?? bmwfans.info giving wrong pt. nos

poggy · 02-24-2018, 02:53 AM

Hi
Just as a public service announcement I recently looked up a part for my car from bmwfans.info using my chassis number and it transpires I'd got the wrong part number.
Lesson learnt here but be careful using these and ONLY use them as a guide and not as the definitive look up; I would recommend ALWAYS checking with the dealer.

poggy · 02-24-2018, 03:15 AM

Moderators, could you delete this thread or amend its title please as it has an incorrect title
Should read 'bmwfans.info potentially giving wrong part numbers'
thank you

mjn77 · 02-24-2018, 06:44 AM

Never had an issue with bmwfans.info

Digitalize · 02-24-2018, 08:42 AM

Neither have I really. Part numbers have always been correct. What was wrong?

djgandy · 02-26-2018, 05:03 AM

Would be odd if they are wrong as their info is just whatever is in the BMW database.

poggy · 02-26-2018, 12:10 PM

Weirdly when I look something up on my computer browser it gives incorrect pt. no. (the one for a newer car) but if I look it up on my phone it is incorrect (in this case it's a valve cover gasket)

02-24-2018, 02:53 AM	#1
poggy Private First Class 20 Rep 185 Posts Drives: E90 318i SE Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK iTrader: (1)	Hi Just as a public service announcement I recently looked up a part for my car from bmwfans.info using my chassis number and it transpires I'd got the wrong part number. Lesson learnt here but be careful using these and ONLY use them as a guide and not as the definitive look up; I would recommend ALWAYS checking with the dealer.
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02-24-2018, 03:15 AM	#2
poggy Private First Class 20 Rep 185 Posts Drives: E90 318i SE Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK iTrader: (1)	Moderators, could you delete this thread or amend its title please as it has an incorrect title Should read 'bmwfans.info potentially giving wrong part numbers' thank you Last edited by poggy; 02-24-2018 at 03:20 AM.. Reason: more detail given
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02-24-2018, 06:44 AM	#3
mjn77 Lieutenant Colonel 1073 Rep 1,957 Posts Drives: E90 M3 LCI Jerez Black Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Herts, UK iTrader: (2) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	Never had an issue with bmwfans.info __________________ // E90 M3 LCI DCT in Jerez Black with Fox Red Leather // Alcantara Trim // ST XTA Coilovers // 1.75 Exhaust Mod // Pinnacle Undertray // @jerez.black.e90.m3 // Euro Alpine Road Trips 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022
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02-24-2018, 08:42 AM	#4
Digitalize Photographer 412 Rep 2,643 Posts Drives: 320D Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Neither have I really. Part numbers have always been correct. What was wrong?
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02-26-2018, 05:03 AM	#5
djgandy Colonel 146 Rep 2,337 Posts Drives: E93 M3 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: London iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 M3 [0.00]	Would be odd if they are wrong as their info is just whatever is in the BMW database.
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02-26-2018, 12:10 PM	#6
poggy Private First Class 20 Rep 185 Posts Drives: E90 318i SE Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK iTrader: (1)	Weirdly when I look something up on my computer browser it gives incorrect pt. no. (the one for a newer car) but if I look it up on my phone it is incorrect (in this case it's a valve cover gasket)
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