Rear Center Console Trim
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Hey Folks,
The rear trim piece I ordered, after being back-ordered, has finally come in. I had hell of a time removing the cig lighter sockets from the old plastic trim which you can see in the third picture. I destroyed the old plastic trim, oh well.
It cost me $83.25 after the BMA CCA discount and after sales tax. The part numbers for the anthracite trim are (2 choices):
Piece with cutouts for rear seat heating/cig lighters: 51 16 7 141 074
A solid piece of trim, no cutouts at all: 51 16 7 153 768
So if you don't have rear seat heating you have to get the solid piece and loose the cig lights all together. Sorry, I don't know the part numbers for the poplar versions. I'm sure they're available if these are available.
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Pre-installation comparison:
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim1.jpg)
The old trim on top which I cracked the plastic trying to take out the cig lighters... it took my engineering skills almost an hour to get this done. LOL.
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim2.jpg)
Finished product, looks much better:
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim3.jpg)
And finally just a picture of the rear in general. The new trim fits in nicely. The car should come this way from the factory. I'm sure eventually it will, if not already.
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim4.jpg)
And here's a pic of the solid piece from someone elses car for those interested in that:
The rear trim piece I ordered, after being back-ordered, has finally come in. I had hell of a time removing the cig lighter sockets from the old plastic trim which you can see in the third picture. I destroyed the old plastic trim, oh well.
It cost me $83.25 after the BMA CCA discount and after sales tax. The part numbers for the anthracite trim are (2 choices):
Piece with cutouts for rear seat heating/cig lighters: 51 16 7 141 074
A solid piece of trim, no cutouts at all: 51 16 7 153 768
So if you don't have rear seat heating you have to get the solid piece and loose the cig lights all together. Sorry, I don't know the part numbers for the poplar versions. I'm sure they're available if these are available.
Pics:
Pre-installation comparison:
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim1.jpg)
The old trim on top which I cracked the plastic trying to take out the cig lighters... it took my engineering skills almost an hour to get this done. LOL.
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![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim2.jpg)
Finished product, looks much better:
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim3.jpg)
And finally just a picture of the rear in general. The new trim fits in nicely. The car should come this way from the factory. I'm sure eventually it will, if not already.
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/reartrim4.jpg)
And here's a pic of the solid piece from someone elses car for those interested in that:
![](http://www.bmw545.com/pics/consoletrim1.jpg)
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Hey, that's great to see. I gues you could also get the one with the cig lighters and if you don't have the heated rear seats, get some covers for the openings.....
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I did not ask but I doubt it. The whole purpose of getting the new trim, besides to look better, was to get rid of those ugly pre-made cutouts in the plastic. I was kind of surprised to find that they didn't have a piece with only the cig lighter cutouts as I'd imagine that's a much more popular combination than cig+rear heater cutouts. Ask your dealer to do a search, maybe they'll find something!
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Excellent writeup, Mark.
That looks a WHOLE LOT better! I will talk to my parts guy about getting the Poplar insert that includes the button cutouts for the rear seat heaters, even though I don't have the rear heated seats. I'd rather have something there than nothing at all.
Worse comes to worst, and I'll just lose the back-seat cig-lighters and get the solid piece.
-MrB
That looks a WHOLE LOT better! I will talk to my parts guy about getting the Poplar insert that includes the button cutouts for the rear seat heaters, even though I don't have the rear heated seats. I'd rather have something there than nothing at all.
Worse comes to worst, and I'll just lose the back-seat cig-lighters and get the solid piece.
-MrB
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My E60 doesn't come with rear cigarette lighters and rear seat heating but instead of a blank/solid piece of plastic like in the photo. Mine has a compartment/storage area if I remember correctly.
How many different variations can there be?
How many different variations can there be?
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Thanks for the great post Lomag.
I think I'll probably get the poplar version once the part numbers are known. (No real rush for me so I probably will wait until someone else discovers the correct P/N's.)
For now, the burning question is -- do you have to be an admin to post multiple pics on one post or am I missing something obvious??
I think I'll probably get the poplar version once the part numbers are known. (No real rush for me so I probably will wait until someone else discovers the correct P/N's.)
For now, the burning question is -- do you have to be an admin to post multiple pics on one post or am I missing something obvious??