Re: E30 cosmetics

[Kurt Zimmerman <kuzimmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Paul de Rome <pderome@domain.elided> writes:
> >Can anyone tell me the visual clues of the 
> >various E30 models from 84 thru
> >90/91? Things like bumpers, tail lights, 
> >spoilers etc often indicate the year.
> >I've just bought an '88 325i and people 
> >tell me it doesn't have the 88 style body.
> 
Phil Marx writes:
> I can only answer for the US models.  '88 model year 
> for us brought the new tailights and front air dam 
> changes (including fog lights built into the
> valance rather than hung from the bumper) which 
> were to remain on the E30 until end of production.
> The air dam has a removeable lip attached with
> clips to the metal valance.  However, it retained 
> our heavy aluminum 5mph bumpers which were replaced
> for '90 by the body-color covered euro-style bumpers.
 
Just a comment:  My '89 325is was built in October of '88.  
It has body-color covered euro-style bumpers.  I'm pretty 
sure that all '89 E30s except for the convertible have the 
euro-bumpers.

- -Kurt

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