With Or Without?

[Doughnut]

Well, soon the boot lid will be having the rust removed and repainted.
I dunno weather to leave the lip spoiler on, or take it off.

For the time being, im leaning towards leaving it on.

Comments.

with,

without (Arrow too rust)

 

[Tom]

I think it will look good when its painted

 

[frolf]

keep it on, keep it black

 

[Big Daddy]

I say leave it and leave it the factory color.

 

[E30m42cab]

I say leave it on, but paint it the colour of the body.

 

[frolf]

if you keep it black it matches your bumper

 

[foolonrampage]

Keep the spoiler! it looks good

 

[bavarianjames]

I agree (referring to painting it the same color as the body), it would look more subtle, but good.

 

[Doughnut]

Thanks for all the input.
Ive decided to keep the spoiler on however ill have to buy a new one as this ones guts have all rusted out (mounting studs and all)
Thanks ill post pics when its all done happy easter

 

[dinan5i]

good decision. keep it black!

 

[Detrich]

it'll look nice & clean after it's painted... w/o the lip.

 

[Dan0384]

While the e30 does look good without the spoiler, I personally prefer to have it...of course I'm also a fan of having it painted. I've owned 2 e30's, one with the lip and one without and the lip just seems to add some what of a finishing touch.

just my 2 cents

 

[Doughnut]

if you keep it black it matches your bumper

If i were to paint it i feel as though what frolf said is right... I'm hoping a body kit will find me for the right price (plastic painted the same as the car) then i'd maybe paint it the same colour as the body. got any pics od the cars with euro bumpers and painted lip spoiler.
All 2's cents appreciated!

 

[E30m42cab]

I dunno, as I can see in your photo with the spoiler on, there is a bit of warping going on. Could this be due to the unprotected (by paint) plastic being eaten away UV light from the sun? As I scan through some of my favourite pics of E30's, only one has that spoiler on the back... all the rest are nice and smoothe (execpt the M3's of course).
Here are some of my favourite... Euro plastic bumpers, no spoiler:

Yeah, so if you're going to keep it on, paint it to protect it.

 

[Dan0384]

kinda off-topic, but what exactly do you guys mean by plastic euro bumpers? All of the ones you show seem to just have the standard 88-91 bumpers. The euro ones I know of are like doughnut's and don't poke out like the US 84-87 ones.

 

[Big Daddy]

you are correct in the four photos above those are standard bumpers.

 

[Doughnut]

I dunno, as I can see in your photo with the spoiler on, there is a bit of warping going on. Could this be due to the unprotected (by paint) plastic being eaten away UV light from the sun?

The boot has bends in it that will require panel beating which is why the spoiler is warped and is the reason for the rust as it lifted the paint.
I have a feeling that at some point the boot lid was replaced as the original was fully rooted? i cannot see any parts (from inside the boot or out) of crash damage, i spose it will be a one of those "never to be answered" questions and needs fixing regardless

good on ya scotty, i really love those pictures of the e30's without the lip spoiler, i dunno what to do im 50/50 now LOL!

 

[Big Daddy]

Actually what has been talked about is a deck lid spoiler, the "lip" spolier is the lowest spoiler on the front bumper, common on e30 "is" models.

 

[Big Daddy]

Here is a photo of the Zender rear deck spoiler I had on my e30 318is

And the front lip spoiler:

 

[selavia]

Dan, how could you get rid of that 318is? That is beautiful!