I have seen a couple of posts about the M Performance pedal sets around, and some others showing carbon fibre pedal replacements. I had a quick look around ebay for the same and found these for ~$30 (19 pounds) + shipping for RHD manual transmission and thought I'd take a risk and see what they were like.
Seller items (for when listings below expire and cannot be found):
http://shop.ebay.com.au/3amotor/m.ht...id=p4340.l2562
RHD set:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BMW-E81-E82-E...item1e613d00ac
LHD set:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-M...Q5fAccessories
Auto set LHD:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BMW-LHD-Pedal...item1e613d17f0
To my surprise, they fit perfectly! There was no drilling required for the clutch and brake pedals, and the accelerator was easy enough to remove from the car, drill the 4 required holes and bolt the new metal pedal on top.
The footwell pedal was also included in this package and it was easy enough to drill four pilot holes into the stock plastic pad and mount it over the top.
Looks amazing, about 10-15 minutes work. Very grippy, at least equal to the stock rubber clutch/brake pedals and much improved from the stock plastic accelerator and footwell pads.
Just wanted to give people heads up that these cheapies are actually quite good quality (one of the screw holes was not completely drilled on one of the brake/clutch pedals but easily fixed by ramming a screw through it by hand). I was very happy not to have to drill through the clutch and brake pedals as some other sets require.
Pictures from my phone (apologise for quality):
*****
Thanks Satalite for your install photos!
*****