 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 0 Replies, 742 Views | |  |  |  |  12-16-2005, 12:19 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |  I need help ASAP!!!
 So as I wrote before, I hit a raccoon. Took it in to the insurance adjuster, and he talked me into leaving it with him at the saturn dealer and letting them fix it (big mistake, I was in the middle of finals and didn't have time to deal with it). I go yesterday to pick up my car, and it has a brand spanking new painted bumper BUT ITS NOT THE SPORT BUMPER!! I tell the adjuster and the body work guy that its wrong, and they both tell me that my car isn't "MX3" (never heard of that before) so the sport bumper won't fit it. I tell them that it had a (broken) sport bumper when I brought it in. The mechanic says that the bumper I brought in was barely hanging on, thus, according to his argument, it was the wrong bumper for the car. WHAT THE ****? The bumper was smashed, perhaps thats why it was barely haning on??? Anyway, I'm 99.99% positive that my car is a sport. It had a sport front bumper, rear bumper, sport interior (leather w/ cloth inserts), traction control, 10 speaker system, sport wheels, etc. However, they said that they ordered this ****ty bumper based on my VIN, which is another argument they have that my car isn't sport. They claim that the previous owner (a 75 year old Turkish man, the only previous owner) must have bought the car stock and just upgraded it. Does the VIN not specify which trim package the car had? Is there any way I can prove to these guys that my car is a sport? Please, I'm going back in the morning..........help if you can. Thanks, Maher __________________
97 sport |  |  | | 12-16-2005, 12:29 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 |
Well the e36 M3 bumper fits on any e36 3 series. I the 97 sports did come with M3 bumpers. I find it hard to imagine that a 75 year old man would have an M3 bumper put on, but it is nor out of the question. I am not sure as to the VIN though. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 12:32 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
Jeez im fuming! Another thing he said is that I don't have a sport rear bumper. I was dumbfounded when he said that, so I didn't know what to say. I had always just assumed that my rear bumper was a sport. I just checked it out on REALOEM.COM and Ebay......My rear bumper is most definitely a sport!!! AARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! __________________
97 sport | | | | | 12-16-2005, 12:35 AM | #4 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by maherbaz Jeez im fuming! Another thing he said is that I don't have a sport rear bumper. I was dumbfounded when he said that, so I didn't know what to say. I had always just assumed that my rear bumper was a sport. I just checked it out on REALOEM.COM and Ebay......My rear bumper is most definitely a sport!!! AARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! | what insurance company are you with? btw, i would ONLY let a bmw or euro shop do body work on my car and your unfortunate experience is why. do NOT give in to the shop or your insurance agent's bogus claims. stand your ground until it's fixed properly. was there any damage under the bumper? if so, was that actually fixed properly? __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 12-16-2005, 12:39 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 |
I would be fuming too. That is outrageous...reminds me of working with someother company coughKOcough. Some people are just ignorant and can't be reasoned with. Best of luck working this out!! | | | | | 12-16-2005, 12:58 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
Its with Geico. I drove my car home today, and they didn't make me pay the deductible until we settle this whole thing. Yeah i regret so much letting them do the work. Anyway, I busted both the AC condensor and the radiator, they replaced both. However, now my heat doesn't work and earlier in some stop and go traffic the car got really hot (approaching the red). Thats never happened before. I'm taking it back first thing in the morning. I am so pissed. __________________
97 sport | | | | | 12-16-2005, 01:06 AM | #7 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
****. do they know how to work on bmw's at all? wonder what they f*d up. appears they certainly didn't TEST their work, always a good sign. i'd get under there and look at everything! the things that really piss you off are all the things they didn't fix or didn't fix properly that you CAN'T see but discover further down the road. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 12-16-2005, 01:59 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
I would go to a BMW dealership and have them make sure it is a sport. After that I would have them give it a look and see what those guys did to it. Threaten to sue, that will get their attention and possibly speed things up. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 09:45 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 |
There could be an airbubble in your cooling system throwing off the reading of the temp. This is such an amateur job. Ask them to speak to a bimmer dealership to confirm the sport bumper fitment or just ask them to pull up autotrader and see the 100+ ti's with sport M bumpers. They're hoping you go away- don't. Keep pressing for resolution asap. __________________
My Former Rides
1999 318ti Alpine White, Cali Roof, Dinan goodies
1996 318ti Hellrot California Edition
| | | | | 12-16-2005, 10:56 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,305 |
dude, that sucks. i'm in the middle of a similar dispute with a body shop that did work on my car. I also didn't have time to actually deal with it b/c of school so I got f-ed too. They put on a rear bumper from an early model ti without the body colored bottom half. I have to wait until I get home for christmas to get it all resolved | | | | | 12-16-2005, 11:09 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 138 |
Ok so I took it back this morning, it was an air bubble in the cooling system(at first they were trying to say it was my thermo). They didn't bleed the system when they replaced the radiator. Also, I printed diagrams of the bumpers from realoem.com/bmw and from pics on ebay to take in today. They ordered a new sport bumper and said they will install it next week. It just makes me nervous because these guys clearly don't know what they are doing. __________________
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