F15 - Active Shutter on grille ?

[jcnyct]

Does anyone know if the front grille/lower bumper on the 2017 F15 X5 has an active shutter (flap) ?

I recently purchased a used X5 and noticed front kidney grill or lower flap is not active like 2015 G30 (5 series) - I want to make sure I'm not missing parts.

Thank you

[Neuera09]

No it does not.

[flo_sb]

That's what I am trying to find out as well.
Bought from the breakers parts to retrofit to M Package, and breakers told me that only Xline and Luxury line have active flaps and that he hasn't seen any on M Package variants.

http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/F1...r_ducts/#pos_7 seems to say the same thing #7 is what is used for Xline/Luxury with active grille, seems there is a #10 that does not have the flaps that works for Xline/Luxury, but the #11, which is for M Package, does not appear to have active flaps. The Xline/Luxury one won't fit, because as you can see when comparing it to #7/#10, it's sides are not in a straight line, but has like an angle cut on the lower portion (so that it can enter the M front bumper)

I am still not conviced and will do further research, seems lame to me that Xline/Luxury can have active grille, while M Package can't - it really looks good.

Edit: Ok nevermind, seems the feature is not available on M Package. So the part is called "Air Duct with Flap Control" and if you look at it here https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...27#51647308045 you will see that it is not compatible with S715A M Aerodynamics package.

Other variants of the F15, like the X Line or Luxury may or may not have it (mine had), as it's debated here https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1536433