E46 M3 interior trim choices

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17-09-16, 21:29
JohnH

E46 M3 interior trim choices

The interior trim in the m3 is carbon fibre wrapped. It was in the car when I got it but I plan to change it. I'd prefer an OEM or OEM+ look but am not sure what to go for.

I'm not a fan of Titan silver or the titanium grey as I think they date the interior. Piano black is an option but I'd like to find something either individual or rare like ACS.

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks
John
17-09-16, 23:13
kdevitt

It's hard to go wrong with the piano black imo. There was a leather option, which could look ok dependent on the colour.
17-09-16, 23:29
JohnH

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Originally Posted by kdevitt

It's hard to go wrong with the piano black imo. There was a leather option, which could look ok dependent on the colour.

I've never seen leather trim, must have a look for that. I'm tempted to change the colour of the interior too to something brighter (Champagne or Cinnamon maybe) so the piano black would work well then
18-09-16, 08:42
E46 MAN

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Go for it John. It is So worth it!!! And with regard to the trim I did Aqua graphics on mine and they are still as perfect as the day they were done a year ago. You can get piano black or something more out there what ever takes your fancy. And it is cheap enough to do. Think the whole interior for my car cost 200 at the time. No need to buy new ones either I have a spare set from an m3 interior here if your interested in keeping your originals intact.

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18-09-16, 08:54
Dave

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Go for it John. It is So worth it!!! And with regard to the trim I did Aqua graphics on mine and they are still as perfect as the day they were done a year ago. You can get piano black or something more out there what ever takes your fancy. And it is cheap enough to do. Think the whole interior for my car cost 200 at the time. No need to buy new ones either I have a spare set from an m3 interior here if your interested in keeping your originals intact.

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Did you have your interior reupholstered?

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18-09-16, 09:14
E46 MAN

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Did you have your interior reupholstered?

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I did I had it reupholstered by a company in Kilkenny called A&T Autostyle. They did an amazing job to be honest.

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18-09-16, 09:15
Dave

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Originally Posted by E46 MAN

I did I had it reupholstered by a company in Kilkenny called A&T Autostyle. They did an amazing job to be honest.

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I've seen a few interiors they've done now, everyone with the same feedback.

Could you PM me with a rough indication of cost?

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18-09-16, 10:27
schoonerm3

I recently came across 4 piece dash trim in brushed aluminium. I couldnt find a full set at the time unfortunately, so I am still looking for brushed alu arm rests.
Much better than my titan silver.
Not the best pic
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18-09-16, 10:36
Don B

Would a darker wood trim like bamboo work, John? Is that even available on the E46?
18-09-16, 12:30
Owen

Would be interested to know how much the interior re-trim was too. I'm sorely tempted by i3's for commuting, and it's either great spec with cloth, or poverty spec with leather for my budget. Would love to get the higher spec and get it re-trimmed in time.
18-09-16, 15:55
Andy

Forgot about this brochure

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18-09-16, 16:12
nigzcurran

Wow some sexy stuff there

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18-09-16, 18:12
JohnH

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Originally Posted by E46 MAN

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Go for it John. It is So worth it!!! And with regard to the trim I did Aqua graphics on mine and they are still as perfect as the day they were done a year ago. You can get piano black or something more out there what ever takes your fancy. And it is cheap enough to do. Think the whole interior for my car cost 200 at the time. No need to buy new ones either I have a spare set from an m3 interior here if your interested in keeping your originals intact.

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Thanks Aidan, that's a nice pattern. Quite like the silver cube.

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Originally Posted by schoonerm3

I recently came across 4 piece dash trim in brushed aluminium. I couldnt find a full set at the time unfortunately, so I am still looking for brushed alu arm rests.
Much better than my titan silver.
Not the best pic

Much better than the Titan. I hadn't seen that in an e46 before, only e39s.

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Originally Posted by Don B

Would a darker wood trim like bamboo work, John? Is that even available on the E46?

There is a Eucalyptus which Kin had along with Cinnamon in his car.
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Valdas' breaker has it too

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Forgot about this brochure

Now you're talking! I must have a look at that in the flesh (and give you back the others)

Thanks for all the ideas, keep them coming
18-09-16, 18:55
JohnH

Birch anthracite is very nice. Does anyone have it in their car?

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22-09-16, 21:13
JohnH

So seeing as anthracite birch is rarer than hens teeth does anyone know if it might be possible to pair regular birch (like the below) with a black tinted topcoat.
Would it effectively look the same?

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22-09-16, 21:49
Gar

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Originally Posted by JohnH

Birch anthracite is very nice. Does anyone have it in their car?

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I wanted this for my e39 I was obsessed with having a fancy trim until I found a set the price was a 1000e the interest swiftly faded and I went with technical graphite [emoji1]

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22-09-16, 21:49
ian.j

John remember I told you about the water transfer done in carbon effect that looked really well in a red e46 I saw. Maybe they could replicate the pattern your after.

http://www.aquaprint.ie/patterns.html

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22-09-16, 22:00
JohnH

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John remember I told you about the water transfer done in carbon effect that looked really well in a red e46 I saw. Maybe they could replicate the pattern your after.

http://www.aquaprint.ie/patterns.html

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That could look very well, a bit like this one from Bespoke Leathering
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22-09-16, 22:02
ian.j

Yeah it's very nice. I'd say they could do birch anthracite if you give them a couple of good photos of the design and 1 piece of trim as a tester maybe

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22-09-16, 22:08
Gar

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Bottom row 2ND from left transfer film on Alibaba the crowd Ian mentions should have access to similar films

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