[wdeerfield]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

Heres my recent work with europartautostore, they sell the same parts as Selma (good go brand from taiwan)


Fitment is OEM and looks great.

love that front! looks awesome in red.

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by wdeerfield

love that front! looks awesome in red.

I shrunk the images a bit more. I didn't realize they were freakin huge.

[platty]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

I shrunk the images a bit more. I didn't realize they were freakin huge.

Do you have any shots from further away? I like the front! Are you going to try to fit a lip on it?

EDIT: also, I'm curious how the bumper looks from the side.

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by platty

Do you have any shots from further away? I like the front! Are you going to try to fit a lip on it?

EDIT: also, I'm curious how the bumper looks from the side.

I don't trust any lips for the M3 style bumper unless it comes from selma/europartautostore. There's only 1 I've ever seen made, and neither sellers have it. I think the bumper itself is low enough and I worry about scraping it. If a lip could "fit" right over the existing bumper much like the msport lip, I would consider it.

The picture was originally taken from further away, but I cropped it to hide my crappy stock wheels haha. That's next on the upgrade list once my current tires need replacing.

[scostu]

RarScaryFrosty,

Your ride looks good. Nice touches.

[j2edwards]

RarScaryFrosty, is that rear bumper w/o PDC? I can't find a M-Tech rear without PDC

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by j2edwards

RarScaryFrosty, is that rear bumper w/o PDC? I can't find a M-Tech rear without PDC

It is without PDC. Both sellers tend to sell out of that version quickly since it's the most popular.

[j2edwards]

Got it, thx, I'll just keep an eye out for the rear

[IndotagSwizz]

just dropped all my parts off at the paint shop, as stated by others the shop foreman told me the parts were made of very good quality, I was also told they should be ready in a day or two!! I'm super exited I can't wait!

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by IndotagSwizz

just dropped all my parts off at the paint shop, as stated by others the shop foreman told me the parts were made of very good quality, I was also told they should be ready in a day or two!! I'm super exited I can't wait!

My body shop kind of fudged the hood/bumper alignment on the front, but I was able to fix it in 10 minutes with a screw driver. You just pop open the hood, remove the weather seal at the front, undo the torx screws, and adjust. Other than that, I had a good experience with my shop too.

[Kid Red]

Anyone have feedback on the rocker panel stickers? I will most likely get the Selma front lip and rocker panels but I'm unclear if their vinyl stickers are just as good as OE as well?

[scostu]

Originally Posted by Kid Red

Anyone have feedback on the rocker panel stickers? I will most likely get the Selma front lip and rocker panels but I'm unclear if their vinyl stickers are just as good as OE as well?

Yes, good quality.

[IndotagSwizz]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

My body shop kind of fudged the hood/bumper alignment on the front, but I was able to fix it in 10 minutes with a screw driver. You just pop open the hood, remove the weather seal at the front, undo the torx screws, and adjust. Other than that, I had a good experience with my shop too.

funny you say that...I'm super OCD, I didn't even leave my car at the shop! I will be installing the whole front bumper and side skirts myself, didn't want to end up missing screws or misaligned fit. I took out the gas/fuel door and left it with them so they can match the paint

[IndotagSwizz]

Current status lol...I will be driving home and maybe one more day with no rear bumper and no fuel door...

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by IndotagSwizz

Current status lol...I will be driving home and maybe one more day with no rear bumper and no fuel door...

That's a bit sketchy! Any proper body shop should be able to do a color match without needing your car or a sample. They simply use the factory color (A75 in your case), and then photograph a neighboring body panel which then tells the paint mixer how to properly tint the paint to match. I've never had to drive around like that before.

My body shop simply painted the parts, and then the next day I dropped off my car for an afternoon while they installed them.

Good luck installing the front bumper, it's a pain, but totally do-able with a good socket set and multi-screw driver set. I've done it a few times by myself. It should take roughly an hour+ to do. The sideskirts just bolt on from the underside, so those are easy as well.

[scostu]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

That's a bit sketchy! Any proper body shop should be able to do a color match without needing your car or a sample. They simply use the factory color (A75 in your case), and then photograph a neighboring body panel which then tells the paint mixer how to properly tint the paint to match. I've never had to drive around like that before.

My body shop simply painted the parts, and then the next day I dropped off my car for an afternoon while they installed them.

Good luck installing the front bumper, it's a pain, but totally do-able with a good socket set and multi-screw driver set. I've done it a few times by myself. It should take roughly an hour+ to do. The sideskirts just bolt on from the underside, so those are easy as well.

+1.... mine did the same... paint parts... bring car in at later date for install.

[IndotagSwizz]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

That's a bit sketchy! Any proper body shop should be able to do a color match without needing your car or a sample. They simply use the factory color (A75 in your case), and then photograph a neighboring body panel which then tells the paint mixer how to properly tint the paint to match. I've never had to drive around like that before.

My body shop simply painted the parts, and then the next day I dropped off my car for an afternoon while they installed them.

Good luck installing the front bumper, it's a pain, but totally do-able with a good socket set and multi-screw driver set. I've done it a few times by myself. It should take roughly an hour+ to do. The sideskirts just bolt on from the underside, so those are easy as well.

Well I insisted on leaving the gas/fuel door because I didn't believe him lol, the rear bumper is the reason why this whole conversion started, my car got hit while parked, so I had to drop off the bumper in order for it to get fixed... either way I'm gonna be getting a lot of weird looks on the way home lol but its all for the greater good

[RarScaryFrosty]

Originally Posted by IndotagSwizz

Well I insisted on leaving the gas/fuel door because I didn't believe him lol, the rear bumper is the reason why this whole conversion started, my car got hit while parked, so I had to drop off the bumper in order for it to get fixed... either way I'm gonna be getting a lot of weird looks on the way home lol but its all for the greater good

Same here! A co-worker backed into my rear bumper and cracked it pretty badly. Funny how our cars have the same story.

[IndotagSwizz]

Originally Posted by RarScaryFrosty

Same here! A co-worker backed into my rear bumper and cracked it pretty badly. Funny how our cars have the same story.

TWINNING!!

[f30nick]

Originally Posted by IndotagSwizz

Current status lol...I will be driving home and maybe one more day with no rear bumper and no fuel door...

Any update to how this went?

[IndotagSwizz]

Originally Posted by f30nick

Any update to how this went?

my bad work has me busy the last couple of days so I couldn't post pics yet, but I installed everything yesterday, the fit is 100% and it looks amazing!!! totally change the cars look, Msport bumper took me a really long time to install but at the end I was able to figure it out, remember there are no instructions, side skirts bolt rightin the same place so only took 30 min to do both sides. I will give it a wash later today and get some pics

[f30nick]

Originally Posted by IndotagSwizz

my bad work has me busy the last couple of days so I couldn't post pics yet, but I installed everything yesterday, the fit is 100% and it looks amazing!!! totally change the cars look, Msport bumper took me a really long time to install but at the end I was able to figure it out, remember there are no instructions, side skirts bolt rightin the same place so only took 30 min to do both sides. I will give it a wash later today and get some pics

Looking forward to seeing it! Thinking about doing the same