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Post by lucasxdiniz » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:48 pm

Hi everyone,

Since the day I bought my E86, I've been looking for the centre storage trim/door on eBay, MarketPlace, ASM, etc. Plenty for the E85, but nothing for the E86 until a forum member who stripped his Coupe sold me his. I bought it knowing it may not work because my car has bluetooth and his car didn't. I was hoping I could split the doors and Frankenstein them together, or just use the non-bluetooth one and relocate the sync button somewhere else. But after looking at the parts, everything seems to be plastic welded together and I'm not sure what to do. I would love some advice on this.

Also I failed to take the non-broken door out of the trim. Does anyone know how to do it without breaking it?
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Post by lucasxdiniz » Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:55 pm

Called Soper Lincoln today to buy something completely unrelated to this, but asked if they still sold the flap and how much it would cost... I was expecting a ridiculous quote, but it turned out it 'only' costs £57 + VAT before the forum discount got applied, needless to say it's now ordered and soon I'll be able to use the centre storage and have one less trim piece rattling :)

edit: part number for those interested: 51466978111
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Post by srhutch » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:09 pm

To remove the flap you need to remove the two small screws on the hinges and then it just pulls off.
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Post by lucasxdiniz » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:42 am

srhutch wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:09 pm To remove the flap you need to remove the two small screws on the hinges and then it just pulls off.
Thanks, srhutch! I thought that would be it, but I was too scared to try and break something.
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