RG Sport - F16 X6 Knee Pad Retrofit (DIY Attached)

menelaos · 11-10-2018, 10:24 AM

$600 is a reasonable price...thought it shot to around $1000.

r33_RGSport · 11-10-2018, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by menelaos

$600 is a reasonable price...thought it shot to around $1000.

Current price is close to $900.

menelaos · 11-10-2018, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Current price is close to $900.

Makes sense....are these dye-able?

r33_RGSport · 11-10-2018, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by menelaos

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Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Current price is close to $900.

Makes sense....are these dye-able?

Not sure. I don't have experience in dyeing.

menelaos · 11-10-2018, 10:40 AM

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Not sure. I don't have experience in dyeing.

The colors are limited, so if you're outside the available spectrum, you're simply salivating watching the others showing it off

!

r33_RGSport · 11-10-2018, 10:43 AM

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Not sure. I don't have experience in dyeing.

The colors are limited, so if you're outside the available spectrum, you're simply salivating watching the others showing it off

!

Thanks to BMW,

:
It is not even supposed of to be available for X5.

Violator · 11-10-2018, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by menelaos

$600 is a reasonable price...thought it shot to around $1000.

That’s only for the individual taupe option

menelaos · 11-10-2018, 10:54 AM

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That’s only for the individual taupe option

Saw that, but don't understand the difference.
Thought there was only style with a list of colors available.
Is there a "premium" and a "regular" one?

pits200 · 11-10-2018, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by menelaos

$600 is a reasonable price...thought it shot to around $1000.

Jesus, my fault, I got mine about 6 months ago for $440 and the price about 2 months ago was 600. Didn't realize these are pushing 1000. If someone wants to send me $1000, I'll take the ones of my car and send them over express overnight.

RED_Y_ · 11-26-2018, 04:44 PM

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Jesus, my fault, I got mine about 6 months ago for $440 and the price about 2 months ago was 600. Didn't realize these are pushing 1000. If someone wants to send me $1000, I'll take the ones of my car and send them over express overnight.

Yeah, IDK why but price is going up on these, high demand by F15 owners or something. Got myself a pair for around $650 but they are coming from Europe.

r33_RGSport · 11-26-2018, 06:51 PM

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Yeah, IDK why but price is going up on these, high demand by F15 owners or something. Got myself a pair for around $650 but they are coming from Europe.

Seems like BMWNA caught up with us.
US price and Euro price are different.

BTW, I have a pair of Black Dakota w/ no contrast stitching in stock.

anki · 12-03-2018, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by menelaos

$600 is a reasonable price...thought it shot to around $1000.

That's only for the individual taupe option

Thanks to Ben, I got a nice deal on Individual Taupe! Super happy with it.

r33_RGSport · 12-03-2018, 05:10 PM

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Thanks to Ben, I got a nice deal on Individual Taupe! Super happy with it.

RED_Y_ · 12-07-2018, 10:14 AM

End up canceling my order from Europe since, I was able to get them in US for extra $50, they just arrived, can't wait for the weekend to get them installed.

LeopardM3 · 12-08-2018, 11:04 AM

Oh man these look good. And I'm not really a fan of the trim being there anyway. Might have to think about it.

RED_Y_ · 12-08-2018, 02:31 PM

Well, I am stuck, i can't remove center storage box, and because of this I can't guide the knee pad in the storage side. Any ideas?

r33_RGSport · 12-08-2018, 03:52 PM

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Well, I am stuck, i can't remove center storage box, and because of this I can't guide the knee pad in the storage side. Any ideas?

Hmm, did you follow my DIY?

Violator · 12-08-2018, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Hmm, did you follow my DIY?

I did, the sawzall worked great, it did the trick. Thanks!

r33_RGSport · 12-08-2018, 04:44 PM

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Hmm, did you follow my DIY?

I did, the sawzall worked great, it did the trick. Thanks!

Hahaha.
I guess you haven't tried my gasoline and matches method yet.

DuSh · 12-08-2018, 05:18 PM

Things I regret in my life:
1. Denying an offer to become partners for an investment of $290 back in 2003 with some guy called Mark with his silly software called facejournal or facebrochure or something (can't remember exactly)
2. Exchanging my old HDD with 70000 bitcoins back in 2009 for a McDonalds value meal.
3. Not buying a f16 knee pads back in 2015 for their initial price

RED_Y_ · 12-08-2018, 05:21 PM

I did, got it installed finally, I was unable to remove the center storage box since two bolts on the rear end of it are 10 MM heads vs Torx like in your DIY, I also still have the stupid phone cradle so end up taking it off to disconnect the cables and get the center console out. Installing the passenger side pad is huge pain, took me about an hour to install and this is a two person task. I was slowly pushing it forward in while my wife was guiding the front clip and pushing down the bracket. I also was unable to completely remove mocha-colored panel on drivers side so just unclipped it and worked around it (removed it but broke a tab by the rear climate on the passengers side). Even for $650 and almost 5 hours of my time, I am still super happy with result.

r33_RGSport · 12-08-2018, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DuSh

Things I regret in my life:
1. Denying an offer to become partners for an investment of $290 back in 2003 with some guy called Mark with his silly software called facejournal or facebrochure or something (can't remember exactly)
2. Exchanging my old HDD with 70000 bitcoins back in 2009 for a McDonalds value meal.
3. Not buying a f16 knee pads back in 2015 for their initial price

I wouldn't even put Knee Pads in that line up.
70k BTC, even at the crappy value currently, you'll be able to buy an X6 just to take out the Knee pad and throw away the car afterward.

While the facecrap investment, it is a tough call.
Especially dealing with a guy name Mark.
No offense on others with name Mark.

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RG Sport - F16 X6 Knee Pad Retrofit (DIY Attached)

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RED_Y_ Colonel 1059 Rep 2,511 Posts Drives: 2014 X5 3.5d Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (0)	I did, got it installed finally, I was unable to remove the center storage box since two bolts on the rear end of it are 10 MM heads vs Torx like in your DIY, I also still have the stupid phone cradle so end up taking it off to disconnect the cables and get the center console out. Installing the passenger side pad is huge pain, took me about an hour to install and this is a two person task. I was slowly pushing it forward in while my wife was guiding the front clip and pushing down the bracket. I also was unable to completely remove mocha-colored panel on drivers side so just unclipped it and worked around it (removed it but broke a tab by the rear climate on the passengers side). Even for $650 and almost 5 hours of my time, I am still super happy with result. Last edited by RED_Y_; 12-08-2018 at 05:35 PM..
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