Alarm LED Cover (Clowns nose)
For E46 M3/E39 M5 / Z4M only.The Red transparent cover that sits on the bottom of the E46 M3/E39 M5 / Z4M Mirror is often referred to as the 'Clowns Nose'. It is the cover for the Alarm LED that sits in the bottom of the mirror. The LED flashes when you set the alarm in your car and acts as a deterrent to thieves that is highly visible from the outside. Unfortunately they are only clipped in to the mirror and are often knocked off the and lost forever! This leaves an unsightly hole exposing the circuit board and leaves the alarm LED protruding out the bottom of the mirror. This doesn't look pleasing to the eye and means the alarm LED can easily be knocked/caught and broken off the circuit board.
BMW do not sell this alarm cover separately, only a complete new mirror at a cost of well over £500! As the cover's shape is unique to the E46 M3/E39 M5/Z4M, you cannot use a cover off a different model of BMW as the curvature is different to fit the Oval mirror. Many of my customers have been asking me to buy these covers and cannot buy them anywhere in the world. I have prototyped and manufactured a replacement red transparent cover that fits perfectly in the bottom of the mirror. It is made out of a transparent red plastic like the original, so your alarm LED will flash its normal red colour. Lose the unsightly hole in the bottom of your mirror and return the interior of your car back to looking like it should!
These covers are manufactured to have the same unique rough dimpled texture as the original cover and almost indistinguishable from a genuine cover.
When you look at the cover in detail, they are actually a really complex shape with different clips and cut-outs with a curved profile to match the curve of the oval Rearview mirror. It took a lot of testing and fine tuning to get the shape perfect and setup the software to duplicate this complex shape. The clips in particular have been worked on to improve the weak area on the original cover. These clips have been strengthened massively. The red colour of the cover is a very close match to the original too.
They incorporate the 'locating pin' that locates in the matching notch in the mirror just like the originals and are a perfect fit. In fact, they are a big improvement over the original as they fit much tighter using their stronger clips. Therefore they should be much harder to dis-lodge and lose in the future. Just make sure you align the notch in the rearview mirror with the matching tab on the cover.
£39.00
Alarm LED Cover
£39.00
