BMW parts suppliers

[mikeyboy]

Not got a Beemer myself, (unless you count the mini?) been asked by a mate though to find the names of couple of good parts suppliers so he can repair some damage done on his car. Its an E46 M3 and he'll need new mirrors and front bumper.
where should we look and how much should we look to be spending?

Thanks in advance,
Mikeyboy.

[Egbert Nobacon]

Try www.fabdirect.com

[mikeyboy]

Thanks for that, I like to shop around so any more suggestions welcome

[stevesingo]

Try

www.c3bmw.co.uk

Steve

[m3pilot]

I've been told that C3 are good. The other alternitive is to try the BMW breakers. I sure there's loads on the net. Might even get the parts in the right colour which would be nice.

I don't know what BMW prices are like for the E46 but for the E30 most stuff seams reasonable money. At the end of the day the E46 M3 is still a £20,000 car so theres no point in putting cheap pattern parts on it. Other alternitive could be to look at schnizer or alpina bumpers / kits.

[mikeyboy]

m3pilot said:

I've been told that C3 are good. The other alternitive is to try the BMW breakers. I sure there's loads on the net. Might even get the parts in the right colour which would be nice. I don't know what BMW prices are like for the E46 but for the E30 most stuff seams reasonable money. At the end of the day the E46 M3 is still a £20,000 car so theres no point in putting cheap pattern parts on it. Other alternitive could be to look at schnizer or alpina bumpers / kits.

well his is worth a lot less than 20K now! agreed on not getting the duff copy stuff and thats why he asked me to have a look on here for him. You guys are more knowledgable than us.

[maahny]

C3 are very good at sourcing original parts for less than retail. I bought lost of parts for my old e30 m3 when the front end had to be rebuilt.