New to the 850i car and community. Sorry if this has been covered before, but I have noticed two different lower black plastic valences or spoilers on 850s, of the same year and non-CSI.
Why the difference, and how do I know which part # to order to replace my broken one?
This is the one I have
lower lip type 2.jpg
Here it is with the extra lip:
lower lip type 2-2.jpg
And this is the other
lower lip type 1.jpg
Last edited by Bsangerman; 02-22-2018 at 02:51 PM.
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Posted this, but not sure why it didn't come up... I'll try again:
Thanks for the info. It doesn't seem available there, but what about #4? it's pictured above and missing on my car. What fasteners do I need?
29 R & L are present but are ripped, so i'll be replacing those as well.
Why did BMW make two different styles on the same years?
'91 850i 6spd
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Essentially, there is a non-CSi lower spoiler, and a CSi lower spoiler.
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hey guys- bringing this back out of curiosity about the 2 lower valance options. Was it a different year thing, part replacement?
'91 850i 6spd
Roger said it above -- there is CSi version, and a non-CSi version. Each version is the same regardless of model year. You can see the two different ones in my sig pic. However, lots of people put the CSi version on a non-CSi car. While it's probably sacrilege, I personally think the non-CSi version looks better, but I don't know anyone who would put a non-CSi front valence/spoiler on a CSi (including me).
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Mike Barrett
94 850CSi, Hellrot over silbergrau dunkel/silbergrau hell
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Sorry, you are correct -- I responded without going back to the very first post. However, if you look at the parts catalog, you'll see there are two different parts numbers (and parts) for the lower valance. The one (51-71-1-940-910) was superseded by a later version (51-71-8-152-310) after 9/1/1993. The later version is a one piece unit, while the earlier one is two pieces. They are interchangable on any non-CSi car.
Mike Barrett
94 850CSi, Hellrot over silbergrau dunkel/silbergrau hell
96 850Ci, Oxfordgrun over silbergrau hell
ahhh... 9/1/93 is the cut off... so anything i come across that doesn't follow that has later been replaced.
'91 850i 6spd
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