Originally Posted by Wienaren

Hi, apart from the costs, there is another issue:

I have a 50i LCI (prod.date 07/2010) and at least for this model (don't know about others, but assume that they are identical in this regard) the parts simply don't fit. The pads themselves are to be screwed onto the console mount (a part not shown in the drawing above, but rather here: RealOEM.com * BMW E70N X5 50iX Carrier, centre console ).

However, that part in my car not only has no holes, but is also entirely flat so that the "arms" of the pads have nowhere to rest. As a result, you can't fit #10 into place. I assume that the mount in the X6/X5M has some "pits" or holes into which the "arms" of the pads and their screws go. I think the part in question is #51166954939 - but why on the other side this very part is also listed for the X5M is beyond me... They must be different.

Nevertheless, I "fixed" this for my car. Took a saw and removed the front and back "arms" of the pads so that they no longer require the "pits". Disadvantage being that without the screws the pads are not as securely fixed as in the X6/X5M, but since they sit on part #1 (and the console mount below) and are held down by #10, they are imho rock stable anyway. Stability is, in my opinion, not an issue in any case because I never actually touch the pad with my knee, no matter how hard I try and no matter how loose I keep my leg

/Thomas