Tow hook cover

Meccos · 10-13-2012, 12:21 AM

Someone jacked my front bumper toe hook cover. Anyone know where the best place to get a replacement cover and how much they cost?

THanks

fuhshietfu · 10-13-2012, 01:03 AM

One of the vendors on here that sells BMW performance parts can probably get you one. Or dealership

DARK_M3 · 10-13-2012, 11:10 AM

Dealership would be my guess.

M4Now! · 10-13-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Meccos

Someone jacked my front bumper toe hook cover. Anyone know where the best place to get a replacement cover and how much they cost?

THanks

Ok, that's messed up

Majdnoon · 10-13-2012, 03:44 PM

......but why?

jphughan · 10-13-2012, 08:34 PM

IND sells them. They're not expensive ($20 or so); it's painting them, which can be another $80. And that labor is so expensive because even though it's such a small part, the shop still has to mix up the paint, match your color if you don't order one pre-painted, etc. Sorry OP!

E90Spacegrey · 10-14-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jphughan

IND sells them. They're not expensive ($20 or so); it's painting them, which can be another $80. And that labor is so expensive because even though it's such a small part, the shop still has to mix up the paint, match your color if you don't order one pre-painted, etc. Sorry OP!

Maybe that's why someone stole his in the first place.

BarryDaviso · 10-14-2012, 09:29 PM

Dealership would be my guess.

Lorall · 10-14-2012, 11:22 PM

Yeah, someone replaced my rear one with a darker color. Dealer quoted $60 to paint it if I bring it in. Haven't checked with IND yet.

boi222 · 10-15-2012, 08:42 AM

my dealer was nice enough to cover it for me under warranty...but i think this was just a super favor he did for me

audioMeth · 10-15-2012, 09:10 AM

I thought you could order these pre-painted from BMW.

jphughan · 10-15-2012, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by boi222

my dealer was nice enough to cover it for me under warranty...but i think this was just a super favor he did for me

Mine did too, but wasn't sure whether the OP was under warranty.

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Originally Posted by nuespeedgti

I thought you could order these pre-painted from BMW.

Nope, not pre-painted. A lot of dealerships order them and then have them painted at their local paint shop though, so they come to you pre-painted. But depending on the condition of your paint, the color may not match exactly that way if an area as small as the tow hook cover matters to you.

OP, if you replace it, buy 2 or 3 unpainted and get them all painted at once since the painting cost will be basically the same, so it's a better value and then you'll have spares.

iamcpap · 10-15-2012, 09:56 AM

Get a tow hook... problem solved

mdosu · 10-15-2012, 10:04 AM

why would someone steal this? It's only fits a M3 bumper....

jphughan · 10-15-2012, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mdosu

why would someone steal this? It's only fits a M3 bumper....

Maybe another M3 owner's tow hook cover was lost/stolen and he saw an opportunity to pass that misfortune off to someone else?

THE TECH · 10-15-2012, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by iamcpap

Get a tow hook... problem solved

Just as easy to steal and just as expensive.

isugoo · 10-15-2012, 11:12 AM

You can get it from dealership for cheap but the problem is the painting.
So I think buying it from IND would be your best option since they paint AW (according to your sig pic) very often.

iamcpap · 10-15-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by THE TECH

Just as easy to steal and just as expensive.

Yet will look better and be functional if he tracks or auto-crosses the car... A wash either way...

THE TECH · 10-15-2012, 12:10 PM

Just put the stock one in. No one will want to steal that.

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