[phil3103]

Chaps

Totally in love with my car. Love it. And it\'s become a game of how to get the fuel needle to go down rather than stay up. Love it.

Thinking of fitting a carbon spoiler and the performance pedals. However, dealer wants c 1.5 hours labour at £120 ph to fit. However did say they are hittable by the customer reasonably easily.

Has anyone fitted either of these bits themselves? Is it easy? ESP the spoiler? Is it glue or drilling holes etc?

Advice much appreciated.

Phil

[Cyprio]

Its usually stuck down with tape and very easy to do. Search the forum and you will find lots of info on how to fit a rear spoiler.

Never fitted pedals but they cant be that difficult. I would def give it a go if I were me.

[leetennis]

I have fitted both type I and II performance spoilers. Used betalink 1k from dealers.
IMO tape isn't the way to go. It's not that easy to find so you end up buying some no more nails tape from homebase that I had no confidence in.

Good luck pm me if you have any questions

[R80TER]

Originally Posted by leetennis

It's not that easy to find so you end up buying some no more nails tape from homebase that I had no confidence in.

Thats what i use and is good for 50kg. i couldnt remove it when i went to sell the car!! ( i did eventually!) but it was PROPER stuck down...

[Hoggy]

if you get the parts you want, take it to a repair garage or someting, especially a good local garage as they usually do insurance work anyway.

[frankie]

If you love your car that much I would pay to have it put on properly my e92 is going in on wednesday to have carbon splitter carbon wing mirror caps black kidney grills rear carbon spoiler and performance spoiler I would never try and fit my self I no it's slot of cash but it's worth knowing it's in safe hands!!

[webwysard]

Originally Posted by frankie

If you love your car that much I would pay to have it put on properly my e92 is going in on wednesday to have carbon splitter carbon wing mirror caps black kidney grills rear carbon spoiler and performance spoiler I would never try and fit my self I no it's slot of cash but it's worth knowing it's in safe hands!!

Disagree. I remember I paid £45 twice for the kidney grilles to be fitted by the stealers on my previous cars and now I see it as a money down the drain without a doubt as they are one of the easiest diy. 10mins max.

There are things one can do themselves. I wouldn't pay for wing mirror caps and kidney grille if I were you but its your money.

[frankie]

Ye fair point web I'm not that talented at DIY that's the main reason I pay BMW and my car is only 3 weeks old, DIY is fine for grills and mirror caps but anything that needs sticking or drilling I say get it done properly!

[phil3103]

Update. Now picked the bits up. No chance am I fitting this little lot myself. It's going in the bodyshop the next time I'm up in Manchester. Their charge-out rates are about a third of the main workshop so it's now a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. Brand new car that I've just shelled a load out on. What's another £80 fitting on parts I've just spent the best part of £350 on and at least if they get it wrong I can shout at them and they can pay to put it right!


Reasons: The BMW instructions for the spoiler involve sandpapering and using solvent and it states you need to be in an atmosphere of 18oC+ and then left to set for 12 hours.

The pedals are a different issue. Involves drilling etc etc and I doubt I've got a drill bit that'll go through the pedals. The main issue is I have a module based accelerator which has a little sensor box at the bottom of the pedal. You need to drill into it and have a 4.5mm stop on. I just haven't got the kit to do it properly and if I tried to do it by eye and go it wrong I could end up drilling straight into the sensor which would cost me god knows how much to replace.

Will post up some pics when it's on. Mocked the spoiler up this morning and it looks wicked against the LMB colour.

[frankie]

Good decision phil I would never try to fit anything on my new e92 I would rather pay to have it done properly