jamespratt

August 03 build - Mine are OK, no cracks.

vpbmp

March 2004 build ....no cracks. My struts are not metal they look

like a plastic polymer.

totoseow

jan 04 built...cracked both sides in singapore

BMW530

Got call from dealer. Can't get the brackets for tomorrow. Apparently can only get the parts from Germany and not in UK. <_<
Should be here next week instead.

jckrauskopf

Jan '04 build; 2800mi. Passenger side cracked; driver side is OK. I'll add this to the list for my next visit to the dealer. Great catch; thanks to all on this site.

zippers525

Both are cracked all the way through here. Its funny, my car was in an accident and had one of the headlights replaced. But, the new one still cracked. I guess they didnt change the bracket to prevent cracking.

kscarrol

how long ago was it replaced zipper? Just curious because the new ones they put in are plastic like the old ones, so I'm not sure we won't be hearing about this again down the line.

GotBMW

Zipper if you wouldn't mind would look at the brackets on the car and post the part numbers of each on here that cracked again?

JDN

It would be helful if some with cracked brackets would list the last three digits of the part numbers. That would give us a good idea as to whether the new part is more stable.

Expectations would be for:

307 = cracked
308 = cracked

633 = not cracked
634 = not cracked

What we could use would be some verification of expectations.

GotBMW

Well put, JDN!