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    Parts search help

    I can't find the foam gaskets (one oval, one round) for each end of the 'air channel' that connects to the air box. The gaskets should attach to #13 but are not in the diagram. Any ideas?

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    Bump. Anyone?
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    Part 13 should have a large rubber grommet where it goes thru the inner fender and then it gets coupled with a short plastic flex hose to the air box.....IIRC.
    I still have my original air box that I took out when I installed the Dinan CF CAI. Not sure if I still have any of the parts.
    I'll see what I can find.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimLev View Post
    Part 13 should have a large rubber grommet where it goes thru the inner fender and then it gets coupled with a short plastic flex hose to the air box.....IIRC. I still have my original air box that I took out when I installed the Dinan CF CAI. Not sure if I still have any of the parts. I'll see what I can find.
    Jim, you are correct. There is also one at the other end - that one is oval. The oval one is broken, the round one at the flex hose is just in a bad shape. Both of them is are just made from some weird low tech foam. The reason that I have even taken them out is because I have to replace some parts around it after my fender bender. Yes, it's been 4 months, I have been busy.

    The weird part is that I can't find them in the catalog, not even on the (wrong category) pages where they might be pictured and not catalogued.

    In addition, I need the metal carrier and its plastic counterpart surrounding the airhole before the flex hose - which I haven't found in the catalog, but I think I can harvest at the junkyard.

    I did receive a Seibon CF hood and Umnitza bumper cover. Both look great - I hope they fit.
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    Just in case that anyone had to take off the air tube just to run into the 2 rotten gaskets, here is a photo of both. I'm still looking for replacement. [IMG][/IMG]
    Last edited by bimas; 02-27-2017 at 12:18 AM.
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    I know that I'm dwelling on this, but according to BMA, you have to order the entire tube to get the two rubber gaskets.

    $55. The tube is made from ABS, and is good pretty much forever as its shaded from UV. The gaskets are rubber, exposed to moisture, heat, and cold, and crumble in few years.
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    Guess I threw that tube out before we moved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimLev View Post
    Guess I threw that tube out before we moved.
    No worries, but thanks for looking!

    I wonder if anyone else had a reason to remove one of those (other than CAI installation) and had to put it back. Stock M5 has 2 of those, which means 4 silly gaskets.

    I put the old ones back, with some effort, because I'm too cheap to drop $60 on a part that I mostly don't need.
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