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Old 07-06-2010, 08:06 PM   #1
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I have a 1998 Avus blue 332ti
Just crashed =/
I'm rebuilding my front end


I need to replace the radiator support. Driver side fender, bumper, and corner lights. I tried searching, however no answers were produced.
Do i use the sedan or coupe parts?

I was reffured here from BimmerForums.



Here is a picture of my car BEFORE my accident.
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:19 PM   #2
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:19 PM   #3
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:28 PM   #4
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Do you know if the year would matter? Meaning would 1992-1995 not work for my 1998?
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:59 PM   #5
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The earlier years should "work" but the nose panel and grills from '95 and prior are different from 1996 1997 and after.
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From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics."
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Old 07-06-2010, 09:43 PM   #6
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oh wow I saw this car in the bf.c thread your buddy posted with his grey corvette. What happened!?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1485744
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actually the front E36 was face-lifted in '97, not '96. 97-99 had the narrow kidneys
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:56 PM   #8
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actually the front E36 was face-lifted in '97, not '96. 97-99 had the narrow kidneys
Aahhh... my bad, thanks for correcting that.
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actually the front E36 was face-lifted in '97, not '96. 97-99 had the narrow kidneys
they also changed the design of the sidemarkers, and cars made before sometime in 94 didn't even have sidemarkers, so if you get a different fender make sure you have a matching set unless you don't mind it mismatched
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kids these days are doing side marker deletes. of all things =P
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this should help some, http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E3...M/1997/browse/
I use it all the time, you can always backtrack though the system to compare with other models
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oh wow I saw this car in the bf.c thread your buddy posted with his grey corvette. What happened!?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1485744
Actually him and I were driving some winding roads.
Being a 332Ti it's more nose heavy than the other e36's i have owned.
I started to lose control. However the car did not react the way I anticipated. My back end kicked out, I counter steered, my brakes lock up and it went into a wall.
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they also changed the design of the sidemarkers, and cars made before sometime in 94 didn't even have sidemarkers, so if you get a different fender make sure you have a matching set unless you don't mind it mismatched
Thanks for the heads up.
Actually It looks like I will be able to save my fender (yay!)
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