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Originally Posted by brucemillar
Okay. What I received was eight of the retainer clips (as seen in the post above) and eight screw in slot head rivets. BMW tell me that these rivets superseded the spring loaded rivets that I had? Well they fit but are a very poor design and would require absolutely minimal force to simply pop out of the retainers. I remain unconvinced that they have sold me the correct parts. But they remain adamant these are correct for my car (using the registration).
Anyways... I put all eight of them in and.... I still get the noise at 65mph. I can drive through it or slow down out of it. My next port of call is to tape down the small gap that runs the length of the pollen filter lid itself.
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What part numbers did they give you?
The eight pop rivets sound like the retainers for the actual windscreen scuttle and are not the correct parts.
If they are
51218205295 and look like this...
...then they are the wrong part.
I don't think you can buy the quarter turn spring clips (basically, BMW's plastic version of a Dzus fastener) separately - they appear to only come with a complete cover assembly.
BMW Part number 64318409048
More images here...
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...g/64318409048/
Looks like there are six of the retainers pre-fitted to the new cover.
HTH...