skid plate
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All of the south african built 325i's had one from factory.
It is a metal plate the bolts to the front subframe at the rea, and has a tubular frame at the front that bolts to the chassis.
I can't find a picture on the web, but I could take one of the one on my car sometime during the weekend maybe? They are really well built.
Mine hits the road a fair bit (good for sparks at night???) and half the time I wonder if it wouldn't hit at all if I didn't have it lol! but the odd time I've tried going up a drive with a big lip in the gutter and its hit, and I've been able to keep going knowing I'm not doing any damage means I'll never remove it.
It's also really good to jack the car up from - just put the jack under the tubular frame and lift.
It is a metal plate the bolts to the front subframe at the rea, and has a tubular frame at the front that bolts to the chassis.
I can't find a picture on the web, but I could take one of the one on my car sometime during the weekend maybe? They are really well built.
Mine hits the road a fair bit (good for sparks at night???) and half the time I wonder if it wouldn't hit at all if I didn't have it lol! but the odd time I've tried going up a drive with a big lip in the gutter and its hit, and I've been able to keep going knowing I'm not doing any damage means I'll never remove it.
It's also really good to jack the car up from - just put the jack under the tubular frame and lift.
from what i have found the first picture is what i believe to be the OEM skid plate offered by bmw but the second is more of what im looking for. a guy over on r3vlimeted makes them from 10 guage steel and powder coats them black and sells them for a reasonable price (about $215 shipped)
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OK mine is nothing like either of those.
The rear attaches in the same place and has a hole like the second one to allow access to the sump plug. Made of plate steel with small corrugations for extra strength.
Both of those attach to the front chassis crossmember which isn't all that strong. Mine attaches to the chassis rails in the wheel well.
This is the one in the parts catalogue, but is totally different to mine.
The rear attaches in the same place and has a hole like the second one to allow access to the sump plug. Made of plate steel with small corrugations for extra strength.
Both of those attach to the front chassis crossmember which isn't all that strong. Mine attaches to the chassis rails in the wheel well.
This is the one in the parts catalogue, but is totally different to mine.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1113&mospid=47309&btnr=51_1842&hg=51&fg=75
This is the factory part... which is in fact the first picture.
This is the factory part... which is in fact the first picture.
Correct, but as we all know, the ETK is not all-encompassing or entirely accurate. Often part no.s are out of date aswell (from my personal experience).
All of the SA cars I have seen (about a dozen) have the sump guard like mine. All of the pictures on google show the factory one like in the catalogue so obviously there were at least 2 factory sump guards.
All of the SA cars I have seen (about a dozen) have the sump guard like mine. All of the pictures on google show the factory one like in the catalogue so obviously there were at least 2 factory sump guards.
my cars at a stock ride height and i know the rear shocks are about three or four years old (bilstein sports) but i'm not too sure about the front ones. its just that here in Colorado we have some of the worst roads in the country from all the freezing and thawing water so my oil pan takes a bit of a beating
