Wanted Front bumper mesh
- Thread starter Barry78
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Do you mean the Sport grill? I don't have a spare one (I have 2x Topaz Blue non-Sport though) but it might help to say if that's the one you want. If it is they are quite difficult to find and are sought after.
When I bought my written-off 2.2 Sport to rebuild the grill had popped off in the accident and was chucked in the boot. I nearly threw it away thinking it must be bust and they're 2 a penny. Then I realised the Sport had a different grill and they were not easy to find. Besides that it was actually in perfect condition and is now back on the car.
When I bought my written-off 2.2 Sport to rebuild the grill had popped off in the accident and was chucked in the boot. I nearly threw it away thinking it must be bust and they're 2 a penny. Then I realised the Sport had a different grill and they were not easy to find. Besides that it was actually in perfect condition and is now back on the car.
To the best of my knowledge the one you want is the Sport grill. Which means you have a non-standard grill on your car if it's a Sport. Very happy to be corrected here.
Presuming this to be correct the whole bumper is conceivably off a non-Sport car - which may actually help you. The bumper is the same but the issue is removing the grill.
I put a bumper from a non-Sport on my Sport when rebuilding it and I had to dremmel umpteen circlips off the mounting pillars. The heat melted most of the pillars meaning I couldn't circlip the replacement grill back. So I araldited it. It works well though
Now if it's your original bumper and the grill was a Sport and has already been replaced with a non-Sport the pillars may already be compromised. If an alternative mounting method for the replacement grill has been used (eg glue) you might not get away with changing it again. So might hope would be it's a non-molested bumper off a non-Sport.
Hope this makes sense. If not and I'm right, it will make sense when you change the grill!
In the meantime good luck finding the grill. I monitor used spares on ebay and I've never seen one on it's own. Probably because of the agro removing it. You might be in for a whole bumper which given the desirability might not be cheap.
Presuming this to be correct the whole bumper is conceivably off a non-Sport car - which may actually help you. The bumper is the same but the issue is removing the grill.
I put a bumper from a non-Sport on my Sport when rebuilding it and I had to dremmel umpteen circlips off the mounting pillars. The heat melted most of the pillars meaning I couldn't circlip the replacement grill back. So I araldited it. It works well though
Now if it's your original bumper and the grill was a Sport and has already been replaced with a non-Sport the pillars may already be compromised. If an alternative mounting method for the replacement grill has been used (eg glue) you might not get away with changing it again. So might hope would be it's a non-molested bumper off a non-Sport.
Hope this makes sense. If not and I'm right, it will make sense when you change the grill!
In the meantime good luck finding the grill. I monitor used spares on ebay and I've never seen one on it's own. Probably because of the agro removing it. You might be in for a whole bumper which given the desirability might not be cheap.
I think this is correct
"Now if it's your original bumper and the grill was a Sport and has already been replaced with a non-Sport the pillars may already be compromised."
I recently paid this lower grill a visit in order to black mastic up the parts of the grill where some of the small pillars had been mangled as the grill had a bit too much movement for my liking. This would leave me to believe that for whatever reason a previous owner has installed the non-sport style grill and goosed the clips putting the non-sport one in.
I don't want to go along the Zunsport road, prefer originality.
"Now if it's your original bumper and the grill was a Sport and has already been replaced with a non-Sport the pillars may already be compromised."
I recently paid this lower grill a visit in order to black mastic up the parts of the grill where some of the small pillars had been mangled as the grill had a bit too much movement for my liking. This would leave me to believe that for whatever reason a previous owner has installed the non-sport style grill and goosed the clips putting the non-sport one in.
I don't want to go along the Zunsport road, prefer originality.
I think your best bet is going to be a whole bumper. Even if you just want to remove the grill.
I would keep an eye out on Ebay for a Sport being broken. I'd try and get in there before they list the bumper as I think it would sell quick. The only Sport I can think of recently has been with seller qwikbmwpartz (colour silver). They were trying to sell the car whole or the engine before breaking it. It was still in one bit last time I checked about 3 weeks ago. It had been front-ended so the bumper would have been knackered but the grill might have been okay.
I would keep an eye out on Ebay for a Sport being broken. I'd try and get in there before they list the bumper as I think it would sell quick. The only Sport I can think of recently has been with seller qwikbmwpartz (colour silver). They were trying to sell the car whole or the engine before breaking it. It was still in one bit last time I checked about 3 weeks ago. It had been front-ended so the bumper would have been knackered but the grill might have been okay.
Hi @Barry78 Zunsport make one but you would have to check with them that it would fit your bumper shape.
https://www.zunsport.com/en/bmw-z3-lower-grille
https://www.zunsport.com/en/bmw-z3-lower-grille
Nice one!