NOS or “really nice” late seat rails

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I need 2 inners and the passenger side outer seat rails for a 1974. Bought some used parts which turned out to be pretty rough.

 

I got the driver side outer from BMW. The rest are NLA. I understand the earlier inners are available from BMW but they are crazy expensive and surely need some modifications at best.

 

Thanks!

 

 

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[bimmerdotcom]

Hi,

For the inner rails, are you referring to p# s ?

52 11 7 402 100    SEAT RAIL OUTER LEFT        
52 11 7 402 101    SEAT RAIL OUTER RIGHT

 

Or let me know which ones from the following diagram:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=2215-USA-08_1975_114_BMW_2002&diagId=52_2356#52117402100

I think I can still get them from Germany

 

Thanks

Saul

www.bimmer.com

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1 hour ago, bimmerdotcom said:

Hi,

For the inner rails, are you referring to p# s ?

52 11 7 402 100    SEAT RAIL OUTER LEFT        
52 11 7 402 101    SEAT RAIL OUTER RIGHT

 

Or let me know which ones from the following diagram:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=2215-USA-08_1975_114_BMW_2002&diagId=52_2356#52117402100

I think I can still get them from Germany

 

Thanks

Saul

www.bimmer.com

Inner 52101829900 (I need two)

Outer right 52101829902 (I need one)

 

Both part numbers show up as NLA. 

 

Greg

[Conserv]

Just as an FYI, Greg, the seat rails respond remarkably well to re-plating (clear zinc is an excellent approximation of the original plating, which appeared to be silver cadmium or maybe even...clear zinc). Sorry I can’t find photos of my ‘76’s before and after but if I didn’t know better, I’d say the re-plated rails were new!

 

You don’t need to disassemble them, just clean off the areas you can see, and give them to the re-plater.  I haven’t yet found “my re-plater” since I returned to NYC, but my Atlanta re-plater, Metal Finishers of Atlanta, charged $140(?) for a “load” of re-plating (a “load” is lots more than a set of seat rails).  So, you could buy the cheapest (late) used seat rails you can find and simply have them re-plated.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited January 25, 2018 by Conserv

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5 hours ago, Conserv said:

Just as an FYI, Greg, the seat rails respond remarkably to re-plating (clear zinc is an excellent approximation of the original plating, which appeared to be silver cadmium). Sorry I can’t find photos of my ‘76’s before and after but if I didn’t know better, I’d say the re-plated rails were new!

 

You don’t need to disassemble them, just clean off the areas you can see, and give them to the re-plater.  I haven’t yet found “my re-plater” since I returned to NYC, but my Atlanta re-plater, Metal Finishers of Atlanta, charged $140(?) for a “load” of re-plating (a “load” is lots more than a set of seat rails).  So, you could buy the cheapest (late) used seat rails you can find and simple have them re-plated.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Thanks! One of the inners I bought isn’t useable at all...sigh. 

[JohnP_02]

+1 Conserv on the replaiting. I don’t even want to install mine they look so nice 

 

[Freude am Fahren]

4 hours ago, JohnP_02 said:

+1 Conserv on the replaiting. I don’t even want to install mine they look so nice 

 

 

John, I’d be happy to install them for you on my car and share some photos