Open grid — a genuine BMW part, number 51 11 8 165 150. The number stamped on the part is 51118165150; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8165150. You will find it on our Interior Body shelf, under Other Body equipment parts.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 3 diagrams, among them Trim panel, front (51_2103) and Trim panel, front (51_2104). It weighs about 480 g (1.1 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
