Damn! I was installing a new armrest last night and had a bit of a mishap while removing the ebrake boot. The boot came unglued from the plastic piece that hold it in. When I tried to remove the plastic piece it snapped in half, making it impossible to put the boot back in.

Anybody know the best place to find a factory part like that?

On the upside, the armrest is great!

 

www.realoem.com to find the part.
www.ecstuning.com to buy the part.

 

crazyglue

 

Ha! I thought about the superglue, I use it on everything. This isn't the kind of thing that can be fixed that way.

I found my part on the Realoem.com site. Where do I go on ecstuning.com to buy the part? There is no listing for MINI parts that I can see.

 

Just select any BMW, it doesn't matter. Then enter the part number in the field (Search by partnumber or description).

 

Nice! Thanks!

Ouch. $55.

 

Wonder what kind of plastic that is.... if polystyrene, model airplane glue... there are other plastic "weld" products also that can melt a plastic joint back together (not just "glue" them together).

That's what I'd try first if mine broke....

 

Yeah, for $55+shipping I suppose I should attempt some sort of fix before buying a new one.

 

Yeah, try a few different "melting" type glues on the underside before gluing up the whole thing. If you glue it up with the wrong glue ....