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Posted by Luxo M3 on February 02, 2001 at 13:59:22:

In Reply to: BAD! Dept. Of Transportation - Replacement! nt posted by Brandonb on February 02, 2001 at 13:35:25:

A DOT-R panel is a BMW factory replacement panel.

This could be considered bad IF you have these panels ALL OVER your car. (Unlikely as the car would be written off as a "total") from the insurance agency.

But it's a good thing, if say it's like one panel or two, from the standpoint that, rather than bondo up a panel and repaint it to only later have it fall apart, I'd rather use a factory steel stamped unit.

What's more important is that structural integrity is retained. A DOT-R Panel will tell you where to look for structural damage.

If the structure is intact, the car tracts straight, and the car drives great. Then the DOT-R panel might be from something as minor as some guy backed into your car and you had the panel repaired.

My 2 cents and yes, I got a DOT-R passenger side panel.

-Luxo M3

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