Replacement inner wheel arches?

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Treeman612
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Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:42 am

Bought what I thought was replacement inner rear wheel arch, turned out to be outer wheel arch. That'll teach me to read the web page properly!
does anybody sell a replacement inner wheel arch section for a 4 door saloon? - When the outer arch turned up, I just decided f**k it, I aint going to try to fabricate a new arch section and weld it in (involves draining and dropping f/tank, etc) - so I repaired it with expamet and glass-fibre :eek: The repair looks great, although I know it not as structurally as good as welded-in metal, and before anyone tells me about body shell strength on a monocoque depending on all body sections being interelated, the rusty cr*p I have repaired sure didn't have much strength to it!
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Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:41 pm

BMW sell both in and outer rear wheel arches.

LEFT REAR INNER WHEELHOUSE 41111965239
RIGHT REAR INNER WHEELHOUSE 41141939422

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=41&fg=25

Outers were Ԛ£50 each, can't imagine the inners are much different
'89 Touring - slightly rippled with a rusty underside
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Post Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:56 pm

Those are the wrong part numbers.

You have given the part numbers for the inner section of the wheel well. I believe he wants the outer section of the wheel well (the bit that joins the outer arch at the wheel arch lip).

The part number also changes between early and late bodyshells.

Early 4 door:

41 14 1 911 149 - Left
41 14 1 911 150 - Right

Late 4 door:

41 14 1 972 591 - Left
41 14 1 972 592 - Right

They are all around Ԛ£65 each.

Cheers,

Ian.
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