So I thought I'd put this little tidbit here:
I removed my cruise control system and was left with a hole in the steering column. I was looking to replace it with the factory piece from non cruise cars but couldn't find a unique part number.
Well last week I found said cover at the junkyard (old 325e) and managed to remove it with the steering wheel on and locked without breaking it (FUN TIMES - man handled the 4 spoke steering wheel to bend the wheel enough to access the two phillips screws on top of the column, took about a half hour of swearing and sweating)
Anywho, here's the bit that I wanted to document for future searchers. This only applies to NON-airbag cars. It's the same damn cover. The hole for the cruise control is a factory punch out.
32311152206 is the P/N and I'd be interested in finding out if someone ordered a new one if the punchout would still be intact or not.
And threads are worthless without pictures, so here you go:
I removed my cruise control system and was left with a hole in the steering column. I was looking to replace it with the factory piece from non cruise cars but couldn't find a unique part number.
Well last week I found said cover at the junkyard (old 325e) and managed to remove it with the steering wheel on and locked without breaking it (FUN TIMES - man handled the 4 spoke steering wheel to bend the wheel enough to access the two phillips screws on top of the column, took about a half hour of swearing and sweating)
Anywho, here's the bit that I wanted to document for future searchers. This only applies to NON-airbag cars. It's the same damn cover. The hole for the cruise control is a factory punch out.
32311152206 is the P/N and I'd be interested in finding out if someone ordered a new one if the punchout would still be intact or not.
And threads are worthless without pictures, so here you go: