Holy expensive M5 leather seat backrest!
Aug 21, 2011 | 02:35 AM
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Holy expensive M5 leather seat backrest!
So, I am looking to replace the driver side Heritage Nappa leather backrest piece becaues the previous owner, though he put less than 35K miles in 7 years, did wear the side bolster.
Apparently, one single leather piece of this is about 900 bucks! Whereas I can recover both the driver and passenger seats with the never available in the U.S. leather/alcantara combo seats for 1300 bucks.
They look like this. The alcantara part is almost black, very very dark gray. I have seen them in the E46 M3, and they are the same.
So, I will probably get the leather/alcantara pieces since they are cheaper and cooler looking for my M5.
Apparently, one single leather piece of this is about 900 bucks! Whereas I can recover both the driver and passenger seats with the never available in the U.S. leather/alcantara combo seats for 1300 bucks.
They look like this. The alcantara part is almost black, very very dark gray. I have seen them in the E46 M3, and they are the same.
So, I will probably get the leather/alcantara pieces since they are cheaper and cooler looking for my M5.
Aug 21, 2011 | 01:12 PM
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I looked into that locally for mine. The suggestion i got was to buy a 1/4 hide (enough leather to do 4 cars) and do all 4 bolsters at the same time to guarantee they all look exactly the same. I have seen a few that were done (from pics) one at a time and they don't match.
Aug 21, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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So, I am looking to replace the driver side Heritage Nappa leather backrest piece becaues the previous owner, though he put less than 35K miles in 7 years, did wear the side bolster.
Apparently, one single leather piece of this is about 900 bucks! Whereas I can recover both the driver and passenger seats with the never available in the U.S. leather/alcantara combo seats for 1300 bucks.
They look like this. The alcantara part is almost black, very very dark gray. I have seen them in the E46 M3, and they are the same.
So, I will probably get the leather/alcantara pieces since they are cheaper and cooler looking for my M5.
Apparently, one single leather piece of this is about 900 bucks! Whereas I can recover both the driver and passenger seats with the never available in the U.S. leather/alcantara combo seats for 1300 bucks.
They look like this. The alcantara part is almost black, very very dark gray. I have seen them in the E46 M3, and they are the same.
So, I will probably get the leather/alcantara pieces since they are cheaper and cooler looking for my M5.
Aug 21, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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| Teamspeed's Mr. Spock
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part numbers for the leather/alcantara front seat covering from BMW:
Upper: 52102498571
Lower: 52102498572
I am not going to change the door panels to leather/alcantara, because my S4 Avant had leather/alcantara seats but leather door panel and it looks pretty good.
If you are so inclined to do so, here are the part numbers:
Left front: 51412498627
Right front: 51412498632
Don't know what's up with rear door panels though, multiple part numbers, but no price on any one of them.
You can also do rear sats, and I may or may not do that. They are here:
bottom: 52202498913
left: 52202498789
right: 52202498790
Upper: 52102498571
Lower: 52102498572
I am not going to change the door panels to leather/alcantara, because my S4 Avant had leather/alcantara seats but leather door panel and it looks pretty good.
If you are so inclined to do so, here are the part numbers:
Left front: 51412498627
Right front: 51412498632
Don't know what's up with rear door panels though, multiple part numbers, but no price on any one of them.
You can also do rear sats, and I may or may not do that. They are here:
bottom: 52202498913
left: 52202498789
right: 52202498790
Aug 21, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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| Teamspeed's Mr. Spock
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I looked into that locally for mine. The suggestion i got was to buy a 1/4 hide (enough leather to do 4 cars) and do all 4 bolsters at the same time to guarantee they all look exactly the same. I have seen a few that were done (from pics) one at a time and they don't match.
If you want to do it, get them before they become NLA.
