[TinCanSailor]

Originally Posted by atillathetom

I was under the car for 3 hours this weekend installing an M Performance exhaust and there were several of those holding up the covers under the motor. There were also some on the rear end. I would get under there and look.

I also noticed that one of mine was stripped out. Likely overtightened at some point. Since I just got the car I have no way of knowing. At some point I will retap the bolt hole and helicoil it but it is holding for now. You could have had the same issue.

I would suggest you just crawl under and look around.

Congrats on the new to you car. My son and I plan on getting under it this weekend but I am bit worried may not be able to handle getting the repair done before I have to punch out of the country for work for a few months.

I recently replaced the soft touch door lock mechanism on my wifes 550i and the replacement part arrived from FCPEuro un-threaded so I had to make a quick trip to the hardware store for some additional tap tools.