Because the market for wagons here in the US is so abysmally small, seems no one here carries these, but found many sites in Europe that do, so was wondering if anyone had either of these on their e61 that they would recommend. The upper lip of the my rear bumper has taken quite a beating, so thought one of these might help prevent more wear and tear:

http://cgi.ebay.de/JMS-Ladekantenschutz-aus-Edelstahl-BMW-E61-5-er-Touring_W0QQitemZ370399061551QQcategoryZ14767QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D6%26pmod%3D370323398726%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8230453650482492461
http://cgi.ebay.de/RGM-LADEKANTENSCHUTZ-BMW-5er-E61-Touring-4-04-ohne-M-St_W0QQitemZ330445378506QQcategoryZ65075QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D6%26pmod%3D330445378416%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8230359402060202057
Have Sapphire Black, so either would work...

 

Fitting one of these is the first thing I did when I got my car as it's so easy to mark that back bumper with the amount of stuff we have (the wife has) going in and out of the boot/trunk. I have a black plastic one fitted and I think it looks pretty good. I bought mine from a specialist shop on ebay (link below) and the product quality was very good, very easy to fit and looks remarkably OEM. If you want it to look a bit special, you could always wrap it in 3M Di-Noc.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270710009286&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

Thanks Fletch. The Di-Noc is a little too much for me. Was leaning towards the plastic one since it covers more area. Cheers