550i with M5 Fenders & Bumper
04-15-2009, 10:04 PM
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I just saw this on eBay and think it's pretty interesting. At first I thought the guy just posted the wrong car because I was 100% sure it's an M5 with 172 wheels by looking at the front and side.
Link to the eBay page: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2008-BMW-55...#ht_3966wt_1201
Link to the eBay page: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2008-BMW-55...#ht_3966wt_1201
04-15-2009, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 530goinon850' post='848952' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:06 AM
Mirrors, bro, mirrors! Don't be an amateur 
But I was really surprised to see the M5 bumper and fender can actually fit on the regular E60 (although they don't really fit perfectly - the gap between the fender and bumper)
04-15-2009, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by danzzz' post='848956' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:11 AM
Oops...I paid too much attention to the front bumper...
But I was really surprised to see the M5 bumper and fender can actually fit on the regular E60 (although they don't really fit perfectly - the gap between the fender and bumper)
But I was really surprised to see the M5 bumper and fender can actually fit on the regular E60 (although they don't really fit perfectly - the gap between the fender and bumper)
mmm... I'd say, the gap is probably fixable. And I don't know why people would go all the way and get M5 fenders, when you can simply cut the vents into any old fender (I've seen M5 vents on Civics for Christ's sake!). But, yeah, good call on the the gap - BMW bumpers are not supposed to have that.
I'm more curious about that little orange sticker on the bumper... more specifically, why TF would anyone even conceive of such a thing on anything other than a Tata?!
and, oh yeah, this reminds me, I need a trunk finisher - anyone got one, PM me pls!
04-15-2009, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 530goinon850' post='848958' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:14 AM
mmm... I'd say, the gap is probably fixable. And I don't know why people would go all the way and get M5 fenders, when you can simply cut the vents into any old fender (I've seen M5 vents on Civics for Christ's sake!). But, yeah, good call on the the gap - BMW bumpers are not supposed to have that.
I'm more curious about that little orange sticker on the bumper... more specifically, why TF would anyone even conceive of such a thing on anything other than a Tata?!
and, oh yeah, this reminds me, I need a trunk finisher - anyone got one, PM me pls!
I'm more curious about that little orange sticker on the bumper... more specifically, why TF would anyone even conceive of such a thing on anything other than a Tata?!
and, oh yeah, this reminds me, I need a trunk finisher - anyone got one, PM me pls!
Oh how I love the M5 front bumper.
04-15-2009, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='848965' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:24 AM
You crapped on the the OP telling him to not be "an amateur"...yet you don't know anything about the orange reflector on the LCI M5 front bumper or the fact that M5 fenders are wider than non-M5 ones? An M5 front bumper doesn't fit right with non-M fenders....that's why "people would go all the way....."
04-15-2009, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by danzzz' post='848972' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:32 AM
I first noticed the reflector too because my friend repainted the whole front bumper on his brand new M3 just to get rid of those reflectors.
04-15-2009, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by danzzz' post='848972' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:32 AM
I first noticed the reflector too because my friend repainted the whole front bumper on his brand new M3 just to get rid of those reflectors.
04-15-2009, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='848965' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:24 AM
Oh how I love the M5 front bumper...miss it. 