Filling in the PDC holes

nj335i · 03-03-2008, 03:33 PM

Has anyone had any experience with a body shop filling these cutouts in? If you have had this done, did the body shop guarantee their work?

330iTiAg · 03-03-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nj335i

Has anyone had any experience with a body shop filling these cutouts in? If you have had this done, did the body shop guarantee their work?

Why would you want to do something like this?

Mattscott · 03-03-2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 330iTiAg

Why would you want to do something like this?

nj335i · 03-03-2008, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 330iTiAg

Why would you want to do something like this?

Bought an mtech bumper with these cutouts...

330iTiAg · 03-04-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by nj335i

Bought an mtech bumper with these cutouts...

Can you exchange it for one without the holes?

Do you have iDrive? If so, how expensive would it be to add PDC to your car?

To me, expecting body filler in four half-inch holes to all remain flat and not crack or distort over time on a flexible part like a bumper is wishful thinking.

nj335i · 03-04-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 330iTiAg

Can you exchange it for one without the holes?

Do you have iDrive? If so, how expensive would it be to add PDC to your car?

To me, expecting body filler in four half-inch holes to all remain flat and not crack or distort over time on a flexible part like a bumper is wishful thinking.

I wonder if I can buy little OEM plastic covers for this then...

330iTiAg · 03-04-2008, 05:14 PM

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I wonder if I can buy little OEM plastic covers for this then...

Don't go on only my opinion. I am certainly no body repair expert. Perhaps someone else on the forum has had experience filling a series of holes this size with good results. It just seems difficult to find a good body repair shop these days that can do something like this for a reasonable price.

It would probably look retarded to use those pre-painted bumper plugs people use to fill the holes from a removed front license plate bracket. It might look like four nipples

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Check Real OEM. If you are lucky BMW sells the PDC faces separately from the sensors.

scanboy · 03-04-2008, 07:25 PM

1 backup camera and make the other 3 look like backup camera, or maybe put some leds and wire them to the brake lamp?

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