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Articles about imports

What we learn while building the configurators: changeovers, part families, the traps. Every article names its sources and how sure we are.

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10 October 20268 min read

Same car, different continent: why no US E46 headlight matches a European one

Every US-market E46 headlight has a different catalogue number from its European twin, and some units exist in one market only. What an imported car needs.

E46
headlights
imports
US market
BMW

8 October 20267 min read

The wheel that fits an E46, unless the E46 is American

BMW's catalogue gives an E46 wheel the same number in the US and Europe but lists it for different cars. Why "fits an E46" depends on where the car was sold.

E46
wheels
imports
US market
BMW

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