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Originally Posted by SoCalRPM
Fair enough! You got me there. I knew they were on a lot of special editions but I did not know they were available as optional from the factory
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They weren't technically "options" as in there wasn't an option code, but they were part of the official BMW Performance (and later rebranded M Performance) Catalogue offerings where the parts could be ordered before the car was delivered (and of course, even thereafter, and still available to this day).
See below for a screencap of the catalogue. Everything from the black grilles to alcatara steering wheel to MPE and even 359M "M Performance light alloy" wheels (both silver & black) were offered in the parts offering from BMW.
Even outside of special editions, I have seen many E9x and F8x window stickers that have the BMW Performance/M Performance parts listed & included in the MSRP.
A bit of useful trivia, if God forbid you're ever involved in a fender bender where your OEM BMW Performance/M Performance part needs replacement, just give your body shop & insurance the BMW Part No. for the part and they'll replace it with the same OEM Performance piece (provided you have full OEM coverage).
That's how legit/factory BMW Performance/M Performance parts are
