It is gonna cost some money to do, but worth it. It does update the front end nice. Reason I like my facelift coupe..not many out here. To me, my front bumper looks good. Do understand though, if you facelift the front, good luck finding lips for it. If you have a pre-facelift, I would say keep if stock and upgrade what you have, would be I am looking to purchase a BMW e46 as a project / fun drive around and I have a few unclear things. Mainly about the specs and the facelift vs non facelift. I am from east Europe and here I can get a good decent BMW e46 is at around 2 to 3k euros. I am looking for a petrol one. Mainly the 2.0 M52TUB20 6 cylinder. The criteria is as follows. 325: Rain sensor and automatic headlight control will now be part of the Premium Package. 325: Front armrest will be standard in the sedan and sport wagon. 325: Moonroof will be standard in the sport wagon. 325: SULEV 325i, 325Ci, and 325iT are introduced with the M56 motor to meet new emission requirements. The 2024 BMW 2 Series Coupe starts at $38,800. The M240i starts at $49,700. Neither is inexpensive, but it isn’t exactly a hotly-contested throne in this arena. Engaging coupes with real Here is the 100% answer. The pre-facelift and the Mtech 1 and 2 bumpers all use the same slider brackets and reinforcer bar. The standard facelift bumpers use the same reiforcer bar but different slider brackets, infact they don't even have sliders. The faclift bumper clip into plastic mounts fixed underneath the fenders and under the rear panel. Vorsteiner's Facelift hood fits both pre and post facelift fine. Current: E60 M5 6MT; E46 M3 6MT. Sold: E46 330CiA; E36 M3/2/5; E60 M5 SMG. DD: B8.5 Audi S4 6MT . Save. jFP2h. 1. unplug the battery as we will be cutting the wiring. 2. take off the inner part of the rear light and unplug it, do this on both sides, the pic below shows the difference between the pre and post facelift bulb holders. on the right is the facelift and on the left is the pre facelift, as you can see the facelift ones have 4 bulbs whereas the my 97 pre facelift has digi controls. First of all welcome and congrats on the purchase. I own both pre facelift and facelift as shown in my sig.(blue is facelift red is pre) Have heaps more pics of both if you want to compare. edit: go to a BMW dealer for a decent prepurchase check - They are far better IMO. Cheers. Edited February 26, 2008 by Estoril / Schwartz. May 20, 2016. #3. There is loads of little differences, but the obvious ones from the outside are the longer bootlid handle and LED rear lights/different boot lights. Plus the number plate!! I had a very early 2001 M3 and now have a 2005. A lot of the differences are under the skin. Last edited: May 20, 2016. Getting facelift headlights for 04-06 coupe and, facelift fenders (wings). Now I need a new hood too, but all of the facelift hoods cost $600+ and I found a new pre-facelift hood for $334. Sooo would it be a problem if i just got a pre-facelift hood? Which would look better considering reasonable prices? Apr 21, 2010. #8. I just did the Kidney grill upgrade on my E36 convertable, it looks a million times better so much so that you cant even compare the two, in my opinion anyways. Side indicators are definately different on the facelift and they look much better without the plastic surround, I would be interested to know if I can get those to Buying advice: Pre facelift or post facelift. Hi, I may be asking a silly question here but I’d like to hear your opinions about this. I’m currently looking to buy an e46 and I’ve got two of them on my radar. One is a 2000 model year, 330d with 234 000 km on clock and the other is a 2003 model year, 320d 110 kw with about 300 000 km on

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