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      01-31-2020, 05:24 PM   #1
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      01-31-2020, 05:45 PM   #2
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Great product description ECS: "Individualize your 1 series by ditching the boring stock bumper in favor of this sporty and aggressive BMW Performance bumper."
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      02-01-2020, 01:43 AM   #3
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Great product description ECS: "Individualize your 1 series by ditching the boring stock bumper in favor of this sporty and aggressive BMW Performance bumper."
The funny thing is that I find the stock 135i bumper to be sharper and more aggressive looking.
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      02-01-2020, 03:07 AM   #4
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Great product description ECS: "Individualize your 1 series by ditching the boring stock bumper in favor of this sporty and aggressive BMW Performance bumper."
The funny thing is that I find the stock 135i bumper to be sharper and more aggressive looking.
I think it's geared to the 128 crowd

There are three basic styles of front bumper. 138, 135 & 1M. Then there's some subtle differences for pre vs post LCI which was for the 2011-2012 model year change.

Here are pics in order - 128 - 135 - 1M.
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      02-01-2020, 03:19 PM   #5
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These aero bumpers have been listed on the ecs site for as long as I can remember.
What someone should be looking at is the part number since this bumper here does not have the holes for the headlight washers.
If I remember correctly this bumper cost me less than 500 straight from BMW with the headlight washer holes

EDIT:
This is also just the bumper. The correct grills and ducting still need to be sourced for your respective car.
I can provide the list of parts that I ended up using for anyone that's interested
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      02-01-2020, 03:29 PM   #6
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These aero bumpers have been listed on the ecs site for as long as I can remember.
What someone should be looking at is the part number since this bumper here does not have the holes for the headlight washers.
If I remember correctly this bumper cost me less than 500 straight from BMW with the headlight washer holes

EDIT:
This is also just the bumper. The correct grills and ducting still need to be sourced for your respective car.
I can provide the list of parts that I ended up using for anyone that's interested
That'd be awesome since I want to go from my 1M bumper to the bmw performance bumper
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      02-02-2020, 06:35 PM   #7
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That'd be awesome since I want to go from my 1M bumper to the bmw performance bumper


The above image shows all the part numbers and quantities that I ended up purchasing when doing this myself.
This was for a 2011 135i with pop out headlight washers
A few things to note,
Items 17, 21, 22, 29, 30, & 32 turned out to not be necessary for my car. Though I think that that 29 may be needed for 128i's.
The part number for the sideskirts is also here, but I doubt you'll find them
and item 23 is for the airduct kit, for the oil cooler and brakes, but does not include the blank piece that goes on the drivers side. I don't have that part listed on here but you can find it on realOEM
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      02-03-2020, 07:52 PM   #8
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Easy to delete the headlight washers, one of our forum members TUN3D did an excellent DIY for it.

Then use Carly to code it out.
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Originally Posted by MrKevinRosales View Post
These aero bumpers have been listed on the ecs site for as long as I can remember.
What someone should be looking at is the part number since this bumper here does not have the holes for the headlight washers.
If I remember correctly this bumper cost me less than 500 straight from BMW with the headlight washer holes

EDIT:
This is also just the bumper. The correct grills and ducting still need to be sourced for your respective car.
I can provide the list of parts that I ended up using for anyone that's interested
Hey! I'm debating on whether to do a 128i M Sport front bumper or the BMW Aero as I've seen this bumper on sale as well. However I don't know the necessary parts for this conversion (to BMW Aero). I have a 2013 128i with the stock LCI bumper as shown by Gangplank in the posts above.

Thanks in advance for your time!
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      04-09-2020, 12:02 PM   #10
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Hey! I'm debating on whether to do a 128i M Sport front bumper or the BMW Aero as I've seen this bumper on sale as well. However I don't know the necessary parts for this conversion (to BMW Aero). I have a 2013 128i with the stock LCI bumper as shown by Gangplank in the posts above.

Thanks in advance for your time!
If you look on RealOEM there should be all the parts you need. Since you have a non-M-Sport bumper, you need a little adapter panel for the underbody. I think it comes with the bumper, though? From what I remember the bumper ships with a bunch of extra little parts. The only thing it doesn't include is the extra air-ducting that the 135i's need (that was sold as a separate kit).

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=03_0138
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      04-09-2020, 06:25 PM   #11
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At the bottom of this page is basically a list of the extra parts you will need...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong or if anything extra is needed...
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      04-09-2020, 08:23 PM   #12
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Hey! I'm debating on whether to do a 128i M Sport front bumper or the BMW Aero as I've seen this bumper on sale as well. However I don't know the necessary parts for this conversion (to BMW Aero). I have a 2013 128i with the stock LCI bumper as shown by Gangplank in the posts above.

Thanks in advance for your time!
If you look on RealOEM there should be all the parts you need. Since you have a non-M-Sport bumper, you need a little adapter panel for the underbody. I think it comes with the bumper, though? From what I remember the bumper ships with a bunch of extra little parts. The only thing it doesn't include is the extra air-ducting that the 135i's need (that was sold as a separate kit).

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=03_0138

do you know what the adapter part number may be?

Edit: is it this?

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...s/51750432379/
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      04-09-2020, 08:25 PM   #13
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Hey! I'm debating on whether to do a 128i M Sport front bumper or the BMW Aero as I've seen this bumper on sale as well. However I don't know the necessary parts for this conversion (to BMW Aero). I have a 2013 128i with the stock LCI bumper as shown by Gangplank in the posts above.

Thanks in advance for your time!
If you look on RealOEM there should be all the parts you need. Since you have a non-M-Sport bumper, you need a little adapter panel for the underbody. I think it comes with the bumper, though? From what I remember the bumper ships with a bunch of extra little parts. The only thing it doesn't include is the extra air-ducting that the 135i's need (that was sold as a separate kit).

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=03_0138

do you know what the adapter part number may be?
It's #4 in the RealOEM link I posted, but I'm positive it comes with the bumper. All the pieces pictured are part of the kit.
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      04-12-2020, 12:06 AM   #14
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It's #4 in the RealOEM link I posted, but I'm positive it comes with the bumper. All the pieces pictured are part of the kit.
Is a new belly pan needed as I do know the M Sport one is different than the Stock for the base front bumper to M Sport conversion and wanted to know if the same applied to the Aero Performance bumper
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Is a new belly pan needed as I do know the M Sport one is different than the Stock for the base front bumper to M Sport conversion and wanted to know if the same applied to the Aero Performance bumper
If you have the standard front bumper you will need it, if you have the M Sport front bumper you don't.

This is due to the engine undertray cover is different from standard to M Sport Bumper, so they added this extra part in case the car doesn't have the M Sport you can easily get the Performance bumper installed without having to buy the new engine undertray which is more expensive.

In my case I bought an used one that brought that belly pan, but I had already bought the M Sport engine undertray since mine was broken, so I didn't needed to use it.
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Here is the installation guide where you can see the parts needed

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If you have the standard front bumper you will need it, if you have the M Sport front bumper you don't.

This is due to the engine undertray cover is different from standard to M Sport Bumper, so they added this extra part in case the car doesn't have the M Sport you can easily get the Performance bumper installed without having to buy the new engine undertray which is more expensive.

In my case I bought an used one that brought that belly pan, but I had already bought the M Sport engine undertray since mine was broken, so I didn't needed to use it.
My 128i came with the standard bumper and I retrofitted the M Sport bumper. The connection between the undertray and center of the M sport bumper is not quite right, would installing this adapter piece solve the issue or is it only for the Aero bumper to work?
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Is a new belly pan needed as I do know the M Sport one is different than the Stock for the base front bumper to M Sport conversion and wanted to know if the same applied to the Aero Performance bumper
No, the adapter is meant to compensate for the dimensional difference between the two different splash shields. It basically will make your current tray bolt up the same as the M-Sport one.

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My 128i came with the standard bumper and I retrofitted the M Sport bumper. The connection between the undertray and center of the M sport bumper is not quite right, would installing this adapter piece solve the issue or is it only for the Aero bumper to work?
Should work! The M-Sport cars don't need any modification to fit the Aero bumper, so the bolt pattern must be the same between the two.
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Just going to post as a warning: When i bought my bumper from the dealership it took about 3 months to get, and they shipped me 4 bumpers, 3 of which was incorrect. I dont remember what the number was, but BMW use to sell a kit that included everything. If i ordered the kit it came with a bumper for like a 118i or 120i, something we dont get in NA. What we ended up having top do is order the kit, take the hardware from it, send the kit back and order just the aero bumper based off its specific part number.
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Anyone still want to buy the Aero performance bumper? I have one in pristine condition (no scratch) that I might replace with the M sport one. It's in alpine white.
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