Fitted rubber cargo mat in wagon with power liftgate
05-19-2011, 01:18 AM
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My Ride: 2010 BMW 530i E61, alpine white, cream-beige interior, sports-auto-transmission and a lot more-
Which two versions? Can you give a part number or link?
All I see on BMW USA's Accessories website for this car is this $115 mat (# 51470309119). The other two protective covers are a $300 hard plastic tray that goes up the sides of the car, or a vinyl cover that also goes up the sides, but also has a "tongue" that hangs out over the bumper.
BMW Fitted Luggage Compartment Mat for Sport Wagons
All I see on BMW USA's Accessories website for this car is this $115 mat (# 51470309119). The other two protective covers are a $300 hard plastic tray that goes up the sides of the car, or a vinyl cover that also goes up the sides, but also has a "tongue" that hangs out over the bumper.
BMW Fitted Luggage Compartment Mat for Sport Wagons
Hopefully I can help out:
My first Bimmer was also a Touring,but without auto-Trunk. Now in my new wagon I have auto-trunk but I use the old mat as shown above.
Due to the high usage of the mat(4 years with the old car, 1 year with the new), the front end is flexed up. When the trunk closes, there's no problem at all that the mat will stop the trunk from closing.This is the same if you would cut a piece of the mat. It's shorter..
I can imagine that if you buy this mat brand new and with no flexed up front end (can I call it a MOD?
) , this will maybe force the trunk to not close properly.All in all the bending is created by closing the trunk several times with the mat slipped to much to the front.
Now it seems just perfect for an auto-trunk.
05-19-2011, 03:26 PM
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Hopefully I can help out:
My first Bimmer was also a Touring,but without auto-Trunk. Now in my new wagon I have auto-trunk but I use the old mat as shown above.
Due to the high usage of the mat(4 years with the old car, 1 year with the new), the front end is flexed up. When the trunk closes, there's no problem at all that the mat will stop the trunk from closing.This is the same if you would cut a piece of the mat. It's shorter..
I can imagine that if you buy this mat brand new and with no flexed up front end (can I call it a MOD? ) , this will maybe force the trunk to not close properly.
All in all the bending is created by closing the trunk several times with the mat slipped to much to the front.
Now it seems just perfect for an auto-trunk.
My first Bimmer was also a Touring,but without auto-Trunk. Now in my new wagon I have auto-trunk but I use the old mat as shown above.
Due to the high usage of the mat(4 years with the old car, 1 year with the new), the front end is flexed up. When the trunk closes, there's no problem at all that the mat will stop the trunk from closing.This is the same if you would cut a piece of the mat. It's shorter..
I can imagine that if you buy this mat brand new and with no flexed up front end (can I call it a MOD?
) , this will maybe force the trunk to not close properly.All in all the bending is created by closing the trunk several times with the mat slipped to much to the front.
Now it seems just perfect for an auto-trunk.
I also have the front (next to the seats) lip flexed due to the carseat 3rd anchors...
Bought mine from Tisher just like all other accessories except the mats, should have obtained black rather than beige, live and learn
06-20-2011, 01:01 AM
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My Ride: 2005 530d M Sport Touring : Carbon Black : Half Leather : Pro DVD Sav Nav : TV : Active Cruise : Front/Rear Parking : Bluetooth Phone : 6 CD : Dark Poplar Wood : Folding Mirrors : 5 year Servicing Pack
I used to have an OEM mat for our old A4 Avant that wouldn't stay put. What I did to remedy this was pull up the load securing eyelets through the mat and then stretch a bungee cord across the back two. This not only meant that the mat wouldn't slip out when you're pulling heavy stuff out the car, it also meant you'd also always have at least one bungee in the car.
06-20-2011, 06:23 PM
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Good tip, was thinking about doing that myself, as there are cutout markings already for the rear two eyelets. Only thing you'd lose is the ability for the mat to be totally waterproof, but I'm thinking for me to have issues, I'd have to spill a lot of liquid back there for some of it to leak thru to the carpet via one of the cutouts...
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