You're looking to "facelift" your car. Off the top of my head, you're going to need:
- hood
- fenders
- head lights
- lower head light trim
- M-Tech II bumper and all the fittings (wheel arch housings, brackets, supports, etc)
- Style 135m wheels
- M-Tech II rear bumper
- Shadow line trim
In three words : "Don't do it" (could be four if you expand the contraction).
Anyway, it would be cheaper to sell your car, buy a facelifted e46, and buy your friends a round of shots to celebrate than it would to "facelift" your car.
in all seriousness, it will cost you alot, try to find the parts from salvage yards to save money and find ones in your color so you dont have to paint....but good luck with that. car-part.com
Plus you'll need, ya know, a trunk full of ZHP specific suspension and engine parts, tune, etc. Otherwise it would still just be a look-alike after all that moneys.
Is the bottom one a stock vehicle? Maybe the hood and bumper are interchangeable. Its the first thing I would look at anyway. If they are just buy them and swap. Maybe you could sell the old ones.
Also I like the wheels I have now I don't care about the little stuff like wheels or side mirrors lol all I want is the hood bumper and headlights but I'm guessing I have to change the fenders and radiator support along with it
You can't just change the hood. His hood is for facelift version. Look carefully at your car and his. Look at the headlights, see how your headlight corner points down while the black car points up. His is called 'facelift' version 2002+.
Basically to stay cheap, without having to get fenders, hood and painting etc...
Start with the front bumper and wheels. This will be most noticeable. Then if you want change out your suspension for a drop go with that.
An everyday person won't be able to tell a difference between the hood or if your corner lights are facelift or non.
Dude you have a pre-facelift. Stick with it, why even go facelift anyway. Get an mtech2 bumper and you're golden. It's purely subjective but I think prefacelift looks better anyway! I think there's a reason they never facelifted the M3.
OP, since you're new(ish), I'll be nice. Based on the comments above, to get close, you're talking thousands I guess, and what do you get out of it? The same car with different looks.
Instead, I'd say take that money, start off with a new cooling system (what's your mileage?), do fuel filter, air filter, clean icv and tb and replace rubber wherever you see it--belts, bushings, vac lines. Replace your ofhg, vcg, and vanos seals. You'll want a new ccv, plugs, coil boots.
Gummi pflege your gaskets on door, trunk, and hook.
I'm pretty sure that all this stuff hasn't been done. Based on my experience, if you spend your money getting what you want, you'll be out of money when you need it the day after you're finished and won't be able to afford the new battery you need...just saying.
Don't get mad at me...I'm old...and just tried to explain, maybe, why you've heard all this 'negative' talk. It's really for your benefit. The bmw you have is all underneath the covers...the stuff you want to change. Instead, fix up what you have and you won't car what it looks like at all, because it will drive like it's meant to. It could be bright pink and you wouldn't care.
Alright I think I'm being misunderstood on what I'm trying to acomplished forget the facelift I just want a front conversion make my 2000 323ci look like a 2005 330 basically I don't care if its facelift or not lol I don't care about the wheels either..
so basically I'm saying
- Hood
- Fender
- headlights
- Headlights molding
- Front bumper.
Alright I think I'm being misunderstood on what I'm trying to acomplished forget the facelift I just want a front conversion make my 2000 323ci look like a 2005 330 basically I don't care if its facelift or not lol I don't care about the wheels either..
so basically I'm saying - Hood
- Fender
- headlights
- Headlights molding
- Front bumper.
I had it the other way, I had a facelift which really didnt grow on me and i liked the pre-facelift look better....(due to the reasons of it being closer to an ///M)
Idk I like facelift wayy better for a 2004 2005 e46 over here goes for around 12 14k
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