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Guys my door handle carrier broken

Bmw quoted £218

I know it's a fairly easy fix part alone is £100

There are a lot cheaper parts available

What you guys think of following

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0857545693

Also anyone around Coventry area that could give me a hand or reccomebd someone?

Hi. I got the same carrier. It's OK. Still feels a bit stiff to open door. Don't know if its related or not.

There is a how to guide somewhere that I used. Its not very difficult if your handy with tools.

Bit far from you otherwise would have given you a hand

Hi mate thanks for reply

Yeah watched the YouTube tourial from Bav works

Only issue is I am very heavy handed and fear I'll end up breaking something (I always do when comes to u interior trims etc)

I ordered a carrier off ebay and had a nightmare trying to get it in. You need the hands of a midget to line everything up and then a third hand to screw it in.

It may have been my heavy handed application or a rubbish quality part off ebay but the thing ended up snapping off in my hand again.

Booked it in the garage in the end, best £200 I ever spent!  )

Buy cheap buy twice I bought my X5 with the door carrier having been done before I picked it up it lasted 6 months approx I replaced it with a genuine part he had an inferior part used.

But are febi bilsten OEM parts supplier

Febi its not oem but its very good quality, get it.

My drivers door handle went after my 3yr tried to open the door. I booked it into BMW as the part and labour came with 3yr warranty. Piece of mind incase the little one or wife manages to break it again.

I replaced mine last week, £82 all in from BMW, took about an hour to fit and works perfect.  I also thought about buying cheap but the horror stories I read, it didn't justify the effort.

Very easy to fit, just take your time

fitted bit of a pain as i have big hands but all good