Touring Plate Bracket Fastener for BMW E39

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My E39 Touring was missing one of the clips to hold in the plate bracket (plinth). The previous owner had used silicone to hold the panel on. Unable to live with this I contacted the dealership - who were unable to find the part in their system. Doubting their competence I checked realoem myself and actually couldn't find a part number. So I turned to Fusion360 and whipped these up. I've never designed anything before so please bear with me. I have made two revisions of this thing. **(bmw_plate_plinthe_v3)** The first is a copy of the original - fits snug and locks nicely. - It may be a good idea to use a bit of RTV or Butyl Rubber around the hole to keep water out! **(Nut.stl /Thread.stl)** The second is a threaded option. Allowing you to fit an M8x1.25 nut on the back. This option was created for people who may have corrosion around the hole thus making it too big for the snap in option. Printed these on my CR-10S w/ 99% concentric infill 5 walls and 0.12 layer height @ 35mm/s Hopefully they can be of use to someone else too. Cheers. Apparently fits these models too! BMW E30 318i M10 1.8L BMW E30 318i M42 1.8L BMW E30 318is M42 1.8L BMW E30 325i M20 2.5L BMW E30 325is M20 2.5L BMW E31 840Ci M60 4.0L BMW E31 840Ci M62 4.4L BMW E31 850Ci M70 5.0L BMW E31 850Ci M73 5.4L BMW E31 850Ci All BMW E31 850CSi S70 5.6L BMW E31 850i All BMW E34 M5 S38 3.5L BMW E38 740i M60 4.0L BMW E38 740i M62 4.4L BMW E38 740iL M60 4.0L BMW E38 740iL M62 4.4L BMW E38 750iL M73 5.4L BMW E39 525i M54 2.5L BMW E39 528i M52 2.8L BMW E39 530i M54 3.0L BMW E39 540i M62 4.4L