When did LED's come on the ///M3

[jeffm3]

Date first registered 2003 29th April, i have led's but they could of been retro fitted does anyone know how i could tell if they have been fitted after or its a facelift model with oem fac. fitted,

many thanks

jeff

[JKay]

Its not the date of registration that matters so much but its the date of manufacture.

If its a Coupe, the facelift was fitted with a longer boot handle from factory as per below
(pic taken from another users post on this forum)

Edited by JKay on Sunday 8th June 07:49

Edited by JKay on Sunday 8th June 07:50

[jeffm3]

this is the back of mine, its the same IMHO, if thats the case i've got a oem facelift, unless someone gone to the trouble of changing the boot too,

thanks for that i will try to find out 100%, bmw probs the best route i suppose. vin no.



jeff

[john_p]

It was build date March 2003 (around week 10) from memory, mine was one of the first Silver Grey cars and was registered April 03.

edit: Just remembered, the aircon panel was changed at the same time. If you have the temp up/down and fan up/down controls underneath the display then you have a pre-facelift car, if they are each side of the display then it is a facelift car.

Edited by john_p on Monday 9th June 17:06

[jeffm3]

I managed to find these two pics and mines like the last one, so from what i can see on most of the pics i found the satnav looks different too there's no radio bottons? actually there's no buttos at all around the satnav screen


no buttons around screen
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mine
loads of buttons on the satnav for radio etc.

thanks for th help guys looks like i've got the facelift model and only just too if it is like you said it changed in april, mines registered end of april so build date would of been before then so must be one of the first facelift model's,

so facelift model it is!.... which is great news..........yipppeeee!!!

thanks again guys

cheers jeff

[john_p]

The one with no buttons is some aftermarket screen install. Enjoy!

[jeffm3]

john_p said:

The one with no buttons is some aftermarket screen install. Enjoy!

I've seen loads with the same screen? is it maybe an american option as it seems to be all lefties that have it ????????????

cheers jeff

[jeffm3]

some more satnav pics with no buttons, i just had a thought it could be just a standard bezel i suppose, was the satnav the same pre-facelift then or was that diff too,





jeff

[Deniz.S]

The satnav has remained a constant until it was changed in the later e9x revisions and the e6x previously. I think all those are aftermarkets using a double din conversion. The only interior difference from the facelift in 2003 was they moved some of the controls for the air conditioning system

[john_p]

I also just realised (had pics turned off) that your car is silver grey! That colour (along with mystic blue) was only available on facelifted cars.

I have seen that bezel before. I think it was an official "OEM" retrofit satnav from someone like ACS, hence the parts were manufactured to fit in with the dash.

[jeffm3]

john_p said:

I also just realised (had pics turned off) that your car is silver grey! That colour (along with mystic blue) was only available on facelifted cars.

I have seen that bezel before. I think it was an official "OEM" retrofit satnav from someone like ACS, hence the parts were manufactured to fit in with the dash.

hhhmmm learn something new every day, funny you should say that i looked at a couple of blue ones as well as the silver/grey, but for me silver/grey and red leather is the only option to have, well i would thats what i've got lol

[Aubrey]

Anyone got any more info on the screen above? Looks amazing, where can it be bought etc?

[jeffm3]

Don't you know ebay has everything
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-3-series-E46-do...