Fresh faced B3S Touring

Post by **Charles** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:23 pm

Courtesy of well-known rusting of E46 front wings, #049 had a facelift last week.

As well as two new front wings, I renewed the grilles and the BMW roundel and sorted out a couple of car park dings in the front doors before having the whole front end resprayed.

Added to that, an interim measure of polishing the headlight lens covers has made driving at night significantly easier.

I'll be replacing the ALPINA logo in gold in due course and maybe adding some additional vinyl for good measure - after all, I think she's earned her stripes now

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:57 pm

Looking good Charles ...

Headlights ... http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... ght=lenses

Did you use the MM kit ?

Post by **Charles** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:38 am

jamesa wrote:Looking good Charles ...

Thank you

Headlights ... http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... ght=lenses

Did you use the MM kit ?

No. The bodyshop gave them a polish - it's cleared a large amount of the hazing and pitting but 250,000 miles of stone chips is a lot to cut back.

The next stage is to replace the lens covers and the seals which is possible on E46 headlights, thankfully.

ali · Post by **ali** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm

Congrats of the makeover.
Looks good for another 250k miles

Charles wrote:
The next stage is to replace the lens covers and the seals which is possible on E46 headlights, thankfully.

Just watch the very fragile clips on the light surround.
I remember doing this when fitting angel eyes to another E46 and broke 2 in the process

Ikule · Post by **Ikule** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:58 pm

Looks well Charles and stripes would indeed just add that finishing touch I reckon