Protective laminated plastic near Rear wheels?

[Professor///M]

OEM on 2017... I actually wish it went a little higher, already have a small chip there

[michaelalex17]

Is this installed in Germany or at the local dealer? I'm going to have to get the passenger side one replaced since the previous owner must have replaced it with two small pieces instead of one big one

Do you think the dealer will replace the non-OEM one I have on the passenger side under warranty?

[LOW4LYF]

Originally Posted by michaelalex17

Is this installed in Germany or at the local dealer? I'm going to have to get the passenger side one replaced since the previous owner must have replaced it with two small pieces instead of one big one

Do you think the dealer will replace the non-OEM one I have on the passenger side under warranty?

Why he should?

It's just a wrap... Do it yourself 😊

[IcebergM4]

Its OEM, my 2016 M4 had it on both sides from factory as well.

[michaelalex17]

This is what the passenger side one looks like

[AustinGelbM4]

Originally Posted by michaelalex17

Is this installed in Germany or at the local dealer? I'm going to have to get the passenger side one replaced since the previous owner must have replaced it with two small pieces instead of one big one

AFAIK They all come from the factory like that

Originally Posted by michaelalex17

Do you think the dealer will replace the non-OEM one I have on the passenger side under warranty?

Dunno, maybe

[skyline408]

Originally Posted by michaelalex17

Interesting, because on the passenger side it is two pieces instead of one. I'm assuming that must not be OEM

Probably that panel was repainted and the body shop just just re-applied the film in 2 places since it's easier.

On my M3 and all the ones i've seen the film is one piece.

[KevinM]

The OE film has been present since production started and is one piece. One of the first thing many F80 owners do (including myself) is to replace it with a larger piece of Xpel or similar because the OE piece is not high enough to prevent pitting on the fender above the OE film. If your roads are a good as those in Germany, you won't need to do this...for the rest of us, I highly recommend it!

If you are interested, there are a number of threads on the topic, including this one: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1296092

[michaelalex17]

Does anyone know he BMW part number for this one the M3? Thank you

[damageprone]

I had mine extended when I got my front end Xpel'd