Hood adapter — a genuine BMW part, number 86 30 0 004 171. The number stamped on the part is 86300004171; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 0004171. You will find it on our Instruments & Electronics shelf, under Group 30.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 5 diagrams, among them Adapter (universal lift) for hood (03_3710) and Adapter (universal lift) for hood (03_3711). It weighs about 170 g (0.4 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
