e46 convertable advice

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Post Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:30 pm

is anyone on here well knowledged up on e46 cabbies

how do you go about fitting zenon headlights

i have seen a car advertised with 3x 3 point rear belts is this true or is it an optional extra

the reason i am asking this is if i buy my darling wife an e46 cab she promises me she will leave my e30 cab alone

i think its a done deal so please help me someone to find the answers to my questions
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:41 am

hello mate.. i owned a e46 325 cabby a few yrs ago.. they dont have 3x3 rear belts... if its a optional extra i dont know, but to my knowledge they only have 2 belts at the back... fitting xenons lights will be easy to do mate... just plug n play
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:25 pm

I thought they were a strict 4 seater.
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:16 pm

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Can't see a 5th person sitting on that! All BMW cabs are 4 seaters no??

Mabey the seller just ticked the box as you would on ebay thinking it has.
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:28 pm

ALL E46 convertibles and in fact ALL 3 series convertibles were 4 seat only and 3 rear seatbelts were never an option!

Also, Xenon headlamps AFAIK are not plug and play. I'm pretty sure the LCM would need recoding.

You can't fit a HID kit either as the standard headlamps do not have elypsoid lenses.
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:16 pm

I cant belive how cheap these e46 are getting.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-SERIES- ... 1c241596ba

I think these give all BMW lovers a real problem. £1500 buys you a turd of a 325i. Something to think about.
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:37 pm

scott180gtb wrote:I cant belive how cheap these e46 are getting.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-3-SERIES- ... 1c241596ba

I think these give all BMW lovers a real problem. £1500 buys you a turd of a 325i. Something to think about.
46's are dead, took me weeks to serve a 2002 E46 318CI I eventually cut my losses,

I think M3 E46's have dropped far more rapidly than the E36 M3 ever did :eek:
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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:43 pm

Just been browsing E46 M3s, plenty of them have dropped un £7k. 8O

How do they break compared to and E36 M3 once you've relieved it of its engine?
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Post Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:46 pm

thanks for all your pointers on this. the 3 seat rear was a car i was looking ar on autotrader.
the car i want to buy is a silver 330 ci sport cab it looks lovely and is an 02 plate at £6499.00
tha seller is a very good friend who i have grown up with so the turd issue isn't there and its done 83k
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