bumperless rear

[readie]

hi, does anyone have any pics of an e9 without the rear bumper ? I am thinking of going totally bumperless, but cannot work out whether good or bad and how to get the rear numberplate light fixed to the car ??

any comments ?

 

[HB Chris]

I think the bumper helps break up the large flat area of the rear panel, looks strange without it and NO protection from others.

 

[rb1971]

Here's a pic of my car taken last night - no rear bumper.

 

[WALTER]

Please look at the pictures of my car in this link: http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8864

I like the bumperless look; however, there are a ton of holes that have to be filled.

 

[decoupe]

Stealth bumper

Another option is to switch to a fibreglass bumper and paint it the same colour a your car. Hides all of the holes and provides some continuity with the body but blends the shape into the colour - if that makes sense.

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/csilcoupe/bumper_composite.jpg

To go bumperless like rb1971 you'll need to install an M5 motor and lots of other nasty go fast bits to pull it off. And the orange paint.


Doug

 

[rb1971]

Doug- Don't forget dual exhaust!

 

[decoupe]

Doug- Don't forget dual exhaust!

Oooopppps, my bad. What is that thing beside your coupe? It's HUGE.

 

[rb1971]

Oooopppps, my bad. What is that thing beside your coupe? It's HUGE.

Brand new 535xi (although now BMW calls it 535i x-drive - I have refused these bizarre new naming conventions, even putting aside that fact that the car really should be a 530txi or 530xti). Decided waiting for BMW to pull the trigger on the M550dx in the US was a fool's errand.

The new 5 is as big or bigger than an E38 7 to my eyes.

 

[Bill Riblett]

The new 5 is as big or bigger than an E38 7 to my eyes.

New 5 is based on the current 7 platform so it has to be pretty close to the same size.

 

[WALTER]

I drove the new 5 series (528i) and thought it was very nice. The design falls apart on the lower front fascia for such an expensive car, seems too vanilla. With the M Sport package, the 5 series looks really nice.

 

[shanon]

I have been running bumperless for some time now. Like the look alot. easy to wash too!
here's a couple pics

and another with a couple bare arse coupers hanging out with some more respectable bros. ;-)

HTH
'the streaker'

 

[readie]

thanks shanon, pics are exactly what i was looking for, looking good.

 

[30csl]

i like the look, i wonder how it would be with the satin black like the left hand drive csl's had?

 

[71-2800CS]

Here's a few of pictures of my coupe with the bumpers removed

 

[IS3FIFTY]

What color?

Here's a few of pictures of my coupe with the bumpers removed

Nice color. What is it?

 

[71-2800CS]

Gunmetal grey. Here's a close up of the flake