Defective interior door handles of BMWs in India

Apart from the price, I am concerned that I will be replacing with the same garbage that will start getting sticky in a couple of years again.

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Are there any BMW owners on the forum who faced the problem of their interior door handles getting sticky over a period of time? I need to take care of this problem in 520d F10 and these seem to be my options:

1. Official BMW replacement. It will cost around Rs 40K for all four doors. Apart from the price, I am concerned that I will be replacing with the same garbage that will start getting sticky in a couple of years again.

2. A bit of googling shows a shop called Car Craft India in Mumbai that is supplying after-market parts for around Rs 15K (I think). No idea about quality and fitment. I managed to convince the BMW dealer to do the fitment with the parts I provide them. They want to charge labour of 8-10K.

I have the cinnamon brown interiors with matching brown colour interior door handles. I have seen some youtube videos where people used black colour door handles during replacement and to be honest it looks fabulous and also avoids dirt showing on the door handles.

I hate the quality of OEM material used, so I prefer to buy very good quality non-OEM parts and preferably black instead of matching brown. Any suggestions from BMW owners who went through this issue?

Here's what BHPian Akshay1234 had to say on the matter:

There are a couple of vendors supplying handles which are aftermarket, without the soft touch rubber which melts. Many of my friends have used them, and they are absolutely fine and work. So I would suggest you go ahead with it without a second thought (be it in brown or black).

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