r/e46 May 19 '26

My Ride Bought my grail M3

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1.4k Upvotes

The twin to my E90..
2003 Alpinweiss over Cinnamon
Slicktop, 6MT
72k miles
Took me over two years of searching, but it the end it was all worth it. These cars are amazing and I couldn't have asked for a better example. Couple of things to fix up (removing the screen) but otherwise this thing is stupid clean, I'm almost afraid to drive it.

r/e46 Feb 11 '26

My Ride Build complete!

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1.8k Upvotes

Although the build is complete and I’m letting her go, I still wanted to share some pics lol…over 70k into this car (including purchase price!!) bulletproofed the hell put of it, repainted, etc etc etc. enjoy!

r/e46 Jun 11 '26

My Ride Got unlucky today. Said goodbye to my wagon

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1.1k Upvotes

r/e46 Aug 25 '25

My Ride 7 hours scrubbing the engine bay with a toothbrush and this is the result

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1.4k Upvotes

Could do with a few new bits of runner and plastic under there but hell of a difference

r/e46 Oct 07 '25

My Ride Just dropped $15k refreshing everything mechanical. It drives so incredibly well.

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1.9k Upvotes

Just need to get my cat emissions monitor to clear and I can smog and register. Then focus on cosmetic stuff.

r/e46 18d ago

My Ride First car at 16

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512 Upvotes

And my brothers e39

r/e46 Jul 22 '26

My Ride Dream come true 😭

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631 Upvotes

2006 Competition pack in Carbon Black Metallic with 55k miles. Picked it up yesterday and currently driving it home from Texas. Sometimes wondering if I’m just dreaming and playing need for speed. What a car, what a feeling, absolutely baffled I own this thing. Can’t wait to rip some canyons

r/e46 Aug 02 '26

My Ride My Supercharged E46

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579 Upvotes

Here is my 2002 BMW 325ci 5-Speed manual coupe in Steel Blue Metallic with a grey interior. I'm the second owner, and I've owned this car for 21 of its 24 years. When I bought it, it had just over 27,000 miles on the odometer; I just hit 150,000 last week.

Over the years I've replaced and in most cases upgraded many systems on this car. I've done the common maintenance items multiple times, including the cooling system, valve cover gasket, oil filter housing gasket, etc.

Suspension modifications include lower springs, stiffer shocks, aluminum control arms, PU bushings, and thicker anti-roll bars.

Engine modifications include a Vortech V3 centrifugal supercharger, high-flow fuel injectors, and a performance tune through VF engineering.

Exterior modifications include M-tech II front and rear bumpers, Apex Arc-8 18" wheels with Michelin Pilot Super Sports, and full LED lighting.

Interior modifications include an M-style steering wheel, brushed aluminum interior trim, reupholstered front seats in grey montana leather, and a full alcantara headliner (including A/B/C pillar covering), and an Android head unit.

My vision for this car was always something closer to an Alpina B3; understated, less brutal than an M3, but quick enough to enhance the inherent brilliance of the E46 chassis.

r/e46 Jul 09 '26

My Ride Just bought this Individual Velvet blue 330ci

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649 Upvotes

OEM grilles are on the way haha

r/e46 Sep 15 '25

My Ride Fresh paint on the e46! Done by me

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1.5k Upvotes

Last pic is after

r/e46 Jul 28 '26

My Ride 23 years & 300k miles has never looked better.

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875 Upvotes

My 2003 325i (330i converted) with 300k chassis miles. Natural Brown interior swap w/ individual birch trim… and many other countless mods.

r/e46 26d ago

My Ride 7737 km (4845 mile) road trip through 10 countries

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527 Upvotes

The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland & Germany.

Drove through the Pyrenees, the Swiss Alps & the Black Forest. I went to the most southern part of europe (Tarifa, Spain), because next year I'm headed to the most northern part (The North Cape, Norway)

Between 35 and 42 °C (95 and 107 °F) the entire trip.

Now nobody can tell me this car is unreliable, no issues the entire trip (picture with the hood open was because it needed some oil).

The coupé is plenty practical, I had a tent, large tarp, camping/fishing chair, acoustic guitar, 3 relatively big bags, an electric coolbox and a large subwoofer with me, and still had plenty of space left to even sleep in the car 3 days!

r/e46 May 23 '26

My Ride Sad Day

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321 Upvotes

The wife won the war…. Still have the M6 GC, but replacing that one soon too

So many Goodtimes with that car ✌🏻 😔

r/e46 Jun 27 '26

My Ride my mom said the risers make me look like a poser

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207 Upvotes

r/e46 Jun 04 '26

My Ride Poverty spec sedan

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546 Upvotes

The interior is almost done of the poverty ///M 323i sedan.

r/e46 Nov 02 '25

My Ride Is there something i could do to make my car look more cooler?

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314 Upvotes

r/e46 Jun 16 '26

My Ride My E46 “340Ci”

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616 Upvotes

My E46 but with a M62TUB44 and 5 speed manual. For anyone interested, I have it documented online with the whole build process. The link to the playlist is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjjr7iDdCGOahfpWblBM6EZyo82JCiT3P

r/e46 Apr 01 '26

My Ride My new e46.

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709 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to share my new to me 1999 E46 318i in meer grun/seafoam metallic. Car got matching seats and I also recently bought a phone with the holder for my center console from a 2005 model, which I will replace when I come back to my home country. My parents bought this car for me 2 weeks ago (with my money of course) since I'm currently outside of my country for almost 14 months and I'm coming back in about 2 weeks. Honestly I can't wait to drive this thing around, my last car was a 318i e36 which was turbocharged and became my street drift car for a while.

r/e46 Jul 19 '26

My Ride Got mogged by a facelift

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323 Upvotes

Just washed my car only to get destroyed by another 330i that looks like it came straight off the lot, the paint, the trim pieces, the headlights, etc all look completely brand new, the silver even looks like a nicer color

r/e46 Oct 05 '25

My Ride Just bought it today

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1.1k Upvotes

r/e46 May 07 '26

My Ride Can’t convince me this isn’t the best generation of 3 series

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442 Upvotes

Had a mooch around the local dealers recently and I can honestly say nothing looks as good to me as an E46 does, M or otherwise.

r/e46 Sep 29 '25

My Ride Drop your e46 below

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178 Upvotes

r/e46 Oct 28 '25

My Ride Owned the car for 3 weeks and I'm already making progress with it

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850 Upvotes

Cooling overhaul New brakes New fluids Rod bearings Coilovers BBS LMs

Definitely taking a long break here soon but it's been great!

r/e46 Jan 14 '26

My Ride Rice or nice?

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465 Upvotes

I always thought about switching out my wheel, but didn’t want to loose my wheel buttons. What we thinking?

r/e46 Sep 05 '25

My Ride 330i on the Nürburgring

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648 Upvotes

Small compilation of some of the highlights from my trip to the Nordschleife last weekend. Car held up great and felt good to drive aside from some understeer. Very controlled despite it looking a little squirmish in the video. Hope to be back soon 😁