Hi
The lower B Piller trim (identified in yellow in the picture below) is worn from me getting in/out of the car. The matt black rubbery trim has worn away in places to the shiney black plastic underneath. BMW say this is normal wear and tear and is not covererd by the warranty, even though I disagree they wont pay for replacement:
I think this is a common world-wide problem with this trim, is any of your cars worn in the same areas???
my options are:
(a) Buy from a dealer - EXPENSIVE!
(b) Attempt to repair myself with spray paint or get a company to repair it
(c) leave it alone and live with it
(d) source a used (2nd hand) part
Does anyone know of a place where i could source this panel (both the left & right side if possible) in Black from a scrapped-vehicle supplier in Germany, who would ship to the UK? There isnt really any scrapped E65 cars here in the UK yet.
Price for each side NEW from a UK Dealer is £100 UK POUNDS. Obviosuly the used part from the scrapped car would have to have no wear marks on it.....
The details & part numbers for the trim is in the following link (its number 8):
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...45&hg=51&fg=55
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
Thank you all in advance!
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