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Door card delamination and interior plastic deterioration

BMW E36 M3 (US-market, 1995-1999) · interior

EU-mandated recyclable adhesives used by BMW in the early 1990s have caused widespread failure of door card panels, glovebox covers, and headliners; new OEM cards cost ~$1,200-1,350 per side and vinyl variants are increasingly NLA.