CSL Part Availability?

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there used to be some guy on ebay.de who sold the pair for 10€
probably the reason why they are on backorder

[hoshy]

Originally Posted by GregorFuk

Out of stock is one thing NLA is another. Though I had gave up waiting for front struts so they may as well be NLA. I believe the roof is still listed as 'in stock' but if you order one you will unwrap it to find a steel panel. I guess the biggest issue is the front bumper but last time I checked with the dealer they were still available.

I waited best part of 6 months for a front strut - apparently it had to come from the US!!! finally arrived a couple of weeks ago - you may want to check if you still need it.

[GregorFuk]

Originally Posted by hoshy

I waited best part of 6 months for a front strut - apparently it had to come from the US!!! finally arrived a couple of weeks ago - you may want to check if you still need it.

Thanks, but i gave up waiting and went for a Bilstein B16 PSS10 kit. No regrets.

[Duck360198]

Thanks everyone. So when I hear people say "I'm selling the last set of NEW OEM seats produced" there could still be a set sitting at a dealer somewhere? So just because it's NLA doesn't mean it's sitting at a dealer somewhere is what it sounds like.

[0836whimper]

Depends whether the item is orderable through the BMW system, and thus available.
NLA means no longer available through that system.

If a dealer has some sitting around that are off the system but are willing to sell, that's different, but essentially means it is the same as a private sale of something pre-owned.

My take anyway.

[Loaded]

I know that the last two seats were long gone for a new M4 Demo Car for an American Tuner who is mainly involved with BMWs.

It is such a waste for these parts and not 'fair' for us to go for wrong cars...

[erdingtonjohn]

I struggled to get a back box last year through synter. Don't know what availability is like now. Took around 6 weeks in the end.

[NZ_M3]

Originally Posted by Loaded

I know that the last two seats were long gone for a new M4 Demo Car for an American Tuner who is mainly involved with BMWs.

It is such a waste for these parts and not 'fair' for us to go for wrong cars...

Don't believe everything you read on US forums. The seats are still available just very low stock. The reason "complete" seats might be NLA is because the rails were NLA a couple of years back so BMW can no longer provide complete seats all made up ready to bolt in.

You also sort of can't expect a manufacturer to continue to produce special parts for something more than a decade old, plus a lot of the parts were made under licence by third party suppliers and they probably no longer hold the relevant contract to produce it. So short of BMW placing a large order it'll probably not happen.

All the seats were made in 2003, and as far as I am aware Die Wethje aka Recaro never made another batch for BMW since then. Unless there's a huge demand for the seats I doubt they'd ever be put back into production.

I might start an NLA parts thread if there's demand for it? But it is concerning that many key components of this car is going into NLA or reaching that stage. It is almost to a point where it's as if BMW want to make sure these cars will no longer be able to be repaired with replacement parts. Very sad indeed!!