[GCinFLA]

Originally Posted by Kailec

Understood, but when I look at bmwvin.com I see LCLZ listed near the top. The only time I see that coding it's under the venetian beige. You're right, I do have black interior. Based on that should I be going with 51169285151? When I look at ECS with that number the diagram doesn't really look like it's a sliding one?

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1400530

[JayPichardo]

Thank you for the post, just did mine.

[bmwmdistrict]

awesome guide thanks for sharing!

[chriskinsella87]

Bought a second hand red leather one as there was no black. This literally took me five mins with this helpful guide

Thanks mate

[SlickShift]

Just finished the install using this DIY. Thanks!

Those pins are a bit of a pain. I ended up using a large flathead screwdriver to leverage against the inside part of the pins to force them out.

[smartens]

I tried to remove my old armrest on F30 today and broke this little gear on the side of the console 😭 (apparently it controls how smoothly the armrest opens and closes). Do you know whether it can be replaced?

[nyc_dude]

F3X/F8X Armrest Hardware P/N (2012-2021): 51169252682

See part No. 4 - The Tiny Box

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=51_8537

Includes the Torsion Spring and Pins, plus the black plastic gear!
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...e/51169252682/

Took 3 days to find this P/N on the web...Google Fail.


Cheers

[Onizukachan]

Here is a tip. It’s hard to find Dakota leather sliding armrests…
But trivially easy to find merino leather sliding armrests… by buying them from m3 part outs.
Plus they are just more comfy and luxurious feeling.
I bought the entire m3 center console for $200 and swapped the extending Schwarz merino armrest and also the leather knee booster over to my preexisting console, then swapped my Dakota original and console top onto my spare console for easier storage.
Plus I now have spare rear seat vents, outlet, rear seat buttons and key sensors, thus guaranteeing none of those will ever in a million years fail on me.


Until I discard them.