Sankekur said:
Zound said:
Have seen a couple E46's with the exterior black trim pieces in body colour or "colour coded", It looks especially good IMHO on the Titanium Silver cars.
What do you guys think?
Personally I think a car needs either the Ci bumpers or the M3 bumpers to pull off painted trim....note in the pic you posted...the car actually has M3 front and rear bumpers (or reps) on.
If you really want to do something to your trim, rather delete your front numberplate holder, the car will look a lot better and it really cleans up the front.
Out of interest any idea why the car doesn't have the m-tech side skirts or brake ducts?
That's a good point. I'm still interested to have them colour coded, but perhaps the MTech 1 bumpers aren't the right ones to do it to. I've always had an eye for the M-Tech 2 front bumper, think it looks absolutely perfect on the E46. Not sure if it will fit a 2001 pre-facelift though?
I've wanted to do the number plate holder delete, just need to do more research on how to do it and where to get the part/s.
Regarding the m-tech side skirts and brake ducts, I honestly don't have a clue. I'm relatively unexperienced regarding the appearance of the various kits (stock, sport, m-tech I, m-tech II etc). From my general point of view, my side skirts don't appear to be stock, as they do have a sporty aggressive design to them that I simply perceived to be part of the m-Tech I kit . If someone could enlighten me regarding the various designs etc, I'd be very thankful.
Unfortunately at the moment, since I've only owned the car for three weeks, preventative maintenance is number one on the priority list. I'm currently troubleshooting my faulty AC and chasing a minor oil leak. Once that's covered and a basic service, the mods will rise to top of the list :rollsmile:
