e36 grills

[Tom///m3]

How does one go about gettin z3 grills on an e36 m3, like Jon Sibal has or had? How much would it cost? What is involved?

Tom

[coleco]

i guess you probably mean the side ones but i just wanted to ask.

[silver bullit]

I've seen an ad in Performance BMW for those. I forget which company it was. Might be www.autotintdesign.com but I'm not sure. Just pick up a copy of that mag and check the ads.

[Tom///m3]

The grills on the side sort of look like fish gills.

Tom

[Motorsport3]

I have them on my car. It cost me $50 for the gill panels and i did the work with a friend.





First attempt came out ok but there is a bit of weirdness I have to fix.

[Tom///m3]

Hey can you hook me up with some pics of your car with them on? Where did you buy them, is it 50 both? How do you install them?

Tom

[Motorsport3]

Originally posted by Tom///m3
Hey can you hook me up with some pics of your car with them on? Where did you buy them, is it 50 both? How do you install them?

Tom

The above pic is the only one I have right now, but you get the idea.

I bought the gills from this guy in Australia for $50. They are just plain old OEM Z3 gills.

As for the install....well..went like this....

1)
remove the fenders
2)
figure out where you want them on the fender and trace them out with a oil pencil
3)
cut about a quarter of an inch inside your lines with a zippy cutter or a plasma cutter. cut away a little bit at a time till they fit in flush. (be sure your line is straight during the entire process because if you mess it up once you'll have to get new fenders)
4)
after you've completed the cuts, you'll have to make brackets that will bolt to the factory locations on the back of the gill panels and weld them to the fender.
5)
once they are all secured on the fender use seam sealer and poly urethane to fill the cut from the back side and a metallic bodyfiller on the front.
6)
sand them smooth, prime them, and paint them.

Thats pretty much it.