E53 front bumper skid plate replicas

[Ricky Bobby]

The terms and pricing are fine to me, let's just round up our 10 guys.

The problem is finding non iS people to buy it

[Ricky Bobby]

Kristophe

Kesslerbmw

StephenVA

SammyD? All posted interest I believe so far, I'd start pm'ing members and seeing if they want one.

What about ol uncle motordavid? Would look sharp on his 01

[Kristophe]

CW, will these be exact reproductions?

[Clockwork]

It will not have a part number or car manufacturer logo stamped onto it but rest will be same. Yes ive edited my first post so people may want to see it again.

[Kristophe]

Hey I'm in.

I appreciate all the legwork you've done on this, CW

[Clockwork]

My pleasure. Slimmbones should be a great gateway for us e53 owners to get other parts manufactured too by him. He offered his services. im glad to take him up on this.

[Riggodeaux]

Ricky Bobby pm'd me. I've now read the thread. I'm a tentative 'in,' pending a crawl under the front of mine to eyeball the existing bare-bones post-facelift 'sport' package vis the decorative skidplate. Since mine is sapphire black, I would probably leave it unpainted. ABS plastic, right? Clockwork, it might help to post comparison 'with and without' pix. At this pricepoint, looks good .......

[Ricky Bobby]

Sport package changes nothing about the front end Riggo, it attaches to your bumper. If you own a 2000-2006 E53 non-iS model this piece will fit your car and was made for it.

I would paint it Black Sapphire if I were you but you could leave unpainted.

A better pic of it with:



Without (used your picture so you can see there is nothing there):

[Riggodeaux]

On the possible infringement issue: to quote [sort of] the inimitable Admiral Grace Hopper, "Its better to ask forgiveness than permission." I think that applies to this run of 10-20 parts no longer made by bimmer and possibly not protected by law.

Obligatory disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Proceed at your own risk.

[Riggodeaux]

Thanks for the pix, RB. It may be that unpainted will 'match' [sort of ....] the flat/grey ABS bumper trim on my ride [pictured in your post!]. If there is a choice of ABS 'color' when the run is done, that might be a selling point for doing a color that matches the standard BMW trim. If not, I can always have it sprayed black sapphire, as I had to do with my replacement driver door handle. Don't ask me why I had to replace the door handle ........