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      11-29-2006, 04:58 PM   #1
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How to remove the engine cover?

Hey people! Have any of you removed the grey engine cover and leave it like that? I'm just wondering because the engine cover seems pretty useless
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Heres a DIY of how to remove the engine cover. its pretty easy since don't have to undo any bolts because the bolts are fake
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...t=engine+cover
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Thank you saske90! Could anything happen if I drive without the engine cover?
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Why would you want to do that even though it's 'useless'?
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      11-29-2006, 08:33 PM   #5
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its ugly without it.
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      11-29-2006, 09:01 PM   #6
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Quote:
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its ugly without it.
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It looks absolutely awful without it.
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its ugly without it.
took it out for a couple of weeks. then decided to put it back on. its ugly without it.

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