The Blue Phoenix - E46 325i

[SlimKlim]

I've seen stories of people claiming to have the flap on 325i's, but you're correct, I don't have one. I've already looked. Also, it seems Chan put an aftermarket airbox thing in it? I don't know if that's good or bad.


We will see on the mods, of course if I can get them for cheap, I might do some later down the road, but I'd rather not destroy the resale value just yet. These things seem pretty hard to pawn off.

Its still a closed box but looks aftermarket? Pics?

I'd be extremely cautious with throwing mods at it, old BMWs have a sense of humor at their owner's expense, so the second you bolt some sweet new wheels or shocks on it your power steering pump will decide to explode. (My E46 actually ate two PS pumps before 80k miles.)

That being said there are some cheap mods you can do under the guise of preventative maintenance. For example if the shifter bushings are all blown out and you have to replace them anyway, a common trick on the E36 is to grab a 4-cylinder Z3 shifter arm for another $50 and you get a significantly shorter throw on the cheap. There's probably something similar you can do with the E46.

If you have a buddy who can weld you can hack off the muffler with a sawzall (leave the resonator or your ears will bleed) and replace it with a couple sections of straight 2" pipe and make it loud for next to nothing, although it'll still be slow.