wow, we sure do have some huge whiners on this forum. These whiners should be thanking the Chinese for bringing down the price of all the household items that they buy. It's not like they're making these parts and selling them illegally like fake handbags.
Not to say that the parts are all high quality, but it looks like this china manufactured part fits and looks fine.
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1050722
People should understand that the Chinese entering the market is usually a good thing. It will bring the price of those $110 painted side markers down eventually. Think about it -- do the sellers really deserve to make such high margins for buying the core OEM part and painting over it? These are commodities!