[anthemavm]

Originally Posted by hybridel

The guys that don't have these installed seem pretty convinced they know better then those of us that actually have the part installed 😂

Ya'll need to find a hobby

A guy in the G87 forum was driving his brand new M2 and something hit him on the bottom. His engine is blown and he has like 200 miles. Not the first.

[joebie3]

I wonder if the thing that helps us is overall ground clearance, I figured the M2's are still lower than us even with coilovers.

[TacosRule!]

Originally Posted by DBU

I purchased the smaller grills for the two side openings that lead to the two auxiliary radiators and could not make them fit and stay. Ended up throwing them away.
Anyway, I believe our F97/F98 cars are a little safer than the M2 in that other thread. Reason being we are further off the ground. That oil cooler actually works in conjunction with the ground effect. Just like an F1 car theoretically could drive upside down due to the ground effect, our cars have at least some ground effect (lower air pressure underneath the car). Fun stuff.

well shit, i just purchased mine...

[hybridel]

Originally Posted by TacosRule!

well shit, i just purchased mine...

You'll be fine.

Definitely need a little bit of patience, but they weren't difficult to install. I had the whole set on in about 20 min

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by TacosRule!

well shit, i just purchased mine...

Bend the hooks out before installing them into the radiator opening instead of trying to use a screw driver through the grille to push the hook down.

[TacosRule!]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Bend the hooks out before installing them into the radiator opening instead of trying to use a screw driver through the grille to push the hook down.

thank you, appreciate the tip

[Bee Pee]

Originally Posted by hybridel

Incorrect.

I have these installed, and all of my drivers assistance functions work as they should.

Can also confirm drivers assistance works fine with zunsport centre grille in place.

[Bee Pee]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Until you take a rock or road debris to one & have to pay for a replacement. Unless you're tracking, any restriction to airflow would be negligible. I've got these on our X3MC & ordered similar screens for my M2.

Zunsport used my OG m2 to prototype their f87 OG grilles. Having owned the car for 6+ years and toutinely tracked it in UK and Europe with grilles in place, there’s no impact on efficiency in terms of airflow to the assorted rads/coolers/intercoolers.

As S58 has far more effective heat management systems than n55, stands to reason that stock s58 will cope just fine with zunsport grilles in-situ even when driven to extremis 😜

[Bee Pee]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Yeah, they replied to me this morning.

"Thank you I have forwarded these onto our Production manager who has confirmed it looks different from our development vehicle, looking at the images he thinks it may be difficult to fit a piece of mesh where the 3 arms are but in the new year he would like to see if he can find another development vehicle and investigate this further.
We will keep you updated of any developments."

Looking around under there, I don't see a functional nor structural reason for those three plastic "arms". You could cut them then use metal u-clips to then attach a mesh screen.

My post in the link below of my recent trip in LCI F97, being used by Zunsport to prototype oil cooler grille.

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=31079349

Waiting for call back to get the 1st off installed so will update in the thread linked above