Discussion
After reading some fascinating threads in this section, I thought I ought to give a little back - Although this might not be as interesting a read as other threads, it might prove useful for anyone thinking of buying a similar model. - I’ve lived with my 325ti for nearly 5 years now, so I can give a good idea of what it’s like to live with.
So why did I choose it?
I had a certain list of criteria, as I was after a ‘Goldilocks’ car
1) Space - I needed a good accessible boot, as I use my car for work (carrying large amounts of film and TV equipment), and also for personal use - carrying a mountain bike, camping gear, or furniture when moving house. A Saloon was out, they’ve always seemed a little pointless for myself, a fairly practical man. A Big boot opening was required, so either an estate or hatchback was required.
2) Comfy place to be inside. Ive had my fair share of cheap and cheerfull vehicles, but I wanted something with a quiet cabin, and that felt solidly built. Id had enough of rattly and squeaky interiors
3) It needed an MPG figure I could live with - I wasn't planning on doing moon mileage every year, but I wanted something that would get between 30-40 mpg.
4) It needed ‘enough’ power. Around 200bhp seemed to me to be a sweet spot between performance and point number 3 above.
5) Needed to be slightly rewarding to drive.
So as you could see - I was a fussy customer - and the above were a hard list to all get within my budget - which, 5 years ago was about 3-4k.
I looked over various luxobarge estates, but they seemed a little dull to drive. I went to see a 330 touring, which ticked a lot of boxes, but every one i found had a lot of miles on the clock.
So I played around with autotrader, to see what was local, went to 60 in under 8 seconds, and was either a hatchack or an estate.
I found, just 5 miles away from where i lived, an e46 325ti. I’d never really heard of the ti - the compact model, so did some research.
The compacts were a little unfashionable - With a slightly odd headlights, and the back end looking a bit like a 3 series with the bum chopped off, it was never seen as cool as the mainstream saloon or touring versions. But a hatchback boot, with seats that go down, ticked the box for practicality for me. Unfashionable cars, in my view, also tend to be better looked after.
A bit of research showed that the compact was the same wheelbase as the touring and the saloon - but just 1 foot shorter at the back. The top of the range was the 325 - they didn't put that 3 litre in the compact. But this one local to me, was too good to ignore- 1 owner from new and just 50,000 on the clock. Plus, to top it off, it was in quite an unusual purple / blue colour. - There was no excuse not to go investigate
barely worn in
The One
The owner was a true gentlemen, and had great taste in cars himself - his reason for selling? He’d just bought a 1m Coupe (a wise purchase too, looking at the value of them now).
He’d specced this 325ti from factory - Colour coded interior detail, full leather interior, M sport steering wheel with all the controls, M sport wheels, and the ‘sports pack’ - which included a smoother shape bumper, without grey plastic on it, and black trim instead of chrome in the BME 'kidneys'. - This really makes the car look quite modern considering its age, and in the flesh, I was pleasantly surprised.
- The 'sports' bumper, really gives it a much more modern image
I was ready to not like the ‘lexus’ rear lights (factory fitted by the way - bmw changed the design of them on the later models, as they didn't prove popular.) - but circling the car, I had to admit, it looked a lot nicer than I thought.
- Those OE rear lights, like or loathe?
The car was a real credit to the previous owner - he had all the stamps, all the receipts, and the car wanted for nothing. The alloys were spotless, and the paintwork was flawless. By the way - blue or purple? It strangely changes depending on what light its under. BMW, rather flamboyantly refer to it as 'technoviolet'
I took it on the test drive, and it immediately felt right. - The smooth straight 6 felt lively, quick, but quiet and refined on the motorway. I even quite liked the engine note when pressing on a little. The gear change was precise, and everything about the car felt ‘tight’. - there was none of that slightly sloppy feel from worn bushes or other components.
When we got back, I shook his hand and passed over 3k - I didn't even haggle. There were cheaper ones around, but it seemed a fair price for a well maintained car.
In my stewardship
So I’d found my goldilocks car. I started off, by doing what I always do with a new car - replacing all the fluids, and all the filters, so the car has a fresh start. It had very detailed history, but Im a little OCD, so new consumables it was, and a fresh spreadsheet to keep on top of when things need to be replaced.
In 5 years, despite needed general mainatence, this has been the best car i’ve owned. - Reliable, fun, its been on many fun road trips, including to Le Mans many times, its helped me move house, its taken huge loads from Ikea, and I even met my soon-to-be-wife, in the car, when I offered her a lift.
- From bicycles to flooring, it's certainly been practical
Things I discovered;
- It really could do with a 6th gear. It cruises at 3000rpm on the motorway. Not a huge deal, as the cabin is very quiet. It turns out BMW thought it needed a 6th too, as the later compacts did come with a 6th. I still rather this low milegae, well kept one though.
- CDV. The clutch delay value. When first driving this car, I felt like I was stalling a lot. I assumed I was being an idiot and I just needed to get used to it. But I also learnt the CDV doesn't help - its designed to protect the transmission, its a restrictor in the clutch hydraulic line. It prevents shock to the tranmsitiion, if you were suddenly to drop the clutch. But it also means there isnt a 1 to 1 relationship with you and the clutch. You can pull up quickly, but the restrictor impedes the flow of fluid, which can mean the clutch is still coming up, even though your foot is off the pedal. So even though you might have you foot off the pedal, and keeping a low even amount revs, as the cdv lets the last amount of the clutch engage, you get an unexpected dip in revs, causing a stall. Over time, I've adapted to it, but it still catches me out in traffic. Its a fairly common modification to just remove the valve itself, and its something I might think about in the future. This car is much more at home on an A road or a motorway, than sat in traffic.
- No cupholders. Obviously in the early 2000’s, people did not require bottle of water and a coffee in the morning! A bit of research showed that the e46's with an armrest did not get cup holders, but the ones without arm rests did. The reason being, with the armrest down, one of the cupholders would be obscured. Seemed like a price well worth paying - If i needed two drinks, i could keep the arm rest up!
A quick eBay purchase later, and I’d bought the centre console section required. It was very easy to fit, and well worth doing. I also learnt a new word: ‘oddments’ - as in 'oddments tray'. Say it with me ‘oddments’. Its a good word, isnt it?
Before:
After:
- The tape deck. It had a tape deck! I decided early on in my ownership, that the car required dragging into the modern era. I didn't want to replace the head unit and go all boy racer, with an ill fitting ugly looking stereo poking out of the dash. I wanted to keep it looking standard, but be able to plug my iPhone into the existing stereo, and for my phone to be able to charge as well. I managed to find a device called the 'Duo' made by a company called Dice electronics. - It plugs into the CD multichanger loom. So you have to run the cable back all the way through the cabin, carefully under the carpet. I installed the brain of the unit neatly behind the glovebox, and carefully fed the iPhone cable into one of the oddment trays in the centre console (see, I knew that word would come in useful again).
With a very low profile iPhone holder attached to an air vent, i can now plug in the phone, dock it up on the air vent, and my phone will charge, as well as run the audio through to the stereo. The stereo thinks my iPhone is the CD multicahnger - the car even displays song information on the cars stereo, and I'm able to alter volume, and skip songs, all using the steering wheel controls. - I was very happy with that.
- The car is very easy to work on. I have a technical background, and I do all my own maintenance. I don't mind getty grubby hands, and it means I can make sure the right things get done, and also update and replace things in advance. I've found the e46, so easy to work with. Despite the long inline 6 cyclinder engine filling out the engine bay, and stretching somewhat back under the dash, it's still easy to maintain. Cables are routed neatly, and it all feels like it was designed with maintenance in mind. I recently hired a garage ramp for the day, to inspect underneath, and replace brake fluid and fuel filter, as well as gearbox oil and diff oil. The last two are apparently not needed, but I don't believe any oil can be a lifetime fluid, so replaced with nice clean fluid to help keep everything going for as long as possible. I've also just changed the aux belts and tensioners (no cam belt as it uses a timing chain), and that too was a superbly easy task
The problems
Despite being very reliable, no car is completely without a niggle here and there, so these are a list of the issues I've had;
1) Rear springs. After the first mot, it turned out both rear springs were broken. Can be fairly common on the E46, especially with the bigger wheels lower profile tyres. It was fairly inexpensive to get new ones installed.
2) Expansion tank, err… expanded! With my car piled up with friends, ready to go on a surfing trip in Cornwall, my car decided to develop a split in the expansion tank. Thankfully we jumped in a friends car to complete the trip, and on my return it was a fairly easy thing to replace.
I researched the cooling system while I was at it, as I’m always a fan of preventative maintenance. I discovered the OE water pumps used plastic impellers, and can get brittle over time and break, so a lot of owners replace it with a metal impeller version- so I chose to the same.
3) The rear wiper has just stopped working. This is quite a common issue with the compacts - water gets into the motor of the wiper and it rusts up. This is my next on the to-do list.
4) Throttle position sensor. I've only had one time when the car wouldn't start, and the error code steered me to the direction of the throttle position sensor. I picked up a new one, and it was up and running again in no time.
What Next
So is it still the goldilocks car? Part of me still thinks the 330 touring would have been the only other alternative. As I get older, that extra load space could be useful, but Im still happy with 325. Its still fun to drive, gets me 35mpg on the motorway and 30 around town. - It all works well, and not a spot of rust to be seen. Theres just not a good reason to move on. I'll certainly keep it a while longer, and when summer hits, I've got a small list of to-dos;
1) Get a small bit of lacquer peel sorted
2) Refurb the wheels, which have got a bit corroded over the years
3) Full valet inside
4) Fix the rear wiper
What car to follow it with? Its a shame BMW didn't put the 3 litre engine in the compacts - or did a compact M car, for that matter! perhaps, like the previous owner, I might follow his path of a 1m coupe, or a more modern 135 or 140...
Any questions, please do ask away!
So why did I choose it?
I had a certain list of criteria, as I was after a ‘Goldilocks’ car
1) Space - I needed a good accessible boot, as I use my car for work (carrying large amounts of film and TV equipment), and also for personal use - carrying a mountain bike, camping gear, or furniture when moving house. A Saloon was out, they’ve always seemed a little pointless for myself, a fairly practical man. A Big boot opening was required, so either an estate or hatchback was required.
2) Comfy place to be inside. Ive had my fair share of cheap and cheerfull vehicles, but I wanted something with a quiet cabin, and that felt solidly built. Id had enough of rattly and squeaky interiors
3) It needed an MPG figure I could live with - I wasn't planning on doing moon mileage every year, but I wanted something that would get between 30-40 mpg.
4) It needed ‘enough’ power. Around 200bhp seemed to me to be a sweet spot between performance and point number 3 above.
5) Needed to be slightly rewarding to drive.
So as you could see - I was a fussy customer - and the above were a hard list to all get within my budget - which, 5 years ago was about 3-4k.
I looked over various luxobarge estates, but they seemed a little dull to drive. I went to see a 330 touring, which ticked a lot of boxes, but every one i found had a lot of miles on the clock.
So I played around with autotrader, to see what was local, went to 60 in under 8 seconds, and was either a hatchack or an estate.
I found, just 5 miles away from where i lived, an e46 325ti. I’d never really heard of the ti - the compact model, so did some research.
The compacts were a little unfashionable - With a slightly odd headlights, and the back end looking a bit like a 3 series with the bum chopped off, it was never seen as cool as the mainstream saloon or touring versions. But a hatchback boot, with seats that go down, ticked the box for practicality for me. Unfashionable cars, in my view, also tend to be better looked after.
A bit of research showed that the compact was the same wheelbase as the touring and the saloon - but just 1 foot shorter at the back. The top of the range was the 325 - they didn't put that 3 litre in the compact. But this one local to me, was too good to ignore- 1 owner from new and just 50,000 on the clock. Plus, to top it off, it was in quite an unusual purple / blue colour. - There was no excuse not to go investigate
barely worn in
The One
The owner was a true gentlemen, and had great taste in cars himself - his reason for selling? He’d just bought a 1m Coupe (a wise purchase too, looking at the value of them now).
He’d specced this 325ti from factory - Colour coded interior detail, full leather interior, M sport steering wheel with all the controls, M sport wheels, and the ‘sports pack’ - which included a smoother shape bumper, without grey plastic on it, and black trim instead of chrome in the BME 'kidneys'. - This really makes the car look quite modern considering its age, and in the flesh, I was pleasantly surprised.
- The 'sports' bumper, really gives it a much more modern image
I was ready to not like the ‘lexus’ rear lights (factory fitted by the way - bmw changed the design of them on the later models, as they didn't prove popular.) - but circling the car, I had to admit, it looked a lot nicer than I thought.
- Those OE rear lights, like or loathe?
The car was a real credit to the previous owner - he had all the stamps, all the receipts, and the car wanted for nothing. The alloys were spotless, and the paintwork was flawless. By the way - blue or purple? It strangely changes depending on what light its under. BMW, rather flamboyantly refer to it as 'technoviolet'
I took it on the test drive, and it immediately felt right. - The smooth straight 6 felt lively, quick, but quiet and refined on the motorway. I even quite liked the engine note when pressing on a little. The gear change was precise, and everything about the car felt ‘tight’. - there was none of that slightly sloppy feel from worn bushes or other components.
When we got back, I shook his hand and passed over 3k - I didn't even haggle. There were cheaper ones around, but it seemed a fair price for a well maintained car.
In my stewardship
So I’d found my goldilocks car. I started off, by doing what I always do with a new car - replacing all the fluids, and all the filters, so the car has a fresh start. It had very detailed history, but Im a little OCD, so new consumables it was, and a fresh spreadsheet to keep on top of when things need to be replaced.
In 5 years, despite needed general mainatence, this has been the best car i’ve owned. - Reliable, fun, its been on many fun road trips, including to Le Mans many times, its helped me move house, its taken huge loads from Ikea, and I even met my soon-to-be-wife, in the car, when I offered her a lift.
- From bicycles to flooring, it's certainly been practical
Things I discovered;
- It really could do with a 6th gear. It cruises at 3000rpm on the motorway. Not a huge deal, as the cabin is very quiet. It turns out BMW thought it needed a 6th too, as the later compacts did come with a 6th. I still rather this low milegae, well kept one though.
- CDV. The clutch delay value. When first driving this car, I felt like I was stalling a lot. I assumed I was being an idiot and I just needed to get used to it. But I also learnt the CDV doesn't help - its designed to protect the transmission, its a restrictor in the clutch hydraulic line. It prevents shock to the tranmsitiion, if you were suddenly to drop the clutch. But it also means there isnt a 1 to 1 relationship with you and the clutch. You can pull up quickly, but the restrictor impedes the flow of fluid, which can mean the clutch is still coming up, even though your foot is off the pedal. So even though you might have you foot off the pedal, and keeping a low even amount revs, as the cdv lets the last amount of the clutch engage, you get an unexpected dip in revs, causing a stall. Over time, I've adapted to it, but it still catches me out in traffic. Its a fairly common modification to just remove the valve itself, and its something I might think about in the future. This car is much more at home on an A road or a motorway, than sat in traffic.
- No cupholders. Obviously in the early 2000’s, people did not require bottle of water and a coffee in the morning! A bit of research showed that the e46's with an armrest did not get cup holders, but the ones without arm rests did. The reason being, with the armrest down, one of the cupholders would be obscured. Seemed like a price well worth paying - If i needed two drinks, i could keep the arm rest up!
A quick eBay purchase later, and I’d bought the centre console section required. It was very easy to fit, and well worth doing. I also learnt a new word: ‘oddments’ - as in 'oddments tray'. Say it with me ‘oddments’. Its a good word, isnt it?
Before:
After:
- The tape deck. It had a tape deck! I decided early on in my ownership, that the car required dragging into the modern era. I didn't want to replace the head unit and go all boy racer, with an ill fitting ugly looking stereo poking out of the dash. I wanted to keep it looking standard, but be able to plug my iPhone into the existing stereo, and for my phone to be able to charge as well. I managed to find a device called the 'Duo' made by a company called Dice electronics. - It plugs into the CD multichanger loom. So you have to run the cable back all the way through the cabin, carefully under the carpet. I installed the brain of the unit neatly behind the glovebox, and carefully fed the iPhone cable into one of the oddment trays in the centre console (see, I knew that word would come in useful again).
With a very low profile iPhone holder attached to an air vent, i can now plug in the phone, dock it up on the air vent, and my phone will charge, as well as run the audio through to the stereo. The stereo thinks my iPhone is the CD multicahnger - the car even displays song information on the cars stereo, and I'm able to alter volume, and skip songs, all using the steering wheel controls. - I was very happy with that.
- The car is very easy to work on. I have a technical background, and I do all my own maintenance. I don't mind getty grubby hands, and it means I can make sure the right things get done, and also update and replace things in advance. I've found the e46, so easy to work with. Despite the long inline 6 cyclinder engine filling out the engine bay, and stretching somewhat back under the dash, it's still easy to maintain. Cables are routed neatly, and it all feels like it was designed with maintenance in mind. I recently hired a garage ramp for the day, to inspect underneath, and replace brake fluid and fuel filter, as well as gearbox oil and diff oil. The last two are apparently not needed, but I don't believe any oil can be a lifetime fluid, so replaced with nice clean fluid to help keep everything going for as long as possible. I've also just changed the aux belts and tensioners (no cam belt as it uses a timing chain), and that too was a superbly easy task
The problems
Despite being very reliable, no car is completely without a niggle here and there, so these are a list of the issues I've had;
1) Rear springs. After the first mot, it turned out both rear springs were broken. Can be fairly common on the E46, especially with the bigger wheels lower profile tyres. It was fairly inexpensive to get new ones installed.
2) Expansion tank, err… expanded! With my car piled up with friends, ready to go on a surfing trip in Cornwall, my car decided to develop a split in the expansion tank. Thankfully we jumped in a friends car to complete the trip, and on my return it was a fairly easy thing to replace.
I researched the cooling system while I was at it, as I’m always a fan of preventative maintenance. I discovered the OE water pumps used plastic impellers, and can get brittle over time and break, so a lot of owners replace it with a metal impeller version- so I chose to the same.
3) The rear wiper has just stopped working. This is quite a common issue with the compacts - water gets into the motor of the wiper and it rusts up. This is my next on the to-do list.
4) Throttle position sensor. I've only had one time when the car wouldn't start, and the error code steered me to the direction of the throttle position sensor. I picked up a new one, and it was up and running again in no time.
What Next
So is it still the goldilocks car? Part of me still thinks the 330 touring would have been the only other alternative. As I get older, that extra load space could be useful, but Im still happy with 325. Its still fun to drive, gets me 35mpg on the motorway and 30 around town. - It all works well, and not a spot of rust to be seen. Theres just not a good reason to move on. I'll certainly keep it a while longer, and when summer hits, I've got a small list of to-dos;
1) Get a small bit of lacquer peel sorted
2) Refurb the wheels, which have got a bit corroded over the years
3) Full valet inside
4) Fix the rear wiper
What car to follow it with? Its a shame BMW didn't put the 3 litre engine in the compacts - or did a compact M car, for that matter! perhaps, like the previous owner, I might follow his path of a 1m coupe, or a more modern 135 or 140...
Any questions, please do ask away!
Edited by Fordo on Monday 27th February 18:07
Podie said:
I never really "got" the compact (although there seems to be a lot of love for them), but that looks like a great example. Nice colour and spec too.
I was exactly the same - I only went to see it, as it was 1 owner and low mileage. But after I poked around it, I never looked back. - The looks grew on me, plus, you cant fit an entire flats worth of flooring in a saloon.....Thanks for the kind words sir
Good spec on that one! Is the colour the velvet purple that was available through the Individual range hence the colour coded interior parts to??
THAT is why a Compact is so high on my list! you'd never manage that with a coupe/saloon and a touring would be too much car for the vast majority of other journeys.
Have you thought about using a product like Laminex to make the top of the rear lights all red or source some facelift rears like these
THAT is why a Compact is so high on my list! you'd never manage that with a coupe/saloon and a touring would be too much car for the vast majority of other journeys.
Have you thought about using a product like Laminex to make the top of the rear lights all red or source some facelift rears like these
Yikes, for the love of god... replace those taillights 
Here's a pic of mine (sold 2011), also a pre FL on which I changed the taillights to the FL ones.
Btw, can confirm all the issues you describe. Both rear springs broken, rear wiper had a life of its own, further had a defective camshaft sensor once.
Other than that pretty much fault free 25k mls spent with the car. Never really bonded though.
Enjoy yours - low mileage cars are hard to come by.
As regards the wheels - always thought that Styling 72 18 inch ones from the E46 looked ace with the M sports pack.
Here's a pic of mine (sold 2011), also a pre FL on which I changed the taillights to the FL ones.
Btw, can confirm all the issues you describe. Both rear springs broken, rear wiper had a life of its own, further had a defective camshaft sensor once.
Other than that pretty much fault free 25k mls spent with the car. Never really bonded though.
Enjoy yours - low mileage cars are hard to come by.
As regards the wheels - always thought that Styling 72 18 inch ones from the E46 looked ace with the M sports pack.
aka_kerrly said:
Good spec on that one! Is the colour the velvet purple that was available through the Individual range hence the colour coded interior parts to??
THAT is why a Compact is so high on my list! you'd never manage that with a coupe/saloon and a touring would be too much car for the vast majority of other journeys.
Have you thought about using a product like Laminex to make the top of the rear lights all red or source some facelift rears like these
I've thought about getting facelift rear lights, but just never got around to it- they do suit the darker colours a lot better, especially in that photo you've posted! I'll have to have a rummage on eBay....THAT is why a Compact is so high on my list! you'd never manage that with a coupe/saloon and a touring would be too much car for the vast majority of other journeys.
Have you thought about using a product like Laminex to make the top of the rear lights all red or source some facelift rears like these
Join the club! Love my 325ti. The purple ones only seem to be early cars like ours, never seen a facelift model in a more unique colour.
I love the way it drives too. Feels much smaller than an E46 on the road, and more chuckable.
Not to mention the practicality. Self opening boot, lack of rust and bespoke suspension setup are all good reasons to get a 325ti.
Edited by JakeT on Tuesday 28th February 11:56
Mine's quite a well optioned car. Bi-Xenon headlights, sunroof, upgraded stereo, power fold mirrors and a couple of other bits.
The compact had different valving on the dampers, thickers anti roll bars, and some other bits. The purple tag rack from the start of production too. The boot floor is different to the other models, so cracking is less likely to happen. It can happen though.
The compact had different valving on the dampers, thickers anti roll bars, and some other bits. The purple tag rack from the start of production too. The boot floor is different to the other models, so cracking is less likely to happen. It can happen though.
Great write-up OP on what is a fantastic car, especially for the money!
I'm not a fan of the clear rear lights, but IMHO they don't look quite so bad on my Imola Red Compact.
I've had mine just over 2 years and can see me keeping it for some years yet!
If anyone wants to read a bit more about them, there is a 50+ page 325ti Appreciation Thread in BMW General!
Someone on there has put a 330i engine into one, but back in the day you could order a Compact with an S54 M3 engine from Hartge (they called it their H33)! Not sure how many (if any) people did though.
I'm not a fan of the clear rear lights, but IMHO they don't look quite so bad on my Imola Red Compact.
I've had mine just over 2 years and can see me keeping it for some years yet!
If anyone wants to read a bit more about them, there is a 50+ page 325ti Appreciation Thread in BMW General!
Someone on there has put a 330i engine into one, but back in the day you could order a Compact with an S54 M3 engine from Hartge (they called it their H33)! Not sure how many (if any) people did though.
Mr Tidy said:
Great write-up OP on what is a fantastic car, especially for the money!
Someone on there has put a 330i engine into one, but back in the day you could order a Compact with an S54 M3 engine from Hartge (they called it their H33)! Not sure how many (if any) people did though.
Did not know that! Must be very rare to find one of those.Someone on there has put a 330i engine into one, but back in the day you could order a Compact with an S54 M3 engine from Hartge (they called it their H33)! Not sure how many (if any) people did though.
Yours looks great in red - I'm not usually a fan of red on cars, but it really suits the compacts shape
Sadly leaving the club now, mines for sale in the classifieds.
Despite the Ti's great all round character, my line has work has led me to need an even bigger boot so i've just got bought a Legacy 2.0 GT twin scroll - which just like the compact, should tick both the fun and practical boxes. I miss driving it already. The subaru is a nice car, and certainly more powerful - but I miss that smooth straight 6 power delivery. The BMW has much more torque low down, where as off boost the subaru is a bit lacking. Oh, and the BMW engine always sounds nice, where as the subaru just sounds like a generic 4 pot. Also the old man in me misses the little BMW touches - auto dim rear mirror, parking sensors, steering wheel controls etc, plus the BMW does feel like a nicer place inside.
It will be missed, best car i've owned. The buyer will probably have to the pry the keys out of my hand
Had my factory 6 speed 325Ti since 2020 and restored it, was hit by a drunk driver and restored again over the past year. 1 of just 5 sold in Imola Red and with the TaninRot interior. I tracked down the holy grail carbon fibre bmw performance strut brace and intake, fitted some style 218 bmw motorsport wheels and replaced the interior trim for real carbon and added the titanium shifter and handbrake handle from Storm MotorWerks to finish the interior off until I can get a set of Recaro CS’s trimmed in the same bmw leather. It’s one I’ll never sell, mainly because I’ve spent far more than I’ll ever get back on it.
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