Front bumper vertical slats. Replaceable?
 

Hi.

I can start off by introducing myself. I'm Rolf from Norway, and I bought my car in May this year. It's a 2004 X5 3.0d. Safirschwarz exterior, black Dakota interior. Sport pack, panoramic roof, DSP etc. I'll upload some pics of the car, and introduce me and my car more properly very soon.

Now to my question:

Some of the lower mesh in my front bumper was missing when I bought it, and a couple of days ago I found out why. It looks like someone has hit something right there, so a couple of the slats in front of the mesh are broken. The part with the slats seems like it's removeable, but I can't seem to find a part number for it. I've tried realoem, but no luck. It seems like the only option is to buy a new bumper.
If I fit a new mesh now, the saggy slat-part will probably tear the mesh up.

Does anyone know if there is a part number for this part?
If there isn't, I'll try glueing it together and see if it works. I'm not spending hundres of dollars on a new bumper, when the one I have is in great condition, except a couple of broken slats :)

Thanks.

Welcome aboard!

You can look up parts, and browse diagrams over at realoem.com. You best get familiar with it!...It's an invaluable resource to have! :)

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2nd what X5SND said.

Thanks! I'm quite familiar with realoem.com, but I had no luck finding it there. I have owned and worked on BMW's for ~9 years, but only E34 and older models. Whenever I've needed some spare parts, I bought the parts used. If the parts were too expensive used, I would just buy a parts-car and take whatever I needed from there. There is no dead cheap parts-car X5's, and not a lot of used parts either. Especially for the facelift models.

I know from experience that some parts in BMW EPC might show up on diagrams where you wouldn't expect them to be. I've looked several times on realoem, but no luck yet. It seems like I would have to buy the whole front bumper, as the slats seems like a part of the bumper. On my car the slat-part is coming loose, and I'm almost 100% certain that it's possible to remove and replace it. I'm just hoping there is a part number for the slats only.

Item 9 or 10 is what your after?
RealOEM.com * BMW E53 X5 3.0d Front bumper trim panel (from 10/03)