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Old 04-11-2014, 12:15 PM
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Anyone buy OE running boards recently? What is the cheapest place to get these now?
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Old 04-11-2014, 12:27 PM
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~$729 shipped. Some BMW dealer on eBay.
Or SlickGT1 has contact info for it from a dealer in NJ.
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Craig @ Open Road BMW is probably going to be the cheapest, but I imagine it will probably still be about $700 or so.
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Anyone know of some "good knock offs" that aren't so expensive? The e70 guys have them available for like $250, as well as an aero kit that looks pretty cool for about the same $250.
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check ebay im sure theres a good knock off, the taiwan knock offs are pretty damn good. My cousin just bought a splitter for his 328I and its comparable to OEM.
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Get the original. This issue has been discussed at length on these forums. The ebay $250 knock offs are a piece of shit.

Craig at Open Road BMW will have the best price. Still going to cost a pretty penny. I forgot what I paid, but it was way over $250.

They will also take you like 4 hours to install if you have the sport flares.

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Get the original. This issue has been discussed at length on these forums. The ebay $250 knock offs are a piece of shit.

Craig at Open Road BMW will have the best price. Still going to cost a pretty penny. I forgot what I paid, but it was way over $250.

They will also take you like 4 hours to install if you have the sport flares.

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Anyone know of some "good knock offs" that aren't so expensive? The e70 guys have them available for like $250, as well as an aero kit that looks pretty cool for about the same $250.

The Ebay knock off's will run you $500-520, some of the auctions have "make offer" but buy it now of $520. I wonder what kind of offer they would accept.

The pictures look comparable to OE but it's too high of a price point for me to gamble on, and yes I want the running boards for my X.

Ryan if you are gonna be the guinea pig on the $500 set let me know.

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I know it sucks, the E70 boards are like $250.
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Who want to chip-in for my $500 testing eBay running board?
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TMV, go ahead and buy a set, I'll come by and critique them for you ...
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