E46 330ci coupe sport. Front arch liner help

[RanchoGrande]

Hi, the inner front arch liner has been ripped off and wrecked following a bumper/kerb incident. Bumper is fine, it just ripped off the underside plastic bits.

I bought a replacement from ebay but it's a poor copy of the part and is slightly smaller than the original part so doesn't quite fit. According to real OEM the part number is 51718224986 but when I search for this part number various slightly different looking parts come up at different prices. Rather than me keep buying bits until I get the exact one can anyone offer some help/guidance to how I can get the exact part I need?

thanks in advance

Edited by RanchoGrande on Sunday 11th June 12:09

[4rephill]

Have you tried Quarry Motors? : http://www.quarrymotors.co.uk/

They will have an original used BMW part removed from a damaged car and are very good people to do business with.

If not, try a BMW dealers - The part is showing as being @ $46 on RealOEM, which in My experience would make it @ £46 at the dealers

[Mr Tidy]

I met a big bird in my E46 Compact a year ago - ripped the O/S/F arch liner out and displaced the brake cooling duct.

That is the problem with fat birds, but I probably shouldn't Grouse!

Anyway I got the arch liner from BMW in a few days for about £45, and the brake duct for about £20 - great service!

When I got to sorting it I discovered the brake duct was still there, just displaced in the arch, so if you need one of those for free just PM me.

[RanchoGrande]

4rephill said:

Have you tried Quarry Motors? : http://www.quarrymotors.co.uk/

They will have an original used BMW part removed from a damaged car and are very good people to do business with.

If not, try a BMW dealers - The part is showing as being @ $46 on RealOEM, which in My experience would make it @ £46 at the dealers

thanks, I'll give them a try.

[RanchoGrande]

Mr Tidy said:

I met a big bird in my E46 Compact a year ago - ripped the O/S/F arch liner out and displaced the brake cooling duct.

That is the problem with fat birds, but I probably shouldn't Grouse!

Anyway I got the arch liner from BMW in a few days for about £45, and the brake duct for about £20 - great service!

When I got to sorting it I discovered the brake duct was still there, just displaced in the arch, so if you need one of those for free just PM me.

thanks for the offer! I think my brake duct is OK although I'm not sure what it looks like. It's not the entire liner that has been ripped out, just the bottom front bit that covers the area where the fog light lives.