Sweet bro

Need advice from BMW owners. I was thinking of owning an E46 318i. Since the car has aged roughly 10 years, despite most of it have low mileage below 100k km, what are the wear and tear I need to focus on ? Possible costing as well. Also to note that it might be a weekend car. It is for the sake of owning a dream car.

X3 vs Q5. Any opinion? I was told that BMW have a lot of issues in their electronic board (dont know what it is) and Q5 have petrol leak problems. Any opinion is highly appreciated.

You can't service original BMW shock absorbers according to the ZF. They recommend replacing them. Usually for coilovers you can service them, replace the gas/oil. But for the stock BMW ones, best to swap them.

For the price, get a recon Q5 which is a better buy and you get more stuff loaded compared to an X3. A friend got a Q5 for around 290k recently.

Recon? Hmmm.... ada masalah punya tak...

When looking at recon
1) Bring it for a check at your mechanic
2) Make sure the dealer you get from also offer a 1 year warranty. A lot of dealers have that nowadays

Hi Mavik its serviceable according to a seller here at lowyat.net who specialized in servicing abs, but it takes 1 week to complete.

i've contacted them and they said they can service bmw absorbers but im not too sure. You still want to go ahead bro?

I plan to send my buddyclub coilovers to them sometime soon too, maybe can get discount

I got an offer from my fren for KONI FSD, is it a good shock? Anyone can commend about this shock?

koni fsd from what i heard is pretty good since it comfort wise is not much different from your stock ones but they are firmer.

I think its best you just find OEM shocks cause they are the best comfort wise. If not you can easily get a bilstein b8 or something but they are somewhat harsh

I've had the E39,same engine as the E46. Enjoyed every moment of the 8years I had it. Bought it with 90K on the clock. Be prepared to spend roughly 20k on spare parts. The parts I changed were:
Ignition coils
Radiator
Radiator fan clutch
lower and upper suspension arms
ABS sensors
Door lock mechanisms
Shock absorbers
Brake discs
Steering rack

How much u spent for:-

lower and upper suspension arms

Where u guys buy genuine BMW parts with reasonable price? Do share yea thanks!

If I am not mistaken there is a BMW stockist at SS2, same row as Computer War.

Otherwise places like Obermaier, Motorsport Division, Eurotuner has BMW parts.

If I can remember, round $300+ for each,maybe a bit more. I've moved on to Peugeot for a year now,so can't remember the exact price. You can get OEM parts from Germany,Taiwan or China from Stuttgart Motors in PJ.

Bavarian auto are everywhere

That's a great place to buy parts I always buy from them too but some parts are over priced as well. Anyway, they are the best currently as the others are even more expensive

I wonder is there any other BMW parts importer other than AB, SG etc

I think you meant BA (rather than AB)? From what I know, there are 3 of them but Bavarian Auto is the most reasonable in terms of pricing.