330i bumper on a 325i?

[jhwe46]

My front bumper (325i '01) is beat to crap. Rather than paint it I've found a matching color bumper from an '03 330i. All of the parts, including fogs, are included.

Will it fit?

[bavarian19]

My front bumper (325i '01) is beat to crap. Rather than paint it I've found a matching color bumper from an '03 330i. All of the parts, including fogs, are included.

Will it fit?



If it is from an e46 sedan, then yes :thumbup:


There are 3 possible stock bumpers from the 330.... which one is it?

non-sport 330 (similar to yours, but with chrome trim... )

http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/gallery/photos/photos-06-2003/12-3505896.JPG

Msport (standard on all 330i sport package equipped)

http://www.hedgpeth.com/pictures/rides/330i.jpg

Mtech (Standard on 330i ZHP's)

http://www.bmwworld.com/models/years/2003/330i_performance.jpg

[palooka666]

it will fit, but beware there's some differences in the mounting plates.

I had a 02 330i (sport package) m-aero bumper put on my 02 325i sport bumper.

the wiring harness is difference so they had to splice and add the new wiring harness. they also had some problems b/c hte fitting points were difference for the bumper cover. they kept my car for two days to finish and it a little bigger of a job than they expected. they didn't charge me over the 4 hours quoted but it did take them more like 8 hours. -- that was for both front and back bumpers....

i think they were surprised that it wasn't a plug in type of thing.

good luck though, i did it and my car definitely looks better b/c of it.

[Kaz]

IIRC facelift standard bumpers also have completely different mounting setups on the outer ends, so you'd have to get new ones of those as well. But the sport bumper uses the pre-facelift mounts. I believe there are also minor differences in the ducting pieces. You shouldn't have issues with the foglight wiring since the M Aero and pre-facelift fogs both use HB4.

[jhwe46]

This is what I'm talking about. Top is the new bumper '03 330i. Bottom is existing bumper '01 325i w/ sport


http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34235