The rear trim piece I ordered, after being back-ordered, has finally come in. I had hell of a time removing the cig lighter sockets from the old plastic trim which you can see in the third picture. I destroyed the old plastic trim, oh well.
It cost me $83.25 after the BMA CCA discount and after sales tax. The part numbers for the anthracite trim are (2 choices):
Piece with cutouts for rear seat heating/cig lighters: 51 16 7 141 074
A solid piece of trim, no cutouts at all: 51 16 7 153 768
So if you don't have rear seat heating you have to get the solid piece and loose the cig lights all together. Sorry, I don't know the part numbers for the poplar versions. I'm sure they're available if these are available.
Pics:
Pre-installation comparison:
The old trim on top which I cracked the plastic trying to take out the cig lighters... it took my engineering skills almost an hour to get this done. LOL.
Finished product, looks much better:
And finally just a picture of the rear in general. The new trim fits in nicely. The car should come this way from the factory. I'm sure eventually it will, if not already.
And here's a pic of the solid piece from someone elses car for those interested in that:
Hey, that's great to see. I gues you could also get the one with the cig lighters and if you don't have the heated rear seats, get some covers for the openings.....
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did they mention that their might be plug covers for the openings for the heated seat switches?
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us 530i born on 7 May 2004 (ED 17 June 2004) , sports, premium, cold, xenon, HUD, Nav, rear AB, fold down seats, steptronic, Olivin, auburn dakota, red euroflectors, rubber trunk mat, mesh tie down net, clear bra, mille miglia wheels w/winter tires on in winter (blizzaks LM-22)
I did not ask but I doubt it. The whole purpose of getting the new trim, besides to look better, was to get rid of those ugly pre-made cutouts in the plastic. I was kind of surprised to find that they didn't have a piece with only the cig lighter cutouts as I'd imagine that's a much more popular combination than cig+rear heater cutouts. Ask your dealer to do a search, maybe they'll find something!
That looks a WHOLE LOT better! I will talk to my parts guy about getting the Poplar insert that includes the button cutouts for the rear seat heaters, even though I don't have the rear heated seats. I'd rather have something there than nothing at all.
Worse comes to worst, and I'll just lose the back-seat cig-lighters and get the solid piece.
My E60 doesn't come with rear cigarette lighters and rear seat heating but instead of a blank/solid piece of plastic like in the photo. Mine has a compartment/storage area if I remember correctly.
How many different variations can there be?
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June 2010 - F10 525d SE Automatic - Black Sapphire, Black Dakota Leather, Style 330 Alloys, Sports Steering Wheel, Fine Brushed Aluminium Trim, Auto Dim Interior & Exterior Mirrors, Electric Folding Mirrors, Front Heated Seats, Sun Protection Glass, Visibility Package (Adaptive Headlights, Headlight Wash, High-beam Assistant, Xenon Headlights), Media Package - Professional Media (Bluetooth Telephone Preparation with telematics, BMW ConnectedDrive - Assist, ConnectedDrive - Online, BMW Professional Multimedia Navigation System, Voice Control)
Dec 2003 - E60 530i SE Manual - Titanium Silver, Black Nasca Leather, Style 123 Alloys, Active Steering, Sports Suspension, Sports Steering Wheel, De-Chrome, Bi-Xenons including Headlight Washer Jets, Advanced A/C, Auto Dim Interior & Exterior Mirrors, Electric Folding Mirrors, Comfort Seats - Active, Ventilated/Heated, Poplar Wood Trim, Grad. Tint Windscreen, Sun Protection Glass, Front Centre Sliding Armrest, CD Changer, Service Inclusive Package, Chrome Grille.
I think I'll probably get the poplar version once the part numbers are known. (No real rush for me so I probably will wait until someone else discovers the correct P/N's.)
For now, the burning question is -- do you have to be an admin to post multiple pics on one post or am I missing something obvious??
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2011 550i in Alpine White/Venetian Beige Dakota Leather/Light Wood Trim with: M-Sport Package, Sport Automatic Transmission, Active Ventilated Seat Package, Convenience Package, Cold Weather Package, Driver Assistance Package, Dynamic Handling Package, Premium Package 2, Integral Active Steering, Ski Bag, Split Fold-Down Rear Seats, 4-Zone Automatic Climate Control, Side and Top View Cameras, Head-up Display, Smartphone Integration, Night Vision with Pedestrian Detection, and Combox Controller. (In other words, I got everything except x-Drive and the Rear Seat Entertainment System...) Build completed October 6, 2010. Current software version = F010-10-09-522 (ISTA version 2.39.4)
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