New front lower wings

[petecossie]

Looking to buy both lower front wings as took them off for painting yesterday but sadly the rust has got into the double skin joints and talking with my paint guy he said the rust will come back through within a couple of years. Buy new he said.
Since my local dealer - Vertu Teesside - is giving only less than 5% discount unlike their predecessors who gave 10 to 12%, any recommendations for spare parts departments?
I was thinking of trying Cotswold Cheltenham and Harry Fairbairn for starters.

 

[Althulas]

Hi you could try Sopers they offer a forum discount I’m sure it’s 10% but oem panels are still expensive. Alternatively you could try pattern parts as some members have and been satisfied. https://www.centralpanels.co.uk/product/bmw-z3-1997-2003-new-front-wing-lh/ I’m sure you can get cheaper just try a few Google’s Hopefully someone will chime in with there experiences of pattern parts.

 

[petecossie]

Hi you could try Sopers they offer a forum discount I’m sure it’s 10% but oem panels are still expensive. Alternatively you could try pattern parts as some members have and been satisfied. https://www.centralpanels.co.uk/product/bmw-z3-1997-2003-new-front-wing-lh/ I’m sure you can get cheaper just try a few Google’s Hopefully someone will chime in with there experiences of pattern parts.

Thanks for the info, tried Fairbairn BMW, very helpful, with 10% discount it was going to be an eye watering £533 for the pair, collection only. I don’t think I’ll better that for OEM parts.
Interested to hear about quality of the pattern parts.
I think I can salvage one wing if I can get it blasted as rust hasn’t got into the double skin section.

 

[mrscalex]

I use Cotswold Cheltenham (Ross Hands) for anything >£50. They are efficient and give a discount. But probably only the 10% you have been offered with Fairbairn.

 

[Ian&Sue]

We got 10% from Cooper Malton.

 

[Nodzed]

Looking to buy both lower front wings as took them off for painting yesterday but sadly the rust has got into the double skin joints and talking with my paint guy he said the rust will come back through within a couple of years. Buy new he said.
Since my local dealer - Vertu Teesside - is giving only less than 5% discount unlike their predecessors who gave 10 to 12%, any recommendations for spare parts departments?
I was thinking of trying Cotswold Cheltenham and Harry Fairbairn for starters.

I always get a min 10% from Cotswolds BMW Cheltenham

 

[petecossie]

I tried Fairbairns in Scotland, very helpful. However I wasn't quite prepared for the eyewatering quote of £593 for a pair of front wings, they would reduce that to £533 with BMWCC discount, but it was for collection only. So I would think that could not be bettered by any other BMW dealer.
So back to plan B - my paint guy guy said that the passenger side could have been possibly salvageable if I could get it grit blasted to get rid of the small amount of rust that he could not reach with a sander. I striped off the sealant bead covering the double skin joint on both wings and took them to a local workshop to get grit blasted, the clean up was amazing. The driver's side had a small hole appear in the corner otherwise it also cleaned up well.
Only took 15mins using a big grit blasting cabinet and he didn't charge me anything.

Took the wings to my paint guy and he said that he could definitely do something with them, even the wing with small hole. So saved myself a small fortune.

Just got the back wings to take off now.

 

[Jack Ratt]

Just bought a pair from Autodoc in Germany (I think) £55 each plus approx £15 carriage. They were delivered today and quality at first examination is excellent. They are zinc plated and primed. Took about 2 weeks to arrive and I'm very happy with them

 

[Paul H]

I bought the same Jack, they arrived yesterday. The quality seems very good .