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04-01-2017, 01:28 PM | #576 |
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Hi All,
Fitted my honeycomb reflectors today, left the wheels on and just jacked up the car. One side at a time. I added the tiny foam pads as provided in the package. My tool of choice for squeezing the tabs on the reflectors was, water pump pliers - Okay, they crush the tabs a bit too much but what the hell I don't have time to spend hours jiggling them out (I have no wish to mark the bumper by trying to prize them from the outside either), with my method they simply fall out within a minute or so. The only tricky bit I found was re-seating the bumper after the trims were fitted. I quickly noticed the edge of the bumper with the perforated indents had bent in at the corners just below the light because of this its hard to get the bumper started with the main body work again. The area I'm talking about is circled in red in this photo: What I needed to do was pull the bumper out a little further, then bent the area circled in red with my fingers outwards so it could clip into the perforated slot easier (This is very difficult to explain), but when your faced with struggling to get the bumper to re-clip into the slot this is what is required to resolve your issue. I did the whole job in about 1.5 hours including the all the jacking, etc. Very pleased with the outcome, the replacement rear reflector kit is simply brilliant and totally worth the purchase price. MJ Last edited by mjsaville; 04-01-2017 at 01:44 PM.. |
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The reflector kit is incredibly well made. It fits as a perfect replacement to the OEM kit. But that's already been discussed. What I haven't seen mentioned is how much wider the rear of the car appears to be now. The original red reflectors seem to cutoff the width of the bumper; with the replacement kit, the width is unhindered and is displayed in all it's glory. Best money I've spent on the car so far.
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this is what Im talking about, bumper could tuck in a little more, but Im not able to force it in
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Am planning on eventually fitting mine soon, those that have installed them already did you use the foam pads supplied or did you find they fitted snuggly without them?
Also sounds like most of you jacked the car up and removed the wheel to do this, i have a hydraulic jack to use but did you use axle stands also, if so is there a recommended spot to place the stand? Thanks. Last edited by Prodigy.; 04-10-2017 at 08:05 AM.. |
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Anyways heres the final product, i didn't use the foam things, reflectors are secured fine
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For those having trouble getting the bumper back on fully (especially that upper corner near the rear light), you really have to look closely at the way the bumper meets up with the fender. You'll notice that the bumper has a flat notch on it, and it will fit on top of a "shelf" at the bottom edge of the fender. It's such a tight fit that usually the notch just bumps up against that shelf. You need to almost push that notch up so that it slides on top of the shelf, then the rest of the bumper slides very easily on.
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To the contrary, I believe they look much more OEM. Still trying to figure the best solution to resolve the look.
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Think it's because of the metal (or metalic look) mesh, haven't seen any recent BMW's with metal mesh; maybe paint them black instead of leaving them silver/metalic?
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