BMW E36 - CHANGES

…and then there were changes.

Change is often good, and in this case things are coming along just great. The previously installed fiberglass front bumper, although it looked good, proved to be rather difficult in mounting and dismounting. In addition, getting the front lip affixed required a lot of modifications to both said bumper and lip. As such, the E36 was brought back to get a new bumper (ABS this time) mounted, mounts made for the side skirts, as well as a handful of other additions.

The plan for mounting this new bumper was to first design new mounts for Quik-Latches to affix the sides of the bumper, cut out the front grill to clear(and show off) the bash bar, and affix a lower lip with a stiffener running across the underside.

The lip was cut out for the jack pad then braced from the underside - held tightly with an undermount 5052 strip and countersunk screws. This helped stiffen up the center of the lip and also help it retain its curvature whilst still maintaining a level of stoutness.

Although the bumper can be easily removed with the simple click of 4 Quik-Latches, it was imperative that the jack pad could still be utilized as intended without removing the bumper or damaging the lip.

The overall look seems to match much better with the design characteristics of the body kit pieces previously installed. The inlayed grill with cutouts for the bash bar showing through really sets it off. In addition, the JSPEC carbon intake ducts really tie everything together up front.