I think I’m on borrowed time for a couple door handle carriers too. A fly to failure part though!
In the meantime, a few parts from getbmwparts.com came in. My headlights have begun to leak badly and are crazed and hazy inside and out. I read up on the process to get the lens off, clean and reseal them, and decided new was the way to go for me, especially since they had a pretty good discount on them. I’m way too ADD to do a a decent job at rehabbing my lights. I also picked up right side tray (that they sit in) and a right side top rubber seal. Man they look good!
They come with bulbs, which was surprising, and (of course) the top seals, despite RealOEM not depicting this. Thst said, I’ve now got a spare right headlight top rubber seal if anyone wants it. I replaced my left side a year ago as it was very cracked and brittle.
I also picked up an AN10 180 fitting for my oil cooler setup, which I should have done long ago. This way if the cooler is ever damaged I can pop this on and bypass the cooler. My understanding of the cooler-plumbed (gulf) oil filter housing is that the oil makes a loop thru the cooler when the tstat opens so just plugging the hose ends at the cooler would cut off the flow altogether.
The CSF cooler is a very heavy duty piece of gear and has been on for a couple years, but better safe than sorry.