Can this be cleaned / repaired

[shywolf91]

Last year I was in a need of a car and got this 2016 BMW X3 for a good price. Everything else is on excellent condition except the driver's side door leather. Is it possible to clean this up? If it can be cleaned what should I do not to make it worse? what products/tools would you recommend?

If it needs to be repaired, what should I do?

[tcphoto]

Those can be replaced, I'd checkout the online vendors FCPEuro and ECSTuning for the parts.

[shywolf91]

Thanks, will do

Would you happen to know how difficult replacing them would be?

[tcphoto]

I have a replacement for the plastic handle and panel for the window switches, I believe the panels needs to be pulled, plastic rivets cut and new parts installed. The door panel is easy to pull but be careful not to break the clips on the bottom of the panel. I’d encourage you to use a plastic trim tool so you don’t mark up the leather on the panel.

[John in VA]

Put your X3's info in here: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do
Go to Vehicle trim > Door panels to find the part #. You can shop for the best price once you find that.

If it's an F25 X3 see this BavSound video for door panel removal (BavSound has tutorials for other versions, too):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNhIlUySTGM&t=190s

[Game]

A good interior guy can fix that too. He'll clean it up and then apply a paint. Won't even notice it's been worked on.