Hi,

Could anyone tell me if they will go straight on or is their a bit of cutting involved to get them on? For those who have done it, do the wheel arch flares marry up ok? I know they don't with the R56 JCW side skirts but not too sure about the OEM ones. Any help is greatly appreciated

 

Given that R56 factory and JCW side skirts are direct replacements for each other, and R56 JCW side skirts are NOT a direct fit on an R53, it would be logical to assume that a factory R56 side skirt won't directly fit on an R53 either.

I'm wondering why you would want to do this. A factory R56 side skirt looks almost the same as an R53 side skirt, so why not just use the R53 version?

 

Because that is all I can get at the moment for a reasonable price.

 

It has been done by a couple folks already...

http://www.motoringunderground.com/f...t=18353&page=4

 

and here too, I do like it.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...it-to-r53.html