Unusual Green E46 Cloth Interior
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JakeT said:
This thread draws to a close,
The other day I started it up, and on were the ABS, ASC and the handbrake light. Oh dear. These were combined with a lack of speedometer, also.
I attempted to fit a wheel speed sensor, but it was well and truly stuck in the housing. The sensor broke off flush with the rear arm.
While doing this I noticed that the subframe was starting to pull out of the boot floor too. All of these combined mean it's curtains for the car. Listed it on Facebook, and I've been left a deposit. It'll be collected on Tuesday.
Sad end for the old thing, but it's as I imagined it would go. 40,000 trouble free miles all around Europe and some happy memories.
Some final pics from the ad I posted up.
Oh damn it! I want these mint green sport seats so desperately! It is impossible to find these sport seats for sale! The other day I started it up, and on were the ABS, ASC and the handbrake light. Oh dear. These were combined with a lack of speedometer, also.
I attempted to fit a wheel speed sensor, but it was well and truly stuck in the housing. The sensor broke off flush with the rear arm.
While doing this I noticed that the subframe was starting to pull out of the boot floor too. All of these combined mean it's curtains for the car. Listed it on Facebook, and I've been left a deposit. It'll be collected on Tuesday.
Sad end for the old thing, but it's as I imagined it would go. 40,000 trouble free miles all around Europe and some happy memories.
Some final pics from the ad I posted up.
Some might remember me, I bought my E46 with mint green interior over two years ago and posted some photos here as well... And now I see it is important to keep this thread alive! 
So here is some new shots, it is a project car, so there are a lot of upgrades 
Edited by spruce_e46 on Friday 27th March 23:51
Ah, my apologies about that. I sold the whole car for £500 in the end, it went to The Netherlands to donate its engine to a lesser E46. Hopefully the interior was used too. I still miss it, and wish I'd kept it but there was no point in it. The rear subframe was starting to remove itself, and the rust was getting worse by the day.
The ALPINA splitter on the front of yours looks really nice. Look after it, as I think the M52 is my favourite engine in the E46. It felt nicer than the 3.0 did to me for some reason. Mine also used no oil and ran wonderfully all of the time. A friend also has a 328ci in green with a green interior. His is the dark half leather interior. The early E46 is my favourite of the 3 series. Shame 95% of them for sale are in poor shape, or not what I want.
I replaced it with another 3 series. An E91 330i. Manual, and also with a cloth interior. Black time time, but still with sport seats. I prefer the feeling of sitting on cloth to leather. Not to mention it holds up to 'use' much better, too.
The ALPINA splitter on the front of yours looks really nice. Look after it, as I think the M52 is my favourite engine in the E46. It felt nicer than the 3.0 did to me for some reason. Mine also used no oil and ran wonderfully all of the time. A friend also has a 328ci in green with a green interior. His is the dark half leather interior. The early E46 is my favourite of the 3 series. Shame 95% of them for sale are in poor shape, or not what I want.
I replaced it with another 3 series. An E91 330i. Manual, and also with a cloth interior. Black time time, but still with sport seats. I prefer the feeling of sitting on cloth to leather. Not to mention it holds up to 'use' much better, too.
Edited by JakeT on Saturday 28th March 14:08
JakeT said:
Ah, my apologies about that. I sold the whole car for £500 in the end, it went to The Netherlands to donate its engine to a lesser E46. Hopefully the interior was used too. I still miss it, and wish I'd kept it but there was no point in it. The rear subframe was starting to remove itself, and the rust was getting worse by the day.
The ALPINA splitter on the front of yours looks really nice. Look after it, as I think the M52 is my favourite engine in the E46. It felt nicer than the 3.0 did to me for some reason. Mine also used no oil and ran wonderfully all of the time. A friend also has a 328ci in green with a green interior. His is the dark half leather interior. The early E46 is my favourite of the 3 series. Shame 95% of them for sale are in poor shape, or not what I want.
I replaced it with another 3 series. An E91 330i. Manual, and also with a cloth interior. Black time time, but still with sport seats. I prefer the feeling of sitting on cloth to leather. Not to mention it holds up to 'use' much better, too.
My old car! (I fitted the Pioneer system and the blackline tail lights - both official BMW items)The ALPINA splitter on the front of yours looks really nice. Look after it, as I think the M52 is my favourite engine in the E46. It felt nicer than the 3.0 did to me for some reason. Mine also used no oil and ran wonderfully all of the time. A friend also has a 328ci in green with a green interior. His is the dark half leather interior. The early E46 is my favourite of the 3 series. Shame 95% of them for sale are in poor shape, or not what I want.
I replaced it with another 3 series. An E91 330i. Manual, and also with a cloth interior. Black time time, but still with sport seats. I prefer the feeling of sitting on cloth to leather. Not to mention it holds up to 'use' much better, too.
Edited by JakeT on Saturday 28th March 14:08
Owned it 2010-2014, nice to see a few other enthusiasts enjoying it since. Looks in great shape too! Hope you enjoy it.
Your location in your profile suggests you're the owner that spent a fair amount keeping it right, so thank you for that. Moreso for having the suspension and audio sorted!
It's now got the late model navigation with some other bits retrofitted too.
It's on 157,000 miles now and I've no plans to be rid of it before 200 large. I bought it with 138,000 miles on it in July 2019. It's been a really good daily, and lucky with it's owners. These cars tend to fall into the 'unloved' area after a few years, but this one hasn't.
It's now got the late model navigation with some other bits retrofitted too.
It's on 157,000 miles now and I've no plans to be rid of it before 200 large. I bought it with 138,000 miles on it in July 2019. It's been a really good daily, and lucky with it's owners. These cars tend to fall into the 'unloved' area after a few years, but this one hasn't.
Naldrett said:
Forgot about the Birds suspension - that cost a decent amount but was worth it. Those cloth seats look amazing for 157k miles, so much better than leather would be with that amount of use. The electric lumbar is a rare but very welcome option too.
During my ownership (50k miles from 2015-2019) I ran it with rotbraun LCI leather & wood trim, the cloth was safely stored and explains why it still looks fresh! I did miss the electric lumbar support on the cloth. I do still miss this car, especially now I’ve gone auto...Couple of interior shots of it with the LCI leather fitted, before the wood trim & CIC controller went in.
JakeT said:
Funny you should say that, in the lockdown I've been planning on doing a thread to keep track of what I've done to the car.
I've ordered a set of silver cube trims and a new iDrive controller for it to go in too. Might be time so start dtafting a thread...
Looking forward to it! I found the CIC controller much easier to use with the additional buttons, compared to the CCC one. Thankfully it’s plug and play and very easy to swap over. I've ordered a set of silver cube trims and a new iDrive controller for it to go in too. Might be time so start dtafting a thread...
Ask and ye shall receive.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Any old pictures of the car while under previous custodianship over there are most welcome.
I'm looking forward to the CIC controller. That and the mounting bracked have arrived. Once the new trims are here it's all going in. Hopefully this week.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Any old pictures of the car while under previous custodianship over there are most welcome.
I'm looking forward to the CIC controller. That and the mounting bracked have arrived. Once the new trims are here it's all going in. Hopefully this week.
Hellrot.project said:
Since this is the only thing I can find about green E46 seats, thought I'd share the special interior I picked up tonight.
BMW Individual Alcantara in a green/blue colour. Don't have much info on it yet so I don't even know the exact colour.
Wow, that looks fantastic. BMW Individual Alcantara in a green/blue colour. Don't have much info on it yet so I don't even know the exact colour.
I reckon it is Titanic Blue. It looks much darker in the individual brochure but there is a picture online of an Alpina E39 with Titanic Blue Alcantara which looks identical. Very snazzy!
ETA it looks like a dark and light version of Titanic blue is available. This would be light.
ETA it looks like a dark and light version of Titanic blue is available. This would be light.
Edited by Maxus on Thursday 24th February 18:05
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