before so I'm nervous about bad quality or improper fitment. I mean if I'm sweating nothing and any ole eBay one will do, I just don't know. Now if I need to spend the money and pay 1000 bucks for it I will but I really don't prefer that. Where did you guys get it? How the paint and fitment turn out? Any advice?
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Interested also... I had a link for prepained shipped for like 650-700. Ill post it if I can find it again.
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Also interested in getting an M Sport front bumper but not sure where to start.
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BMW makes a conversion kit that you guys could check out. It includes all hardware and of course, the bumper cover. Please don't buy aftermarket on this part, or you'll kick yourself in the ass later. My dad had a terrible experience with an aftermarket bumper cover on his 550.
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There are aftermarket ones that are decent and ok if you're on a budget but I do recommend getting OEM and getting a GOOD paint job (one that is around $500 from a reputable place).
The install is not that difficult. Keep in mind you will need to go to www.realoem.com and get everything associated with the msport front (ducts, liners, etc)
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My paint and install costed...1100 and the bumper kit was like..$400.00 from ebay.
There were some challenges he said--but they got it to work. Ikon motorsports on ebay sells a pretty good kit.
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The Good Go ones are perfectly fine, many people have bought and painted them without issue.
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So what about the ECS brand one? It's 500 bucks. I've had good luck with ECS in the past, but like I mentioned Ive never purchased a such significant body part.
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https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=03_0766 IK6SPEED posted this in another thread. I didn't realize it included rear bumper cover and skirts too.
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You will need to buy a PDC kit as the sensors are different on Msports... i think i paid $30 from local dealership.
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The actual plastic quality is great! My body shop said it is the first and only aftermarket bumper they've ever seen that is as good as OEM. Not all holes below the bumper are reused but the bumper is secure. The lower brake duct vents to the sides of the lower grille are garbage. Get new OEM ones for $30 or so. The supplied foam 5mph piece that goes between the bumper beam and cover did not fit, but not everyone seems to have this issue. I recommend OEM there too.
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I really appreciate all the info guys! This is great information to go off of, so the pdc holes can be easily drilled if I can't find the Selma one without them? I was on their site and both the msport bumpers I saw on there said w/o pdc. If I cannot go OEM I think I'm going to end up going with the Selma.
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I got a GoodGo bumper off eBay with PDC and headlamp washers on eBay. My body shop just glued the headlamp washer covers on the bumper as my car is not equipped with that feature. All PDC holes were pre-drilled and sensors are fully functional in their new spots.
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I bought the autotecknic full m sport kit that was like $500 (front bumper, side skirts and rear bumper) and then sold the front bumper locally for $300 as I already had an M3 bumper. The fitment of the side skirts and rear were spot on and I never heard from the buyer if he had any issues with the front bumper. I also picked up the kit locally in Rosemead and drove it home with everything in my f30.
Also, for a paint color like your current one (doesn't appear to have any flake or pearl?), $980 seems really steep. I have schwartz II which is just a plain jet black and my paint guy in Yorba Linda charged $350 for the front bumper a year earlier and then $300 for the rear bumper and $160 for each side skirt for reference.
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I bought mine from innovativemotorsports on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142682199555 My body shop said that its good quality and the fitment was perfect. Just make sure you get a good paint job and it will look like its OEM. A positive with going aftermarket is that there are no reflectors! the bumper was well packaged and arrived with zero damage. The bumper is by good go, which makes high quality aftermarket bumpers. Comes with all the parts necessary to do a swap as well |
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