How many OEM parts did you break while installing stuff in your car ? :)

Dmacc · 01-24-2011, 12:31 AM

I dropped my small flat head screw driver in between my ecu box and the ecu compartment section of the engine bay. Had to have my girlfriend and her petit little hands reach all the way in there and slowly bring it up for 20 minutes straight hahaha

pecophilly · 01-24-2011, 09:25 AM

Lost a bit down the black abyss right under the hood latch while installing my grille. WTF is that there for anyway?!

Also broke a tab holding down the headlight washer container while installing my OSS AE's. Had to really jerry-rig that one with some zip ties and 2part epoxy.

didyoufeelit · 01-29-2011, 09:37 PM

was plasti dipping my e90 grill black today, and as i was taking out the top part of the grill that's attached to the hood, one of the six T20 torx screws fell down into the engine bay. not sure where it is, probably in the pan at the bottom. now i'm short 1 screw.

anybody know where to get these replaced? i went to home depot today to try to find a matching screw and they didn't even carry torx screws at all. think the dealer would replace it for free?

here's a a picture of my new black grill

01-24-2011, 12:31 AM	#45
Dmacc Colonel 214 Rep 2,800 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 1M Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: So Cal iTrader: (1)	I dropped my small flat head screw driver in between my ecu box and the ecu compartment section of the engine bay. Had to have my girlfriend and her petit little hands reach all the way in there and slowly bring it up for 20 minutes straight hahaha __________________ thanks to MGallop
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01-24-2011, 09:25 AM	#46
pecophilly Well officer, what had happened was... 181 Rep 1,267 Posts Drives: Grocery Getter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alexandria, VA iTrader: (11)	Lost a bit down the black abyss right under the hood latch while installing my grille. WTF is that there for anyway?! Also broke a tab holding down the headlight washer container while installing my OSS AE's. Had to really jerry-rig that one with some zip ties and 2part epoxy. __________________ Old: BSM '09 E90 335i. PROcede Tuned & Modded \| AW '13 F30 335i M Sport \| AW '16 F36 428i xDrive M Sport Gran Coupe \| AG '19 G05 x5 Individual Current: IOMG '22 G80 M3C w/ go fast parts
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01-29-2011, 09:37 PM	#47
didyoufeelit Second Lieutenant 37 Rep 288 Posts Drives: tiag e90 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA iTrader: (3)	was plasti dipping my e90 grill black today, and as i was taking out the top part of the grill that's attached to the hood, one of the six T20 torx screws fell down into the engine bay. not sure where it is, probably in the pan at the bottom. now i'm short 1 screw. anybody know where to get these replaced? i went to home depot today to try to find a matching screw and they didn't even carry torx screws at all. think the dealer would replace it for free? here's a a picture of my new black grill
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