Rear - BMW F97 Technical Training Manual

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
3.￿Body
3.2.3.￿Rear
Exhaust￿tailpipes
The￿four￿round￿exhaust￿tailpipes,￿which￿are￿typical￿of￿BMW￿M￿vehicles,￿are￿a￿distinctive￿design￿feature.
F97￿rear
The￿bumper￿panel￿has￿been￿carried￿over￿from￿the￿G01￿with￿M￿Sport￿package￿and￿is￿a￿four-piece
construction.￿The￿upper￿bumper￿trim￿panel￿with￿PDC￿mounts￿is￿painted￿in￿body￿color.￿The￿lower
bumper￿panel￿with￿PDC￿mounts￿is￿painted￿in￿body￿color￿and￿has￿also￿been￿carried￿over￿from￿the￿G01
M￿Sport￿package.￿The￿lower￿diffuser￿has￿been￿adapted￿to￿suit￿the￿four￿M-specific￿tailpipes￿and￿is
painted￿in￿body￿color.￿The￿ornamental￿grill￿in￿the￿center￿of￿the￿bumper￿panel￿has￿a￿black￿grained￿finish.
F97￿rear￿view￿(Competition)
The￿optional￿radar￿sensors￿for￿the￿driver￿assistance￿systems￿of￿the￿F97￿are￿integrated￿in￿the￿sides/rear
the￿same￿as￿on￿the￿G01￿standard￿production￿model.
The￿F97￿also￿features￿an￿M-specific￿rear￿spoiler￿on￿the￿tailgate￿which￿improves￿the￿aerodynamics￿and
also￿accentuates￿the￿F97￿vehicle's￿sports￿styling.
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