Originally Posted by Russianblue

Both of my safety wire fixes are still holding. I will admit, neither handle feels as 'solid' as the original and you can tell that there is a tiny bit of play in the mechanical action, but they are still holding up perfectly well. Whatever the case, if i can delay $200-$300 of expenditures for another year or so i am perfectly happy.

BTW, you guys who have broken door carriers and other parts needs for that matter, shoot an email to brian.scroggins at bmw of chattanooga dot com. formerly known as 'dapartspimp' on mye28.com, he quoted me $89.75 for a new carrier AFTER i had replaced mine. it was apparently on sale, but tell him you are from xoutpost and that Russianblue sent you and he'll probably cut you a 20-25% discount on just about anything. also, shipping is usually included in the price or EXTREMELY inexpensive.

for example, he got me a new OEM DISA valve for $168 shipped and it arrived in 2 days. that's an AWESOME price.

here is the quote he gave me for a number of parts. some of the prices are awesome, some are just typical. these are all OEM BMW parts from BMW chatt.
LIST price on the left, BMW chatt price on the right.
51-22-8-243-635 CARRIER, 808E 0 167.54 89.75
31-12-6-760-275 WISHBONE, 0 262.69 192.38
31-12-6-760-276 RIGHT WIS 0 262.69 192.38
31-12-6-756-491 WHEEL SUS 809C 0 117.93 52.03
32-10-6-774-335 BALL JOIN S/O 0 156.84 57.66
31-35-6-750-703 LEFT SWIN S/O 0 82.71 34.46
31-35-6-750-704 RIGHT SWI S/O 0 82.71 34.46
31-31-6-764-603 LEFT FRON S/O 0 395.11 289.35
31-31-6-764-604 FRONT RIG S/O 0 395.11 289.35
31-35-1-097-021 STABILIZE 0 61.71 19.64
51-41-8-224-781 CLIP WITH 923G 42 3.03 0.58
51-14-7-008-538 EMBLEM AD 0 40.15 17.78