This weekend I wanted to get my lower rocker side trim installed but I encountered a snag.
This is one of those areas where RealOEM fails us as convertible owners.
Here is the page for the body trim:
It lists needing a quantity of clamp 51131932865 to attach the lower rocker trim. It is missing multiple parts, however. First off, every 'vert that I have ever seen has has a rubber washer behind the clamps. Not hard to remedy, but an omission in RealOEM.
I went to Home Depot and bought a few bags of rubber washers in 5/16" and 3/8" size. Either one seems to work but I'd to all of them in 3/8" if I had to do it a gain- slightly thicker and it was easier to get the trim to "snap" in place with the clamp installed, yet it was not so thick that it left a gap between the trim and the body.
Next up I installed the white clips:
The next part is a more serious omission. The front attachment point of the lower trim is a small "nub" fastener that snaps in the channel in the trim and secures in a grommet in the lower front fender trim.
I had 1- just 1 out of 4 trim pieces on 2 cars- and used it on the driver's side. It looks like this:
Not only is the part number not listed, the part itself is not listed. I checked other diagrams and still cannot find reference to the part number.
I checked the M-Technic page: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_2003
I checked the fender page: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=41_0212
Nothing. Even the grommet is not listed on any page but I have a bag of those from other parts of the car.
Also, the trim (which did not come on my car so I had to buy it used from a forum member) has a weird rubber section right in the channel where the nub clip should go.
If I did not know better I'd say that they had updated the design to not require the nub clip but both this '89 and my late ('92) parts car have the same grommet & nub clip mounting mechanism and the hole in the lower body/fender is too large to accept one of the white clips - only a grommet & nub configuration will work.
I was able to remove the rubber part with needle nose pliers:
With the nub clip installed on the driver's side I installed the trim:
Still trying to locate a clip for the passenger side before I install that trim.
So this begs the question: What is the part number for the "nub" clip?
And does anyone have ONE that they would be willing to come off of?
This is one of those areas where RealOEM fails us as convertible owners.
Here is the page for the body trim:
It lists needing a quantity of clamp 51131932865 to attach the lower rocker trim. It is missing multiple parts, however. First off, every 'vert that I have ever seen has has a rubber washer behind the clamps. Not hard to remedy, but an omission in RealOEM.
I went to Home Depot and bought a few bags of rubber washers in 5/16" and 3/8" size. Either one seems to work but I'd to all of them in 3/8" if I had to do it a gain- slightly thicker and it was easier to get the trim to "snap" in place with the clamp installed, yet it was not so thick that it left a gap between the trim and the body.
Next up I installed the white clips:
The next part is a more serious omission. The front attachment point of the lower trim is a small "nub" fastener that snaps in the channel in the trim and secures in a grommet in the lower front fender trim.
I had 1- just 1 out of 4 trim pieces on 2 cars- and used it on the driver's side. It looks like this:
Not only is the part number not listed, the part itself is not listed. I checked other diagrams and still cannot find reference to the part number.
I checked the M-Technic page: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_2003
I checked the fender page: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=41_0212
Nothing. Even the grommet is not listed on any page but I have a bag of those from other parts of the car.
Also, the trim (which did not come on my car so I had to buy it used from a forum member) has a weird rubber section right in the channel where the nub clip should go.
If I did not know better I'd say that they had updated the design to not require the nub clip but both this '89 and my late ('92) parts car have the same grommet & nub clip mounting mechanism and the hole in the lower body/fender is too large to accept one of the white clips - only a grommet & nub configuration will work.
I was able to remove the rubber part with needle nose pliers:
With the nub clip installed on the driver's side I installed the trim:
Still trying to locate a clip for the passenger side before I install that trim.
So this begs the question: What is the part number for the "nub" clip?
And does anyone have ONE that they would be willing to come off of?
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