I bought some front wings from BMW,
And my bodywork guy has just rung to say one side is 8mm shorted in width, than the other.
Does sound familiar to anyone?
As buying them straight from BMW was a pretty painful process for my wallet and my mentality.
Front wings from BMW
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andysheep
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Tell bmw ,i had this problem and lack off curvture on the top but mine were £70 each from taiwan,so give bmw a bollocking ,you payed for them to fit properly
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There was a thread on here a few months back that they are now BMW "approved" parts rather than originals. I'm likely to be buying a pair myself and recently queried this at the main dealer. They assured me they would be a perfect fit...
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Danish2323
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Ah, should of searched for that first then...
Still, I'd probably of still risked bmw than some ebay specials
I'll give them that one side did fit perfectly haha
Still, I'd probably of still risked bmw than some ebay specials
I'll give them that one side did fit perfectly haha
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Skinhead
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Last ones I had, were from S/A factory, bang on the money!
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its bizzare that there are probs from bmw with there wings, but nothing is surprising anymore ! 
id be happy to sell my VGC original wings if anybody wants 'em £70 each, 
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My £120 "BMW Approved" wing was no better than what ECP were charging £20 for at the time, will have been about 10 years ago now.darkchild wrote:There was a thread on here a few months back that they are now BMW "approved" parts rather than originals. I'm likely to be buying a pair myself and recently queried this at the main dealer. They assured me they would be a perfect fit...
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Mr-Lachs
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I'm needing a pair as well, my mate is the parts manager at the local BMW Dealership, he's quoted me £361.49.
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its in primer everybody, arrange yr carriage or pick up e. london, thanx.
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Mr-Lachs
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Send us a pm mate with more details if you can please , are these used originals? They would need to be dent, rust, and filler freebrutus wrote:its bizzare that there are probs from bmw with there wings, but nothing is surprising anymore !
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Some 'mate'Mr-Lachs wrote:I'm needing a pair as well, my mate is the parts manager at the local BMW Dealership, he's quoted me £361.49.
BMW have been cashing in on chinese scrap for many years now, its only going to get worse