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I'm currently looking into this myself, and I've decided to go with OEM BMW.
First, because it's substantially cheaper than the alternatives. I priced out the Thule with the Aero Blades, it came out to be $7xx something (with 2 bike rails), vs. the $500 from BMW.
Second, I heard that Thule actually manufacturers the racks for BMW (this may or may not be true). Either way, I've seen the OEM rack, and it didn't seem of lesser quality.
Third, I was debating between the Aero Blades and the OEM BMW square blades. I decided that with everything else on top of the car, how much can wind noise really be reduced with Aero Blades?
My local dealership was willing to price match Tischer, which is basically 20% off retail cost. I haven't purchased them yet, so I'm interested to see if anyone else has some input that may convince me otherwise.
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