E28 Window Trim

• Subject: E28 Window Trim
• From: KKelly6788@domain.elided
• Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 01:11:19 -0400

>Any ideas whether the chrome strip front and rear windshield trim (which
>turns brown with about 2 years of exposure to the elements) can be replaced
>with the same part used on M Series, which is black instead of chrome.  I
>would like to replace the brown strips on my 88 535i with the corresponding
>parts used on an 88 M5, _if they fit

They fit, In Europe the black window trim was available as an option called
the "shadow-line trim finish" on all E28s.  I bought the window trim from a
BMW dealer on a trip to Ireland in '86 shipped it back to the U.S. to put on
my 533i.

Kevin Kelly
BMW CCA #50039

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