[dwells]

Hey everyone, I recently bought some pre-painted M3 style side skirts and tried to install them this weekend. Supposedly the seller has sold plenty without an issue and I've always heard good things about fitment, but I couldn't get them on for the life of me.

I popped my OEM skirt off without a problem, and then tried to just fit the new one in place without the tabs or pegs just to make sure it lined up before I handed it over to my detailer, but I couldn't get it to fit at all. I had zero problem fitting the old one (pegs and clips and all) back into place.

That leads me to believe that it's the skirts that are the problem, but I don't have any prior experience with this type of thing so for all I know there's something obvious I'm missing. Is there anyone in the area (Springfield/Northampton) who would be willing to take a look and lend a hand?

Thanks!

[dwells]

Bumping this - any recommendations for a shop that could help and wouldn't charge a fortune? I can get the skirts off and bring the car there with them off - it would literally be a five minute job at most for the shop to try to fit the skirts on, but I can't think of anywhere that does BMW body work.

[KFJ512a]

hey im going to be in the same boat as you very soon and i was thinking of taking mine over to rayteam in waltham. ive had some mechanical stuff done over at the guy and hes very genuine and honest about his work and all.

Address: 614 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453
Phone781) 209-1400

hope this helps

[dwells]

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, Waltham's a couple hours away from me - I'm way out near the Springfield area.

[dwells]

Bump - any recommendations for shops?

[tweetybirdy]

Ill be out that way this weekend but unfortunately I probably won't be much help because I have never done those side skirts before.

[K19BMW]

Christy auto body in agawam ma has done good by me before.

[dwells]

Originally Posted by K19BMW

Christy auto body in agawam ma has done good by me before.

I'll look them up, thanks.

[zgresh]

For the price some of these places are gonna charge, you could honestly just buy a new set off of U m n i t z a for $200. I went down that road, and my skirts fit flawlessly. If you dont wanna drop a lot of cash for man hours id suggest those skirts

[Hadley]

Careful going through umnitza, I have read horror stories about their customer service

The owner was also a tool on other BMW boards

[dwells]

Originally Posted by zgresh11

For the price some of these places are gonna charge, you could honestly just buy a new set off of U m n i t z a for $200. I went down that road, and my skirts fit flawlessly. If you dont wanna drop a lot of cash for man hours id suggest those skirts

That's why I was hoping someone knew of a shop that wouldn't screw me. I think the skirts are just warped and I'd bring the car in with the OEM ones removed already. It really shouldn't be more than a thirty minute job for anyone that knows what they're doing to hit them with a heat gun in the right places.

The actual install is cake once they fit - I can't work on cars to save my life and I can get the OEM one off and back on in all of ten minutes.

[Island Road]

I might be able to help out, I don't have a heat gun but installed skirts before and just had to fix mine due to some broken / missing tabs ect.