» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 06-01-2024 03:04 PM 7 Replies, 428,733 Views | | | | | | 02-27-2004, 09:16 AM | #1 | Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 77 | I Decided that the rear of the car will look complete with a rear wing on it. In my experience, I've seen three good looking rear wings for the Ti. 1. The BMW OEM Rear wing. Pretty conservative relative to other tuners out there, except for the fact that it has a bad ass authentic ///M technic symbol smack dab in the middle of it. Classy and makes the car look sporty. 2. The Hartge 318ti compact hatchback rear spoiler. eg http://www.hartge.de/part5a.jpg http://www.hartge.de/part9a.jpg http://www.hartge.de/assets/images/E36compact.jpg http://i16.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/64/f5/bb_1_b.JPG Unique Styling, still relatively conservative. Only issue is, I can't seem to get a good angle on how it actually looks. It protrudes pretty significantly out of the rear it seems, almost in a duck tail fashion. Too much of that could be a no-no. But I'd like to see more of it if possible. 3. The rieger rear wing for the e36 Compact. http://www.318ti.org/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=102 Aggressive, but not over the top, I think it transforms the car well. Of course the rear apron is executed quite well on this pic too, so that could have something to do with it. From what I understand, this rear wing could possibly require modification of the rear wiper or the rear antennae. My memory fails me, but I recall there being an issue with one of the two... I emailed the AMI staff (a us distributer of rieger), but the rep didn't know better of any modification required. jedermann sprechen Deutsches? Impressions anyone? Additional suggestions to stir the pot?? -Writeb | | | 02-27-2004, 11:22 PM | #2 | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 | I'm going with the M3GT rear wing with risers. I have a pic in my personal photos if you want to see it. | | | 02-27-2004, 11:29 PM | #3 | Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: england Posts: 68 | i've ordered a oem one.i think the hartge is nice as well. better stick in one "styling mode" like ///m? | | | 02-28-2004, 03:01 AM | #4 | Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vallejo, CA Posts: 47 | I like the OEM as well, but was considering the painted version from BavAuto. Didn't know about the ///M on the orig. though! I really like the looks of the Rieger. Much like the one on the M3. What's the cost dif.? Has anybody had luck with the ones on eBay? Very factory-like. Gary __________________ [size=-2]95 Sport-Alpine White-5sp conversion, M3 clutch, 3.72 E30-LSD, Bilstein PSS-9s, 3"stainless-TriFlo, 17s from 330i staggared w/BFG KDWs, DASC K&N w/foglight intake, cross-drilled BavAuto rear rotors w/Pagids, 4-pot Brembos w/drilled 320mm front rotors, stainless lines, BimmerWorld RSMs. BavAuto front splitters. M-Style rear spoiler, tower brace, X-brace. | | | 03-13-2004, 03:59 PM | #5 | Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NC Posts: 36 | Quote: Originally Posted by J!m I'm going with the M3GT rear wing with risers. I have a pic in my personal photos if you want to see it. | has anyone on here done this spoiler? i'd like to see it. btw, i've never been to keen on the hartge ti spoiler...and really dont like much of anything that reiger produces, and that wing is no different...stick M technik __________________ Trevor '88 Four-Eyed 'Fridge - '89 325is - '91 318is - '90 325is | | | 03-22-2004, 11:48 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 234 | MTechnik or Hartge. the more i see the Hartge the more it grows on me. __________________ | | | 03-26-2004, 01:14 AM | #7 | islander on the mainland Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 286 | I like the OEM and Hartge, but you don't often see a Hartge spoiler on a ti, so that might be a better choice if you want to be different. BTW, where were you planning to get the Hartge spoiler and how much? I'm actually considering that one and the Racing Dynamics spoiler ($185.25 before tax & shipping). It's a bit plain and simple, but clean. Link to picture of RD spoiler __________________ moku 1996 318ti Cali Top w/ Downing/Atlanta Supercharger 2003 M3 w/ CSL trunk, splitters, & diffuser | | | 03-30-2004, 06:30 PM | #8 | Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 77 | Actually, the Hartge I saw was on Ebay.. I don't see it anymore though... the price escapes me right now.. sorry.. | | | 06-11-2004, 02:42 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tulsa/Ft Worth Posts: 102 | I spent a long while shopping for spoilers, and finally decided on a universal spoiler from Wings West that fits almost perfectly on the shallow rear Ti deck. You'd have to search around a bit but I'm sure they still sell it in the universal wing section of Wings West for a decent price. You can see pics of it on my car in my album. __________________ uhm...yeah...Vrooom | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |