Its the 3rd year im enjoying my mini and from the first year ive had this issue with the inside of my wheel arches. The fabric material inside has been deformed for no particular reason. Can i fix this on my own because at Mini service they told me that this would not be counted in for guarantee because its considered to be an expendable part and this really sucks!

 

If you live where you get snow, ice forms back there and deforms the shape of it until it melts. I have had this problem twice already. Just shape it back and place the edges inside the trim pieces.

 

thanx for the info my friend but my mini hasnt tasted snow yet, so its not because of snow
but still how do i deform it so that it fits the trim pieces, will i need a blow torch or something cause by bear hands it wont!

 

It will by hand, you might have to loosen the plastic screws holding it to the wheel well. NO do not use a torch unless you want to go up in a blaze of glory .

 

A hair dryer works wonders. The wheel well liners pn 51717207578 and 51717207577 (R&L) are about $63 plus tax or shipping with a BMW club discount from Penske parts. ($47.39 from www.realbmwparts.com, best prices on the web that I've found)

Whoever thought a fuzzy liner was a good idea should be buggy whipped. Mud and dirt never come out.

 

I know they were used for sound dampening, but i agree with richard... such a pain to clean. The only way i have been able to is to take a power washer to them.

 

sorry but english isnt my native language so i dont understand what does all this have to do with my issue

 

..same thing happened to mine, in same spot as your 2nd pic. I'm in South Texas, hot humid summers...& even some recent freezing...the conditions seem to warp it.

...I tried to just tuck it back under, but it wouldn't stay...too warped..like it shrunk.

..got it to stay put by tucking it back in..then rolling up a small piece of black duct tape (with sticky side out) and wedging it in behind there really tight

...I know that sounds cheap..but it worked..not visable...and no one knows but me

 

mine is warped too
but i didnt get what u did with the duct tape, please rephrase in simpler english

 

I have the same problem. My guess is use the duct tape as a "wedge" in the wheel arch slot (the place where the liner sits when the car is new) to make sure when you put the wheel liner back into the slot, it will be pressed up against the slot so it will not come back out.

Sorry, its hard to try to explain with simple english. Think about your shoe, and your foot. If you slide your foot into your shoe with no socks on, it will be easy to slide back out. But if you put on 5 socks on one foot and put back into the shoe, it will be very hard to slide back out. (Shoe = slot on wheel arch, foot = wheel liner, socks = duct tape)
(is that a TERRIBLE analogy/comparison?? sorry! I'm trying. hahaha)

 

haha thanx for the effort in trying to explain to me, ill have a look and see if i get it! might there be a HowTo video on this issue and if not, i believe it will be very helpfull if it works for many