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E46 M3 (2001-2006) Engine: S54 - Max Hp: 333 hp at 7,900 rpm / 262 lb/ft at 4,900 rpm Total Produced: 45,000+ - Years Produced: 2001 to 2006. |
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I notice color seem to effect the price of the car ranging from 2k-8k... Prices are all over the place
![]() I cant seem to find any with IB/Cinn or PY/Kiwi, AW/Cinn or AW/imola I would even give Imola red on Imola red a try I wonder how this looks in person? any pics of the above mention colors? |
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Grey interior hurts value. Cin and imola interiors bump value.
Any exterior color, and white, increase value. Any M exclusive color bumps value a bunch. IB requires ZCP, which also increases value. So... if you want not grey/silver/black exterior, and you want a colored interior... Well, you're going to have to pay for it. 2-8k increase in value is, indeed, realistic.
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Those are all highly desirable (or rare in the case of PY/Kiwi) color combos, you'll have to pay a premium. Tons of pics around here, look at journals of cars with those combos.
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34 py/kiwi imported to N.A market. Of which, Only 4 were made for the US. They were special order. 2 w/smg and 2 w/manual. The rest went to canada. Thats where i found mine. You should look there. Importing from canada was pretty easy. I paid $17,000CAD for mine. After the conversion rate at the time only actually cost me $12,500USD. Then i had to pay a 3% import tax. Well worth it IMO. There are a bunch of different color combos offered in canada that werent offered here. Good luck on the hunt!
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Personally, my advice would be to consider purchasing a car with the exterior color you want as long as the history and condition is satisfactory to you. The interior can be changed with minimal effort and expense if you can do basic DIY at all. The price difference for a car with a desirable interior color is WAY more than the cost to switch an interior over by watching the classifieds based on my experiences recently. It's important to note that a gray car will require more work to convert to another color than a black car though because many more parts are gray... It really depends on your ideals, too. I am coming from an LSB on black/gray M Roadster to an M3 daily driver. This is not a forever car and I was not willing to pay Cayman S/other desirable car money just for a cooler/rarer color combo. I am lucky enough to be able to afford many great cars, but did not see the value. You need to ask yourself if you do. Many fine people on this forum view this as their forever car and want the exact car they dream of and that is admirable. These posters keep this community strong, impressive, and helpful for the rest of us. They are an example of how to maintain a vehicle. |
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I'd avoid grey interior cars if you plan to convert to a colored interior later. A grey starting point makes the project 10x more work.
Said as someone who's entire interior is out of the car at this very moment (and I previously converted my M3 wagon's grey interior)
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Dove-grey, low optioned cars make *excellent* track cars
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Yes I've done the pillars and head liner too. The B-pillars were the ones I found hardest because they have that little metal tab that has to slip in, that was a major PITA. Mounting a headliner by yourself is easily the most difficult of the interior swap process, I never felt like I had enough hands to do the job ha.
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