Second Hand BMW i5 Side Skirt

Side skirts do exist on the BMW i5 (G60 generation, launched in the UK in 2023) – they are body panels fitted along the sill area between the front and rear wheel arches, and they are present on electric i5 variants just as they would be on the equivalent petrol or diesel 5 Series G60. Being electric does not remove this exterior panel, so you can search for used examples with confidence that the part is real.

The BMW i5 sits on the G60 platform and launched in 2023; as of 2024 no facelift has been announced, so cars from both years are the same pre-facelift generation and the side skirts should be directly comparable. That said, always confirm the exact part number with the breaker against your registration plate, as minor running changes can occasionally affect panel fitment even within the same model year range.

Trim level does matter here from a cosmetic and design standpoint: the M Sport pack on the i5 uses a more aggressive side skirt design compared with the standard or SE specification, so the physical panels are different between trim levels. However, within the same trim level the skirts are shared regardless of whether the car is an eDrive40 or xDrive40, because the drivetrain does not affect this exterior panel. Make sure you source a skirt from the matching trim specification – M Sport to M Sport, standard to standard – rather than worrying about which motor the donor car had.

No – the nearside (left, passenger side) and offside (right, driver side) side skirts are handed, meaning they are mirror images of each other and not interchangeable. When contacting a breaker, be clear about which side you need so you receive the correct panel.

The i5 M60 is a higher-performance variant and is likely to carry the full M Sport or M Performance exterior package, which uses a visually distinct side skirt compared with standard i5 trims. While all i5 variants share the same G60 platform, the skirt design differs between the M60 and lower trim levels, so swapping between them would result in a mismatch in appearance and potentially in fixings. Source a skirt from a donor car with the same trim specification as your own, and confirm with the breaker using your registration.

The G60 i5 has not received a facelift as of 2024, so this situation has not yet arisen. When a facelift does arrive it typically brings restyled exterior panels including revised skirts, and whether those would interchange with pre-facelift parts is something you would need to confirm with the breaker against your specific registration – this is not something that can be guaranteed in advance.