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      06-27-2013, 12:17 AM   #45
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Updated list.
  1. JF: 1 set
  2. TD: 1 set
  3. LH: 1 set + additional pair
  4. TW: 1 set
  5. BR: 1 set + additional pair
  6. AK: 1 set
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  12. SC: 1 set
  13. SP: 1 set + 2 additional pairs
1 set = 6 pairs
Everyone above has been taken care of. All packaged and shipped, tracking numbers sent to your e-mails. Thanks! Sorry we couldn't use PM - I don't think the mods want to enable it for me.
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      06-27-2013, 06:21 AM   #46
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Everyone above has been taken care of. All packaged and shipped, tracking numbers sent to your e-mails. Thanks! Sorry we couldn't use PM - I don't think the mods want to enable it for me.
Thanks Nivedh! Got your email.
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      06-27-2013, 08:06 AM   #47
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Nivedh da man.....thanks for putting this together so quickly!
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      06-27-2013, 08:32 AM   #48
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nice!! I may do this!
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      06-27-2013, 08:49 AM   #49
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Added two more, last ones:
  1. JF: 1 set
  2. TD: 1 set
  3. LH: 1 set + additional pair
  4. TW: 1 set
  5. BR: 1 set + additional pair
  6. AK: 1 set
  7. TK: 1 set
  8. JS: 1 set
  9. NA: 1 set
  10. VN: 1 set
  11. CN: 1 set
  12. SC: 1 set
  13. SP: 1 set + 2 additional pairs
  14. RM: 1 set
  15. NN: 1 set

I don't have any more remaining!

Thanks to everyone for sharing the costs with me!
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Great thread. Found that my cowl was stripped (and the flanges on the filter housing were actually cracked!) the first time I pulled it for a spark plug replacement; just haven't bothered to do anything about it yet. I was thinking of just epoxying some sheets of plastic underneath the cowl to give the self tappers something to grab to, but this is a way more elegant and robust solution. I'll probably epoxy some stainless washers to the filter housing as well to make it all proper again (I have a lot of stainless hardware kicking around in 5mm size as I also fiddle with bicycles a lot.) NiVeDh, I just emailed you to see if you have any left... Everyone else, if he doesn't, is there any interest in a round two? If there's an equivalent product at Fastenal I could get this going rather quickly as I have a location almost walking distance from my house.

The odd thing is that two dealerships haven't even bothered to comment on the holes being stripped out, despite it having clearly been done before I bought the car. So apparently "they're all like that."

Edit: just got the last set, sorry guys

Edit2: didn't see it anywhere in the thread, looked it up on McMaster's web site, for this specific insert the recommended drill size is 6.4mm or just a hair over 1/4". E size is exactly 1/4" if you have a machinists' set (but then again if you have one you probably shouldn't need me to tell you that.)

Edit3: Fastenal Part No. (SKU): 0185933 appears to be the exact same insert and is apparently available individually if anyone needs some more and has a Fastenal store nearby.

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The packaging says use a 1/4" bit to drill.
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      06-27-2013, 11:48 PM   #52
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Updated list.
  1. JF: 1 set
  2. TD: 1 set
  3. LH: 1 set + additional pair
  4. TW: 1 set
  5. BR: 1 set + additional pair
  6. AK: 1 set
  7. TK: 1 set
  8. JS: 1 set
  9. NA: 1 set
  10. VN: 1 set
  11. CN: 1 set
  12. SC: 1 set
  13. SP: 1 set + 2 additional pairs
1 set = 6 pairs
Everyone above has been taken care of. All packaged and shipped, tracking numbers sent to your e-mails. Thanks! Sorry we couldn't use PM - I don't think the mods want to enable it for me.
Thanks Nivedh!
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Thanks!
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Thanks! Would be awesome if these show up today, for a weekend project.
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      06-28-2013, 01:00 PM   #56
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FYI all I bought the main bulk bags of these also. Got tons left over.
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The packaging says use a 1/4" bit to drill.

NiVeDh,
Thanks for putting this together. I just dropped them in with some Loctite Plastic Epoxy. I will be bolting it up tomorrow when they are fully dry.

Very nice looking!

Thanks again
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      06-30-2013, 10:25 AM   #58
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I knocked this out yesterday in ten minutes....great fix for an annoying problem. Mine had been stripped since I picked the car up as a CPO and it has always annoyed me. Thanks Bimmer305 and Nivedh for putting this together!
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good job, I will be doing this
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Ill take a set
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335xi Kevo, please PM me with cost/info on how to get a set from you. thanks
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Ausgezeichnet! got mine in the mail today, they were installed in 20 minutes or so. would have been faster but apparently at these temps 5 minute epoxy sets up in about a minute and a half so I needed to mix a new batch for each hole

Unfortunately when I attempted to glue my filter housing tabs together one cracked irreparably, but that's the fault of the previous mechanic, not the kit. A nice bonus is the hex size on the 5mm machine screws is the same as the stock screws so with the housing installed it's "like it never even happened."
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as N8N stated the new screws actually look better than the factory ones....cleaner.
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I'll take a set if there's some left.
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Did I miss out?!

I'll take a set if possible. LMK what info you need and how to pay!

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Man, I don't know. Imagine the performance-destroying weight that convenient metal parts will add to the car. Fragile brittle plastic is the best high performance material.


I'll be promptly installing this. What an easy mod. I'm amazed that I haven't stripped mine yet.
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