motor sport arches

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:02 pm

hi can anyone with a 2010 onwards m sport have a look at their rear arches underneath and tell me if they car looks like this ,suspect dealer has forgot to fit clips or some kind of plastic rivet to car,thanks if someone could photograph theirs and i could then compare thanks to all.

stevox5 · Post by **stevox5** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:07 pm

Definately should have rivets fitted in there they are one fit only.

HTH

mogsyman · Post by **mogsyman** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:10 pm

Ours has plastic fixings, but I guess you're talking about the same fixing?

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X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:49 pm

Does this Realoem diagram help at all? It looks as if there should be a number of rivets fitted.

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:54 pm

thanks guys does anyone know the exact part number at all, otherwise its a 60 mile round trip back to the dealer thanks

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:57 pm

Looks like items 14 screw piccie & 15 rivet piccie on the diagram. If I'm reading it right, it's one of each on each side. Screw at the lower point, rivet in the upper one. Part numbers on the drawing.

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:32 pm

struggling to find these parts online any help looking on e bay and cant find a match for 51777171004

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:47 pm

Think theseare the ones you want.

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:42 am

thanks mate ive just ordered them

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:28 pm

I remembered that the dealer had taken these off a few months ago and resprayed them so I sent them the pictures and they have accepted that they did not refit the rivets for some reason it had been overlooked ,so are sending someone out to fit the correct plastic rivets as you need a special tool to fit them.

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:10 pm

That's a bit of a result then. 1. Getting the Dealer to cough to it, and 2. Getting them to come to you and fix it.....well done

:bigthanx:

Flog · Post by **Flog** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:14 am

Denys, did you get hem resprayed because of chipping? My arches are shameful (see post on 20"wheels) and need replacing or painting and was wondering if you had done under warranty?

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:18 am

Hi yes i did get them and the sills done under warranty also they fitted the 3m clear protection tape for free after i showed the stone chips to the dealer ,there are lots of cases of BMW doing this under warranty ,be persistant as they tried to fob me off,until i showed them the print outs from this forum.took me a few weeks to get them to admit it but in the end they agreed to do it and replaced two wheels as well,incidently last week they came out to my house and replaced the rivets as well,which they forgot to refit.

dennys · Post by **dennys** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:25 am

see this link
http://xdrivers.co.uk/forum/https://xdr ... 565#p44565

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