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Originally Posted by ECS Tuning
Those are the only part numbers I'm showing for the E70 LCI center speaker cover. Below is a photo of 51457161796
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ECS Tuning |
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, that PN is the one that comes with the stock audio even though RealOEM and dealer systems list it as the one that come with HiFi Professional (is that even premium audio?).
To make sure, a couple of weeks ago, I bought it to confirm (even though the one that came with my car had this PN molded under it). It was the same crappy part. I wish I had bought the premium audio package this time, just so I don't have to deal with looking at it
It is spongy and has this UGLY reflective property when driving in the day time. You can kinda see it in the picture. My '11 that had the premium audio grille's was matte (sort of dark grayish), hard, had wider threads on the grille, and did not collapse when poking.
At this point, I think the only way to find that PN is to have someone with premium audio pull up on their grille and post the PN molded underneath.
FYI: I think BMW has started using this part exclusively now, as I just came back from a dealer with a 2012 produced last month that has premium audio. It has this grille too. I went to the used car lot and the X5 with the premium audio had a different grille. They wouldn't let me take it apart to find the PN though, told me to go to the parts department