And that’s why I prefer owning one. It’s better than the flooding PB model love everyone’s pushing.

Which kit would you like to see us sell?

@@garagistic early model IS kit , rear lower , cow catcher

Totally agree.

Stay tuned! We plan on installing a full Mtech 2 kit on one of the shop cars and the M3 bumpers on a different car 😉

@@garagistic There is very little info about the quality of these ABS parts. So it would really be helpful if you show how good they look - or how bad they look. Just so people know.

@@GeorgeGraves Panels are being painted and will be on car shortly for you to see quality a little better.

@@GeorgeGraves these abs bodykits from thailand are really good quality and they fit good

@Garagistic do you guys ship your body kits to South Africa?

We'll definitely look into it! Making rare/expensive kits and other body panels more accessible is one of our goals. We want everyone to be able to run those kits on their track cars without having the guilt of ruining an expensive authentic part 👍

Thank you! That would actually be our video guy's (mine) turbo m20 E30. You can check it out at @derkm 😉 - Derrick

@Garagistic just need a price for an air dam lower lip and the aluminum spliter that's it guys

@@davidteixiera8398We don't carry the air-dam but here is the current price for the front lip and aluminum splitter E30 Late Model "IS" Style Front Lip + Aluminum Splitter www.garagistic.com/products/e30-is-mtech-drift-front-lip-spoiler?variant=33262192197731

The appropriate kit for your car would be the MTech 1 kit 👍

We currently sell late model front and rear bumpers that you can use for the conversion. You would still need to source the bumper crash bars and bumper shocks if you wanted it to be mounted the same as OEM. With enough interest, we'd love to provide a full conversion kit in the future.

@@garagistic yeah thatd be sweet

@@garagistic please do. Even if it's just solid bumper mounts instead of the bumper shocks. Conversion kits would sell like crazy.

@@garagistic the biggest drawback of the conversion is you still have to trim the rear bumper sides for the wheel arch, as well as the rear door cards. everything front doors and forward are direct swap though. If you guys could make an early model MT2 kit, that is already trimmed/formed for early model back half, I'd imagine more people would jump on it. Elongating the mounting holes to raise the late-model bumper supports is easy enough for most, it's the trimming and finishing of ABS plastic that scares them away. All that being said, I'm probably going to buy and modify an MT2 kit anyway. My 85 already has late model front bumper and valance. The rear diving board was already pushed in and the black trim above is wavy from sun damage. Being able to buy a relatively bolt-on solution for the rear would be sweet though.

We'll definitely work on getting a full video covering the installation asap!

I 2nd this

Those side skirts are a custom 1 of 1 set but we are considering recreating them to sell in the future!

For the Mtech 1 kit, you would need to run euro bumpers to have them properly fit 👍

We currently offer E30 M3 front/rear bumpers!

Do you have a late model E30 or early model E30? Our red E30 is a late model and the front bumper on the later models come with black trim that covers the full length of the bumper (as shown on the red car). It sounds like you have an early model US front bumper (aka diving board bumper) and those don't come with black trim underneath where the front license plate is installed. There are a few aftermarket options out there that fill in that section but we currently do not carry those but may start producing those in the near future. If you are in need of one asap, try looking up something along the lines of "E30 early model front plate filler" and I believe you may find what you're looking for 👍

We're looking to see if we can offer a cheaper alternative!

@@garagistic that would be amazing!

With the current kits we offer, you would either need to upgrade to Euro chrome bumpers to fit the Mtech 1 kit or do the late model bumper swap to fit the Mtech 2 kit. If you were to install the M3 kit, you would only need to source late model front/rear bumper shocks and bumper crash bars. We're looking into getting more kits available for more E30 trims so stay tuned but don't hesitate to purchase any side skirts/spoilers as they should fit your car with no issues 👍👍

@Cal Cochran You would need to buy the late model bumper shocks, late model bumper supports and a late model front valence along with the mtech 2 kit in order to properly install that kit on your E30. There are ways you could mount them using custom brackets but to see how we install them using OEM components along with the supplied hardware with our kit, check out our Mtech 2 install videos on our channel 👍🏽

We don't have an install video on the Mtech 2 just yet but are looking to film one in the near future! We have had a few local customers install it and paint it already and they had stated it was a straightforward install and no major bodywork/modifications were needed to get it to fit properly. Check out our Instagram or the product page for installed photos of our exact kit!

We'll definitely look into getting these made!

@@garagistic I’ll buy instantly if you ever do

As long as your E30 is late model or at least has a late model style front valence (air-dam), you should be able to run either of those setups! The red E30 is running our "RG" style front lip while the white E30 is running our late model "is" front lip with the aluminum "is" lip splitter. We do not sell the metal from valence (air-dam) but you can check out the current price for the lips/splitter here! E30 Late Model "RG" Style Front Lip www.garagistic.com/products/e30-rg-style-md-front-lip-spoiler E30 Late Model "IS" Style Front Lip + Aluminum Splitter www.garagistic.com/products/e30-is-mtech-drift-front-lip-spoiler?variant=33262192197731

Later model cabrios do have late model style tail lights but the transitioning year is different compared to coupes and sedans 👍

Mtech 2 kits were only installed on late model cars from the factory and were never intended to be used on early model cars. It is still 100% possible to install on an early model car as long as you have done a plastic bumper conversion which requires - - late model front/rear crash bar - late model front/rear bumper shocks & brackets We hope to provide some more off-the-shelf options for the early model guys soon!

When it comes to the kits we offer, you can run the Mtech 1 kit if you were to convert to euro bumpers or you can do a late model bumper conversion using our front/rear bumper skin but you would need to just source the bumper crash bar and bumper shocks which are often sold in the used market. You could also run the M3 bumpers with the late model bumper crash bar/bumper shocks instead of the standard late model bumper skins! We are looking into selling more kits in the future that will be compatible with more E30 trims so stay tuned!

Really depends on if your convertible is a late model or early model (refer to the taillight explanation). Mtech 1 kits are meant for early model cars and Mtech 2 kits are meant for late models. The side skirts, however, on both our MTech 1 and 2 kits we currently offer are only compatible with coupes and sedans since convertible rocker panels are longer than on coupes and sedans. The M3 front/rear bumper can fit convertibles but will require a late model front bumper support to fit the front bumper.

Stay tuned! We are looking to make some changes to our 190e shop cars and are hoping to share some new parts with you guys. 🤞

@@garagistic That's very good to hear, I will.

With the kits we offer, you can run the Mtech 1 kit if you were to convert to euro bumpers or you can do a late model bumper conversion using our front/rear bumper skin but you would need to just source the bumper crash bar and bumper shocks which are often sold in the used market. You could also run the M3 bumpers with the late model bumper crash bar/bumper shocks instead of the standard late model bumper skins! We are looking into selling more kits in the future that will be compatible with more E30 trims so stay tuned!

In others words, none… literally nothing for early model us spec cars… except “cow catcher” lower valance… just the name is embarrassing and they look like trash… the issue isn’t the valance it’s the fat diving board that sticks out the front😭😭

We currently only sell the M3 front/rear bumpers and wing for the E30 which are all compatible with 4 door E30s 👍👍

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Can't go wrong with either in our opinion 😉

Send us an email over at support@garagistic.com and we'll see how we can help you out!

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@@dominiccosso6075 It is recommended to use late model E30 front crash bars with the late model bumper shocks. The M3 front/rear bumper mount to the late model bumper crash bar and since you have an early model, you would need to source late model bumper shocks to fit the late model crash bars. We have had customers create custom mounting solutions to make these work but these are intended to work with the late model bumper crash bars.

Yes it does 👍

Here is a link to our full early model Mtech 1 body kit - www.garagistic.com/products/e30-mtech-1-complete-body-kit-aftermarket-replacement

At the moment, we don't have any specific early model US kits/body panels but we are looking to expand our inventory/options soon!

We’re looking to film an episode on this soon 👍🏽

@@garagisticdo you have any updates on that? I’m debating trying to do a plastic swap, wether it’s just the oem plastics or mtech 2.

We can look into that.

From the kits that we offer, you can do - a late model bumper swap using our late model E30 front/rear bumper skins (will require sourcing some oem parts) - MTech 1 kit (will require sourcing euro bumpers) - or M3 kit with our front and rear M3 style bumpers

@@garagistic So the M3 style front and rear bumper will not require anything else?

Forgot to mention that it would require the same oem parts as the late model bumper swap A popular option we see E30 vert owners choose is the Mtech 1 complete kit with euro bumpers. @@pnwxjackson3927

I have an early model with a full late model bumper conversion. You just need the front valence with the front bumper brackets the front bumper and front bumper shocks as for the rear you need to do some modifications. There’s a good write up on late model conversions on e30 wiki I believe.

@@bgpkilla124 so basically I can’t put an mtech kit on my e30 without doing a bunch of work beforehand?

@@jackryan4687 I’m honestly not to sure about doing a mtech kit I only know how to do late model stuff onto an early model

Do you have a US spec early model with diving board bumpers or a Euro spec with the short chrome euro bumpers?

@@garagistic us spec

They do not fit sadly.

They are actually 1 of 1 side skirts but the owner of the car is looking to reproduce them and hopefully we will have them available soon!

The rocker panels on convertible E30's are a bit longer and differ from sedans and coupes which is what our kit is made for. We have not tried fitting this kit on a convertible ourselves so we can't say what would be needed to be modified.

@@garagistic so the kit that I bought with the rockers lengthwise would it fit I just got to make sure I got a trim them

Since your E30 is an 88, it was in the transition year from the early to late model. If your E30 has the late model tail lights, we would recommend the Mtech 2 kit. If your E30 has thin, early model style tail lights, we would recommend an Mtech 1 kit.

We're looking into it! In a perfect world, we want all early models rocking euro bumpers 💪

The tow hook gets threaded onto the passenger side of the front bumper. The threads are hidden behind a small plastic cover 👍🏽

@@garagistic does all models have the sampe place?

@@moza260 early model E30s have an exposed tow hook under the front bumper on the passenger side as well. There is also a tow hook under the rear bumper on the passenger (right) side.

Hang in there! We are looking to get more early model body kits available for all the early model folks 🙏

@@garagistic perfect because i just also picked up an 89’

We do have some E46 body panels coming in next 😉

@@garagistic with shipping to mexico?

@@garagistic I want to put all the new bushings and I plan to do it with your brand but I don't know if they send to Tijuana Mexico is the plan to buy everything I occupy with you

everything with your brand and make a e46 garegistic

@@antony9494 Yessir we can ship to Mexico! 👍

We will be making a episode just for early models since they are kinda diffrent