Upholstery leather, water buffalo — a genuine BMW part, number 51 89 8 124 238. The number stamped on the part is 51898124238; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8124238. 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 Yarded material, leather (52_0002) and Yarded material, leather (52_0004). It weighs about 2.8 kg (6.3 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
