[ferocity02]

This weekend I accidentally left the rear window open in the rain. It didn't rain heavily luckily. But it did rain enough for the leather armrest to pillow up and deform. Has anyone every had this happen before? Did it dry out and go back to normal?

I can't seem to find the replacement part. I think it might be part of the entire door panel.

The part I am talking about is labeled number 7 and 10 in the following picture, but these parts are the hardware, not the armrest. It looks removeable but I haven't been able to find the part in a diagram.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_5836

[ferocity02]

Bump!

[CrippledLucifer]

I've left my drivers side rear window open half way by mistake as well and it happened to rain. Not a hard ass thunderstorm, but enough to make the carpeting damp. The seats remained dry but a flyer I had in the back seat was fairly wet. It was summer so as soon as I noticed, I opened all the windows and left the car in my driveway. Thankfully my driveway receives copious amounts of sunlight and the car was bone dry within two hours. It's been 1½ years since this incident and my car is normal.

If you're confused about the part #, you can take the car into the dealership and ask them for the right part number. I'm having issues deciphering what's written on RealOEM as well. It seems to suggest that you need to purchase the ENTIRE door lining but that seems unrealistic. I'm sure there's a part number attached to the arm rest itself, but they seemed to have missed that? Better pay your dealership a visit and check.

[bloppitybloop]

On eBay it looks like sellers are only selling the full panels. I couldn't find any sellers selling just the armrest. The good news is that they're not very expensive.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E90-328i...tWcbuV&vxp=mtr

[ferocity02]

It's slowly been getting better. Looks like I won't need to replace the panel.