[Andystobbs]

Anyone got a part number for the rubber bush type seals which squash against the roof on each fixing point of the roof bars?

[Tambohamilton]

Oh, I like a game of realOEM 'is this it?'

[Andystobbs]

A796105 good luck. Tried myself, local BMW couldn't find them either. Seems unlikely they're not available, though possible.

[Tambohamilton]

Yeah, I got nothing, sorry. Good luck!

[slupie]

Originally Posted by Andystobbs

Anyone got a part number for the rubber bush type seals which squash against the roof on each fixing point of the roof bars?

If I remember correctly they are part of the roof rails. When I removed the US rails and replaced them with the Euro rails I used 6X 07147174961.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17396

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=814368

Here are links to Real OEM
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=51_5902

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=51_5904

[Serf27]

The thick rubber o rings on the roof rail mounting studs?

[Andystobbs]

Originally Posted by Serf27

The thick rubber o rings on the roof rail mounting studs?

Yes those.

07147174961 seems to be a fixing lug for roof bars.

[Serf27]

Only the nut that holds the rails shows up.
Did you lose one?

[Andystobbs]

No I just wanted to replace them having temporarily removed the rails, to prevent leaks when refitted. I'll use silicone.

[Serf27]

Good idea. I think they are prone to leaks over time and people tend to overlook them.

[slupie]

Originally Posted by Andystobbs

No I just wanted to replace them having temporarily removed the rails, to prevent leaks when refitted. I'll use silicone.

Which roof rails do you have? US style that sit high or the Euro style that sit flush with the roof similar to the sedan roof rails?

[Andystobbs]

I don't know why everyone is referring to the euro style - every car I see here in UK has open type rails. Ie. You can stick your hand between them and the roof.

There was a closed style but I've never seen them in the flesh.

[neilvan]

Originally Posted by Andystobbs

There was a closed style but I've never seen them in the flesh.

IIRC closed was introduced for 2011 models(not sure exactly which month was the split)

[slupie]

Originally Posted by Andystobbs

I don't know why everyone is referring to the euro style - every car I see here in UK has open type rails. Ie. You can stick your hand between them and the roof.

There was a closed style but I've never seen them in the flesh.

This is Euro style, since it was available in Europe not in US.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17396

And you have the US style pre LCI Rails. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/416723771763895755/

[Tambohamilton]

Originally Posted by Andystobbs

I don't know why everyone is referring to the euro style - every car I see here in UK has open type rails. Ie. You can stick your hand between them and the roof.

There was a closed style but I've never seen them in the flesh.

This. There's nothing US spec about the open rails.

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by slupie

This is Euro style, since it was available in Europe not in US.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17396

And you have the US style pre LCI Rails. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/416723771763895755/

Those moldings with the flip-up points to mount crossbar feet are just what you got if you didn't get the roof rail option. Definitely available in the US, though cars with roof rails are much more common in both high and low profile forms. They may have been standard equipment on the early e91s, but not by the time I ordered mine.

So my 2011 has the low profile rails. They were a $100 option, IIRC. I would love to swap them for the tube style. They are more useful, and I think they look better. But at this point I have cross bars and sundry accessories for mine so I probably won't bother. Low profile bars were the option on '11s and 12's, so I don't think the split actually happened with the LCI, as 2010s still had the tube style. They are interchangeable on the car, though you need the different molding strip that goes with each style.

I always thought it odd that they bothered to change this for what was originally going to be the last model year of the e91. They added the half-year of 2012's when the F31 ended up delayed. Had they announced this before I ordered my car on March 31, 2011, I might have waited and gotten a 2012 rather than a last week of production 2011 - I did Euro Delivery, so my car wasn't built until just before my date. I actually picked up my car during the summer factory changeover break, so couldn't do the factory tour that time. I got my car almost $1000 cheaper, because 4/1/2011 was when the automatic became standard with the manual box as a "no cost option" but MSRP went up $900. But I think the 2012s got slightly better incentives, so it would have been almost a wash. My car would have been even rarer, as once they changed the pricing structure, manuals got even rarer.