[SUHleen]

Hey guys,

Wondering what everyone is doing with these? We are doing preliminary fitment and it is hitting the impact/crash bar. You can see the bottom 1/2" of it in all the openings on the bottom of the bumper. I called extreme dimensions, which is another seller of the bumper, and they said a lot of their bumpers require modification of the impact/crash bar and that their products are solely made for offroad/show use... LOL... I asked what about their fitment gaurantee and they said that it only gaurantees that the dimensions and body lines of the bumper are correct.

So, for anyone that has seen the Arkym rep, are people modifying the impact bars? That is definitely not something I want to do but I'm set on installing this bumper.

[AYEDEE]

Hey any update on this? Im looking to buy from duraflex arykm. I saw your otherpost and it didnt seem too bad? Can you let us know hiw it all went? Cheers

[SUHleen]

Originally Posted by AYEDEE

Hey any update on this? Im looking to buy from duraflex arykm. I saw your otherpost and it didnt seem too bad? Can you let us know hiw it all went? Cheers

The one from Duraflex has decent fitment from what we have seen so far. The first one I got was from a seller on eBay (this is the one that originally spurred this topic being created), Bay speed euro I believe? Username is apple something. Anyways, the ebay one said it was for e92 lci non m but it seems like it was just an m3 rep as it was really wide compared to the duraflex one.

Now, on either one, the core support has to be trimmed. Not as bad with the duraflex one as opposed to the one from eBay. So do keep that in mind if you decide to go this route. Long story short, my car became a salvage vehicle this past May and I've been working on rebuilding it. Now that it is going to be a rebuilt title, modifying things like the crash bar did not matter to me. With that being said, don't let it sway you away from doing so... Some people remove their impact bars for turbo builds or custom things in general (more common on other platforms). Obviously, it is not the best nor safest option, and I did not want to completely remove mine, so I opted to have it trimmed. There is a pinch type weld on the bottom that got cut out and they are going to reweld it together. It will be stronger than it was originally as well.

If you are worried about the impact bar, here are a couple things to keep in mind.... The impact bar is about $200, fairly easy to replace down the road if you decide to sell the car or just don't feel comfortable. Also, I noticed that the M3 uses a carbon fiber impact bar that looks as it could be different dimensions. $600 vs about $200 for the metal one, so not too outlandish of a price for something from BMW that is CF. I was going to try that route, but still wouldn't be sure if it would fit or not. Since the M3 one is CF, you can imagine that it doesn't make that big of a difference if you were in an accident as far as a safety standpoint goes. Lastly, no one will see it, so in the end, does it really matter?

[AYEDEE]

Ah okay. Thanks for the info! I wouldnt have minded modifying the bumper for fitment at all. But hearing you say now that the car itself has to be modified helps my decsion heaps. If this was some old jdm car cur whatever but people who buy our cars cam be very picky. So im not going to be going ahead with the purchase.
Anyway when your cars back up and running please post your updates! Car looked awesome before

[SUHleen]

Almost ready

Edit: my bimmer post app won't add pics don't know why

[SUHleen]

Let's try again

[mashimarho]

Originally Posted by SUHleen

Let's try again

Please try again. Lol

[SUHleen]

Originally Posted by mashimarho

Please try again. Lol

Ok I just tried attaching it to this reply also and the app isn't working. It goes to upload the picture, gets up to 100%, doesn't give me an error, just submits the reply with nothing attached

[Ruddigger]

Upload it to someplace like Imgur, and put the link here.

[SUHleen]

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[Ruddigger]

Looks sick.

[mashimarho]

I think the main reason I didn't move forward was no tow hook area on the front and that mesh. It looks good though

[feuer]

Originally Posted by SUHleen

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did you IS come with secondary coolant radiator? if not I would consider it, or two oil coolers to really complement those huge side grills on the bumper.

[SUHleen]

Yes, it has it! It just looks like a big opening on that side right now because I have not installed the inner wheel well liner. And for the oil cooler, I have the stett stage 2 setup that uses the setrab core

[feuer]

Originally Posted by SUHleen

Yes, it has it! It just looks like a big opening on that side right now because I have not installed the inner wheel well liner. And for the oil cooler, I have the stett stage 2 setup that uses the setrab core

Nice! You are all set then! Car looks great. Post more photos please. Like from the side, to see the profile of the bumper.

[mashimarho]

Originally Posted by feuer

did you IS come with secondary coolant radiator? if not I would consider it, or two oil coolers to really complement those huge side grills on the bumper.

A good point to bring up.

[feuer]

Originally Posted by mashimarho

A good point to bring up.

Your point was also good! The one about this bumper not having an opening for tow hook. I would have gone with a oem M3 tow hook cover. Is round something that is very easy to replicate.
http://www.bavauto.com/fland.asp?par...FQuSaQodun0Pbw
then you can accessorize:

[feuer]

like on this Arkym bumper.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16335400

[SUHleen]

I was going to, but there is no way this car would make it on a tow truck so the tow hook cover was not necessary for me. It wasn't supposed to have the headlight washer covers either since I do not have them but that was a mishap on the body shop side. I thought about it and didn't mind afterwards because if I sell it later on someone might need the headlight washers.

Here is a couple more pics from the front

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[SUHleen]

There is just a small gap I'm trying to fix, I'm sure it can be seen, above the kidney grills. But, with the whole front end being aftermarket, I don't think it turned out half bad for a semi poorly made front bumper mold

[AYEDEE]

Dont stress about it. Carr looks fine from an outsider prospective. Inly if you zoom up close youd see. So dw about it. Anyway really love the look
Too bad they dont have this for Pre Lci.

[SUHleen]

Originally Posted by AYEDEE

Dont stress about it. Carr looks fine from an outsider prospective. Inly if you zoom up close youd see. So dw about it. Anyway really love the look
Too bad they dont have this for Pre Lci.

Thanks man. I was able to adjust it some just have to post updated pics. Still a small gap but about half of what it was before. Still needs a little bit of adjusting but it is coming together nicely! Got the emblems put on also!