Widebody Conversion

[Faheem]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing okay!

It has been a while, been a busy few years but I have been popping on here every so often.

My zed is finally at the bodyshop to have the widebody conversion done. In 2018 I sourced a set of rear arches and back bumper from what I believe was a pre-facelift 2.8 Z3.

The shop are having issues getting the bumper to line up with the rear arch.

The arch aligns correctly at the 'front' of the bumper but there is a gap between the rear of the arch and the bumper - see below:

Just wondering if there are any other parts I need to source (bumper mounting bracket or the mounting points on the chassis) and if the bumper and arches look correct (from a 2.8 widebody)

I am going to do some of my own research but thought I would post this in case anyone has ran into a similar problem.

 

[Z Victor 1]

Are you just changing the wings? Don't know why you'd do that.

 

[Faheem]

No it's the rear wings and back bumper and sills that I'm changing. The old ones were rusty and the car needed some paint work anyway so thought I would get the conversion done at the same time!

 

[IainP]

That's a facelift bumper.
That's why the gap.

View attachment 322577

 

[Faheem]

Thanks! I thought so but just wanted confirmation and reassurance that the wings are okay and it's just the bumper that isn't right.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Good to see you on here mate. As Ian has said my only guess is that it’s the wrong rear bumper. Let me know if you need a prefacelift wide body rear bumper.

 

[Faheem]

Hi mate, I'll send you a message.

 

[Faheem]

Just been doing some googling over the past day to try and solve this mystery. These panels did all supposedly come off the same car when I bought them.

Am I right in thinking that all facelift rear bumpers have this design feature under the license plate / near the exhaust cutout - almost like a diffuser.

The 'widebody' bumper I have doesn't have this feature...

Unfortunately I don't have a better picture but you can just about see that the body line isn't the same near the exit for the exhaust

Just trying to identify if the bumper I've been given is definitely a face lift or if something else is a miss before I throw any money at it.