Genuine BMW part 51 92 8 174 043: Upholstery leather, water buffalo. The number stamped on the part is 51928174043; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8174043. 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 4 diagrams, among them Cover, running metre (52_0698) and Upholstery leather, water buffalo (52_2495). It weighs about 2.6 kg (5.8 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
