Seat back bottom screw (torx, phillips, what?)

Lovebandit64 · 04-11-2016, 12:38 AM

2008 E85 3.0si Roadster

Can anyone tell me what kind of screw that is where I have placed the red arrow on the pic below. When I installed my seat covers, I undid them to slide the cover-strap behind them, now 2 years later I cannot remember what kind of screw that is? I cannot get my big fat head back there to see it (it is in a recessed hole) and my phillips did not seem to get a bite on it...ANYONE? TIA!

Steeler · 04-11-2016, 05:45 AM

That is a plastic expanding rivet with a phillips head
You may need to put pressure behind the head of the screw as they tend to spin

Lovebandit64 · 04-11-2016, 04:53 PM

Hmmm, someone on another forum said it was a torx screw which is what is used to hold on the seatbelt guide near the headrest...

Steeler · 04-11-2016, 06:39 PM

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=52_2971

Lovebandit64 · 04-11-2016, 07:22 PM

I think we may be talking about different screws as my first pic with the red arrow wasn't very clear. It is actually the screw that holds the seat adjustment plastic piece in place at the rear. It is definitely a torx, I just used my phone cam (with flash) to take a picture of it (below). Since I don't own torx bits, does anyone know what specific torx size it is? I am hoping to only have to buy one although that may be impossible.

Efthreeoh · 04-11-2016, 08:42 PM

That's an E-torx brother. I'll guess E10 or E15.

StickMon · 04-11-2016, 11:26 PM

You can never have too many tools.
I have this set and love it.

Oh, and that screw is a T20.

Lovebandit64 · 04-12-2016, 12:20 AM

Thanks all!!

04-11-2016, 12:38 AM	#1
Lovebandit64 New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 3.0si Roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii USA iTrader: (0)	Seat back bottom screw (torx, phillips, what?) 2008 E85 3.0si Roadster Can anyone tell me what kind of screw that is where I have placed the red arrow on the pic below. When I installed my seat covers, I undid them to slide the cover-strap behind them, now 2 years later I cannot remember what kind of screw that is? I cannot get my big fat head back there to see it (it is in a recessed hole) and my phillips did not seem to get a bite on it...ANYONE? TIA! Attached Images
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04-11-2016, 05:45 AM	#2
Steeler Colonel 2428 Rep 2,702 Posts Drives: Built not Bought 04 Z4 VF Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada iTrader: (2)	That is a plastic expanding rivet with a phillips head You may need to put pressure behind the head of the screw as they tend to spin
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04-11-2016, 04:53 PM	#3
Lovebandit64 New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 3.0si Roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii USA iTrader: (0)	Hmmm, someone on another forum said it was a torx screw which is what is used to hold on the seatbelt guide near the headrest...
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04-11-2016, 06:39 PM	#4
Steeler Colonel 2428 Rep 2,702 Posts Drives: Built not Bought 04 Z4 VF Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada iTrader: (2)	http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=52_2971 __________________ W2A Intercooled Vortech V3Si, custom ducting, Alpha N, 60# Bosch,2.62 pulley, multi port WMI, Severn Tuning(pokeybritches), Tial, magnaflow,SS race muffler, 42 design,3.91LSD, H&R, Hotchkis,ST coils,Konis, Megan camber arms, AKG SS, Nylon mounts, Poly bushings, Carbon interior, CF Aero.APEX
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04-11-2016, 07:22 PM	#5
Lovebandit64 New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 3.0si Roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii USA iTrader: (0)	I think we may be talking about different screws as my first pic with the red arrow wasn't very clear. It is actually the screw that holds the seat adjustment plastic piece in place at the rear. It is definitely a torx, I just used my phone cam (with flash) to take a picture of it (below). Since I don't own torx bits, does anyone know what specific torx size it is? I am hoping to only have to buy one although that may be impossible. Attached Images
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04-11-2016, 08:42 PM	#6
Efthreeoh General 17172 Rep 18,683 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	That's an E-torx brother. I'll guess E10 or E15. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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04-11-2016, 11:26 PM	#7
StickMon My other car is on Mars 636 Rep 3,124 Posts Drives: 2006 MR Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lo-Cal iTrader: (1)	You can never have too many tools. I have this set and love it. Oh, and that screw is a T20. __________________ Warning: May contain traces of nuts. Last edited by StickMon; 04-11-2016 at 11:43 PM..
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Lovebandit64 New Member 1 Rep 9 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 3.0si Roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii USA iTrader: (0)	Thanks all!!
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