Spoiler, yes or no?

[Bowze]

hey guys, I'm getting tired of my M spoiler and I'm open to suggestions.
I'm leaning more toward the lip or no spoiler look right now, opinions?

I think that from most angles the spoiler makes the car look tall and chunky,
and maybe lacking a spoiler or just having a lip would make it look wide and low...

please ignore the rims and emblems.....
emblems are gone and rims are soon to follow

http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae91/Bowze/DSC01354.jpg


http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae91/Bowze/IMG01353.jpg

[UnderCoverGuy11]

I personally thing most spoilers look lame except for the duck tail ones, if I could find one for my car I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

I'm surprised your Third Brake light is on your spoiler =\ Mines just like built into the trunk..

[tlamm]

Well i was really never a fan for the stock m3 spoiler. I have a LTW spoiler and love it. I think no lip spoiler would look better though.




I personally thing most spoilers look lame except for the duck tail ones, if I could find one for my car I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

I'm surprised your Third Brake light is on your spoiler =\ Mines just like built into the trunk..


That is becuase you have a converible and don't have a rear window for the 3rd brake light.

[bmwdirect]

tlamm, do you use any risers...the LTW spoiler is my personal favorite but I like them all to various degrees. I think my M3 spoiler was put on by the dealer in 95. Anyone know the difference between the "rainbow" spoiler and the regular M3 spoiler...both BMW?

[IhaveanE36]

...When I read the thread title, I was going to say 'Yes, m3 style-' ...Now that I see your bored with that, I'd suggest going with no spoiler. The lip was made for more or less the E46+ IMO. I've seen this car w/ a lip spoiler and it doesn't look pretty... I have no spoiler and near setup of yours, smoked tail lens, diffuser, black.. Perhaps I can take a picture of my rear-end [all homo] and you let me know if you like it?

[hyperchargedvol]

If you consider selling your spoiler, I may be interested.

[tlamm]

I do not have risers. I thought with the risers would be to tall.

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/tlamm/Firebird%20and%20BMW/IMG_2807.jpg

:)

[xlDooM]

I think the trunk of the e36 looks really butch without the spoiler. It's just right, it has a nice and clean line. On an e46 I'd put a lip, because the trunk lid has that soft swoop to it, but on e36s it's a waste IMO.

[catch22]

3 piece ACS

http://i31.tinypic.com/182lhk.jpg

[Eleventeen11]

Imo some rims would help more. Im very anti w.e those are. Gl

[catch22]

please ignore the rims and emblems.....
emblems are gone and rims are soon to follow



Imo some rims would help more. Im very anti w.e those are. Gl
http://www.speedread.org/catalog/images/speedreading-1-hr.gif

[jarozila]

When I starting reading your post I thought you might have had one of the really tall spoilers. The one you have on the car does not look bad at all. It might have blended in a bit better if it did not have the brake light in it - is the one in the window visible enough??



3 piece ACS

http://i31.tinypic.com/182lhk.jpg

I quite like this look. Blends in very nicely. Do you have any other pictures from different angles???

[PHARMDVIPER]

I like the m3 spoiler

you could also go for the trunk lip from a e39

http://www.nicedeals.co.uk/body-kits/BMW/e39-boot-spoiler-lip-1p.gif

[Bowze]

I think the trunk of the e36 looks really butch without the spoiler. It's just right, it has a nice and clean line. On an e46 I'd put a lip, because the trunk lid has that soft swoop to it, but on e36s it's a waste IMO.

i think you're right.... the way e36 trunks sweep back is sexy enough not to need a spoiler.

regarding a lip spoiler, I've searched around a bit on ebay and various sites and nothing is very appealing.


http://www.speedread.org/catalog/images/speedreading-1-hr.gif

haha, thank you :lol btw, that acs duck tail is making me drool.... too bad they're $300 or some bs


If you consider selling your spoiler, I may be interested.

noted

one more thing before i get offline, if I take the spoiler off, what do I do about the weird "pad" things underneath where the spoiler mounts to the trunk?

[shogun]

I have an original M3 spoiler for my M3, but I never installed it.
It is a 4-door M3 and I assume it looks better without the spoiler, all what I have modified you can see here in the engine room
http://s877.photobucket.com/home/hellboy99/recentuploads

[catch22]

I quite like this look. Blends in very nicely. Do you have any other pictures from different angles???

http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac325/ulloaram/bimmerfestmycar.jpg

Sedan I know, but more angles

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/985/4621/2462310105_large.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/985/4621/2462310024_large.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/985/4621/2462310116_large.jpg

Front lip is cool too.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/985/4621/2462310026_large.jpg

[Dantesboyz]

no spoiler, even if i had an ///M i'd trade somebody boot lids

[jmo69]

I've got the same spoiler as you and I prefer it to no spoiler. When I had it off to fix a rust hole I didn't like the look.


one more thing before i get offline, if I take the spoiler off, what do I do about the weird "pad" things underneath where the spoiler mounts to the trunk?

When I took mine off it was bolted and taped on, so there are 5 holes, 4 mounting and 1 for the brake light wire.

[shogun]

these holes/tapes and mountings are also one of the reasons why I hesitate to attach the spoiler.

[Bowze]

^^soooooooooooo, bondo and paint are in my future?

[jmo69]

^^^ Sure sounds that way, might be better to have the holes welded shut, bondo is only temporary.

[shogun]

might be cheaper to get a used trunk lid in same colour instead of welding and paint works on the old one with the holes.

[Dantesboyz]

years ago i used to install wings on customer cars periodically, some times it looked good. other times, either because the way they looked, or the way $h!+ had to be altered on the vehicle to make installation possible... all i could do was shake my head. i liked the stock wing on my old b14 SER.

[Bowze]

well shi, now i feel stuck with the damn thing

[CGramme]

shoot i gots a black trunk with no spoiler i'll trade you. I also have the same front lip.. nice.... I personally like the lip spoiler the best but a duckbill will give me a boner if done right.

[Dantesboyz]

I personally like the lip spoiler the best but a duckbill will give me a boner if done right.

under the hood theres a little tube next to the washer fluid tank thant can help you with that:eyebrows. but only for the first few minutes after you start the car, so you gotta be fast:shifty

[jazasaguma]

bowse, where, did you get those transformers roundels?

[yoshioka90]

i would go wingless :\ but idk man ive seen some clean E36 with that rear spoiler though

[Bowze]

shoot i gots a black trunk with no spoiler i'll trade you. I also have the same front lip.. nice.... I personally like the lip spoiler the best but a duckbill will give me a boner if done right.

too bad you're in atlanta :(


bowse, where, did you get those transformers roundels?

its Bowze, and i got em off email for like $5, then (this is a little ghetto so dont hate) i spray painted some huge ass washers i got from the hardware store silver and.... used liquid nails to stick them to the car :cool

[SethuM]

no sppoiler,

[monkfish]

might be cheaper to get a used trunk lid in same colour instead of welding and paint works on the old one with the holes.

I agree with this. Put a WTT ad out on craigslist or similar for a black e36 trunk w/ no spoiler. I am 100% sure you will get some interest.

[Bowze]

I agree with this. Put a WTT ad out on craigslist or similar for a black e36 trunk w/ no spoiler. I am 100% sure you will get some interest.

good thinkin, i'll go ahead and do that!