What the hell is that?...

**navvid** · 02-18-2015, 04:38 PM

I must have caught something in the road coming home on the freeway the other night. I ended up dragging a plastic shroud all the way home, and had to cut what was left of it off. I don't think I bottomed out, because I would have heard or felt something, which I really don't remember doing... anyways,... spilled milk. But I can't seem to find the parts in the diagrams on realoem.com. I have the word out for various parts I want at the wrecker, and figure I might as well add them to the list.

I thought it was a lower radiator fan shroud, but it isn't in any of the radiator group diagrams. Can anybody identify it by it's correct name so I can track it down? The two 8mm hex screws mounted it to a soft rubber part on each side which will have to be replaced as well.

**BimmerBreaker** · 02-18-2015, 05:38 PM

Are you sure thats even from your car? No numbers or markings anywhere? Looks like its all one piece broken into two pieces, the left piece possibly connecting to a fenderwell. If I'd hazard a guess I'd think its an underbody panel.

**navvid** · 02-18-2015, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by BimmerBreaker

Are you sure thats even from your car? No numbers or markings anywhere? Looks like its all one piece broken into two pieces, the left piece possibly connecting to a fenderwell. If I'd hazard a guess I'd think its an underbody panel.

Yeah, it's from my car. It was one piece in the middle, which is where I think something caught it and ripped it back. I just cut the part of the fenderwell on the side where you see the screws, because it was already torn up beyond where it made sense to remove it by unbolting things, and the other side was just hanging by a piece of wiring harness that had been loomed through it. Like I said, I didn't even notice till I exited the freeway, and heard it dragging along the ground.

I looked through the body panel and underbody diagrams and couldn't find it either.

**Critter7r** · 02-20-2015, 11:32 AM

Probably in the 51 Group on RealOEM.com.

I'd look it up, but don't know if you have an E36 or E46.

**sullypants1** · 02-20-2015, 11:45 AM

Part of your air duct. I know cause I've had to butcher and repair mine twice on the way to fixing a failed hood release cable.

http://www.etk.cc/bmw/EN/search/sele...CE/51/51_2048/ Parts 6,9,14?

Mine is more of a rubberized plastic but it has those same cutouts for AC plumbing/ electrical harness.

This probably also means you have little to zero under panel left.

**navvid** · 02-20-2015, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by sullypants1

Part of your air duct. I know cause I've had to butcher and repair mine twice on the way to fixing a failed hood release cable.

http://www.etk.cc/bmw/EN/search/sele...CE/51/51_2048/ Parts 6,9,14?

Mine is more of a rubberized plastic but it has those same cutouts for AC plumbing/ electrical harness.

This probably also means you have little to zero under panel left.

Yeah, its 6, 9 and 14. But the part numbered 14 in the picture doesn't have the wide flat X impression that I have on mine. That's what threw me before when looking at other parts diagrams.

As far as I can tell, those were the only parts that were damaged. Maybe I need to take a closer look...