E46 Alpine Interior, where to order parts?

twinturbom3 · Post by **twinturbom3** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:26 pm

I have a E46 M3 and would like to order Alpina seats and door cards.

Is there an online webpage to order Alpina parts?

jolls · Post by **jolls** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:03 pm

I think you have to actually own an Alpina to buy the parts new as you will be asked to provide evidence of ownership. I did when recently buying Alpina parts.

I may be wrong but hopefully someone else could clarify the answer.

ali · Post by **ali** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:15 pm

Your best bet would be the 2nd hand market as a few E46 B3 coupes have fallen by the way over the years so a few nice interiors kicking around if you look hard enough

TheJoyB3S · Post by **TheJoyB3S** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:57 am

I think you guys are correct, you need to submit ownership proof....

... but where do you normally buy parts online?

BarryM · Post by **BarryM** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:39 am

As most â€˜Alpinaâ€™ parts are regular BMW items then same as any other BMW....

You just have to decide if you need OEM or not.

I buy genuine BMW (and Alpina) parts from Cotswold BMW online as they give a good service and ordering through the BMW5 forum you get a small discount.

Where youâ€™re happy with â€˜OEMâ€™ but donâ€™t want to pay BMW rates then ECP/GSF or similar are a good alternative.

Lots of other options such as EBay if youâ€™re after a used part depending on what exactly you want.

I think itâ€™s starting to get harder ordering new items from BMW for some of the older models such as the B10 as Iâ€™ve personally experienced delays and when I challenged the quality of an item recently was told the new manufactured batch was as good as I would get - and it wasnâ€™t what I would have expected!

Fast3000 · Post by **Fast3000** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:24 pm

No offence but why would you waste your money?