took my 09 S in to have the latest greatest tensioner installed, also to check out an annoying hood rattle. Dealer discovered that the Cravenspeed dipstick I put in right after I bought the car in Nov 2008 (because I could not read the OEM DS) was causing the hood rattle: sure enough, the top is too tall for the R56 S hood, and actually rubbed off some of the paint where the contact point is. Good job, Cravenspeed!

So I put the OEM DS back in and voila! no rattle, no contact. So now I have 2 dipsticks for one car: the oem DS for motoring and the Cravenspeed for checking. Sheesh, never again.

 

Just FYI, my stock dips stick rubs on my hood.

 

wow, talk about some precise German engineering here. so does the oem stick actually rub off the paint?

 

It certainly did/does. At first I thought it was my M7 heatshield. I took off the heatshield and touched up the paint. At the end of the day it was rubbed again. I couldn't believe it!

 

I've got the Craven dipper on my '08 MCS and have no hood clearance issues. However, I did have a clearance problem with the m7 heat shield bolt. Solved it by putting a thinner washer under the bolt.