BMW bumper parts needed!

[24lemons]

Just had a close encounter with a goose in the road. Result is 1 ex-goose sadly, and a slightly damaged bumper with the tow hook cover missing and the lower grille and right hand side air scoop damaged. The car is a 2012 E92 320d sport plus coupe in Le Mans blue.

Any suggestions for reasonably priced parts suppliers are much appreciated. A quick eBay search hasn't turned up much so far. Thanks!!!

[KungFuPanda]

Parts Gateway or see if a decent bodyshop can repair the bumper and get the ancillaries from a dealership?

[kev b]

Try Quarry motors or another of the specialist BMW breakers.

[GOG440]

E9x Msport bumpers are like hens teeth.
They are a popular upgrade for non msport cars so are difficult to find at a reasonable price.
I only know because I damaged mine last year (not too badly) so I have been keeping an eye out in all the obvious places for 12 months

[24lemons]

kev b said:

Try Quarry motors or another of the specialist BMW breakers.

Do you have any names in mind for the breakers? I know a local body shop so I'll give them a ring in the morning

[E-bmw]

Quarry motors like 'e said.

[kev b]

I have used Quarry in the past and had good service, I have not tried any other BMW specialists.

24/7, breaker yard, parts gateway etc gives variable results, from outright liars to superb, you can usually tell the dodgy ones when you phone up, I will never buy body panels again without a picture or better collecting personally.

One guys "a couple of stone chips" might mean it was recently removed from a stock car racer.

If you are looking for a specific colour part then you must ask six or seven times to confirm it is the colour you need, breakers can be selectively colour blind if it gets a sale.

Be sure you know what you want, part numbers, paint codes, vin numbers etc, some breakers will send anything out, hoping you won't bother to return an incorrect part.

[24lemons]

Thanks I've tried quarry but they didn't have anything so I ended up paying £20 for a new one and I'll paint it myself. One of he air scoops looks broken too but that is a bumper off job and I don't know if I can be arsed to do that really. You can't really notice it unless you look for it!