Base, roof railing, centre, left — a genuine BMW part, number 51 13 8 203 393. The number stamped on the part is 51138203393; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8203393. You will find it on our Interior Body shelf, under Other Body equipment parts.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i and 325i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 6 diagrams, among them Hood parts, railing (03_3825) and Hood parts, railing (03_3826). It weighs about 4 g (under 0.1 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
