Another victim of cracked wood trim

[sethro]

Just when I felt my X5 was perfect I noticed a crack on the passengers side wood trim panel. Time to visit the dealer

[Brit6]

Find out how much it is, if not place an order from the usa to save some money or i can do it for you

[Naz24]

Is this covered under CPO?

[diyanich]

I have that all around the cabin,and I'll say more seeing that means that somebody had some work done on the doors or under the console.
I am wondering why they put the aluminum as the base of such a sophisticated piece?
Something rigid would do better job

[sethro]

Originally Posted by Naz24

Is this covered under CPO?

I'm not sure but I hope it is, I'm going tomorrow so lets see how it goes

[m5james]

I did a nice writeup on Bimmerforums how I took off all my woodtrim (cracked and not) on my 7 and was able to get a brushed aluminum look that is a dead match to the E46 trim. If they don't cover it and you're looking for a weekend project, let me know and I'll dig up the post.

[ofcrimson]

Does anyone know the usual causes of the wood grain trim cracking? I have looked at two model year 2005 in the past 2 weeks and both had cracked trim on the driver's door.

[diyanich]

Fast and careless removal

Originally Posted by ofcrimson

Does anyone know the usual causes of the wood grain trim cracking? I have looked at two model year 2005 in the past 2 weeks and both had cracked trim on the driver's door.

[upallnight]

Temperature cycle of the interior from below zero in the winter to over 130F in the summer with all the windows closed. Aluminum expand at a different rate compare with the wood veneer and the clear coating over the wood.

[SlickGT1]

No from people flinging their seat belts when unbuckling.