Weird genuine euro M3 front bumper?

[nextelbuddy]

I had a similar issue and ultimately is was these 4 tabs interfering with the carrier. I don't remember the exact issue but the way they wanted to naturally slide above/below the lower lip of the carrier kept the bumper from sliding all the way on. Whatever way (above/below) its going on for you now; try the opposite. Hope that makes sense... You can also just cut the tabs off.

Yeah, I ended up cutting those tabs off with a Dremel tool and ultimately doing that allowed me to get the bumper to slide on all the way to the Kevlar support bar and snap onto the little ball sockets but even after doing so and the bumper pushed all the way on it's still not lining up with the fender like it should.

It's like the Kevlar support is still too far forward, but I've checked everything. There's no washers. Everything is nice and flat bolted to the frame rails. The support bar is straight and true.

Scratch my head trying to figure out what the heck is causing this. So annoying.

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[antknee]

i see that you have an intercooler, is the grill hitting that by any chance?

also are those the Karbonius CF lips on the euro bumper? Those are the only add-ons that look nice and flush with the stock bumper!

[robgill]

I had a similar issue and ultimately is was these 4 tabs interfering with the carrier. I don't remember the exact issue but the way they wanted to naturally slide above/below the lower lip of the carrier kept the bumper from sliding all the way on. Whatever way (above/below) its going on for you now; try the opposite. Hope that makes sense... You can also just cut the tabs off.

[nextelbuddy]

I ordered a genuine euro M3 front bumper through dealer part# 51117894989 for Kevlar support bar

It came in and I got it painted then tried to install it only to see these 4 tabs on the backside interfering with the Kevlar bumper support.

After some searching, those 4 tabs originally came in the aluminum carrier bumper to attach with plastic tabs.

I'm trying to figure out why my bumper appears to be a weird hybrid bumper.

It feels like the factory took an aluminum carrier bumper and instead of the plastic carrier bracket being installed in it they just installed the foam carrier with the ball socket instead.

I had to cut the 4 tabs off with a Dremel to clear the Kevlar support bar.

Now the bumper snaps onto all 4 ball socket BUT the bumper itself doesn't line up with the fender, it's like something is holding up the bumper back by 1/4 of an inch on both sides.

Starting to wonder if there is a difference between aluminum and kevlar bumpers at some core level beyond the built-in plastic carrier/foam insert that would cause this to happen.



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