Just received my replacements. Excellent service from Reiten. Must say that in appearance, the gold Gillies/Motoradd ones I returned looked much better. Not that the looks would have helped much if they failed a long way from home. Thanks Reiten.
Seems like BMW are exchanging the gold ones too.
The problem is poor design, period. Working in engineering there is no way you would put that much stress in such a small area, especially in an alloy
Poor quality control of materials… china is renowned for this.