Is a CSL worth more in parts than a complete car ?

[bromers]

The basis that some of the bits of the CSL are going for astromonical money (eg carbon fibre internal panels/seats/wheels etc) - surely there becomes a base price for a CSL as it'll be worth more in parts ?

[NZ_M3]

From some of the prices I've seen, I would agree that the CSL is worth more in parts than as a whole - I think if I ever came to sell mine, I'd probably sell it as parts rather than as a whole.

[sailorbaz]

I know what you're saying. £2K for back seats. Another couple of grand for Door cards? £800 for the roof. £2.5K for the Airbox alone??? Bumper, boot, wheels? Car thief's dream by the looks of it!

[Andyk]

Car thief's dream by the looks of it!

Thats not good.....Lets not shout about this.....

[csl_mba]

I think all cars are worth more in parts.

I saw a report once that a 4 year old Ford Focus worth £6k trade was actually worth £12k for the bits alone!

[Bealo]

I know what you're saying. £2K for back seats. Another couple of grand for Door cards? £800 for the roof. £2.5K for the Airbox alone??? Bumper, boot, wheels? Car thief's dream by the looks of it!


Bloody hell that is unbelievable... tempted to strip mine and get a Supercharger on it now :thumbs:


Joking.....

[_Nathan_]

Dunno where these prices are coming from, seen a full interior go for around 1.7k all in, 2k for the rear seats is dream world, as it £2.5k for a second hand airbox and a couple of grand for door cards. Carbon roof (copy) can be bought cheaper than £800 new too.

[sailorbaz]

Dunno where these prices are coming from, seen a full interior go for around 1.7k all in, 2k for the rear seats is dream world, as it £2.5k for a second hand airbox and a couple of grand for door cards. Carbon roof (copy) can be bought cheaper than £800 new too.

After a quick search on Ebay...
Centre Console (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E46-M3-CSL-CARBON-FIBRE-INTERIOR-CENTRE-CONSOLE_W0QQitemZ310153532593QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK _CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item48369754b 1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_900wt_907)
Rear Seats (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-BMW-M3-CSL-INTERIOR-REAR-SPORT-SEATS-E46-RECARO_W0QQitemZ310153529324QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item48369747ec&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Interior Door,1/4 Cards (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E46-M3-CSL-INTERIOR-CARBON-FIBRE-DOOR-PANELS-TRIM_W0QQitemZ310158047233QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Ca rsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4836dc3801&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Unreal IMHO!

[pinkpanther008]

Most cars are worth less than the sum of their individual parts by a significant margin, especially limited run high end stuff like the CSL.

[_Nathan_]

Baz - I bet those rear seats don't sell for that.

If you are prepared to wait you can pick up an entire interior for under 2k :thumbs:

[TANKSLAPPER]

What do you reckon the front seats are worth ?

[sailorbaz]

Put it this way, I'd hate to have to pay for a replacement. Not sure as to what they're worth! Judging on the rears, fronts would have to fetch £3K, at least???

Edit.

After a quick search, there was a guy selling a pair in Germany for 5,500Euros.
'Other forum' (http://www.mtorque.co.uk/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=613210)
CA Automotive sell them too, £4300!
CA Automotive (http://www.ca-automotive.co.uk/single_prod.php?prod_id=2056)

MENTAL prices! :banghead::banghead::banghead:

[dave1]

a pair made £1500 this week

[sailorbaz]

a pair made £1500 this week

Fcuk, thats not bad I suppose. :thumbs:

[glendog74]

Put it this way, I'd hate to have to pay for a replacement.

Why are you panicking about seat replacement? Just be careful not to 'soil' yourself whilst in your car and the seats should last just fine...! :clown: :hahaha:

[SMD]

Cars are worth alot of money in bits. I sold my Evo 9 in bits.
BUT selling all the bits to get your money back can be hard as there are things that take a while to sell and some that never sell.

[Mark CSL]

All this talk about strippng a CSL :banghead:

Brand new engine any 1 £14000.00:whistle::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[windy]

Most of those prices are from dreamers.... as has already been said, mint fronts went for under £1,500 this week, so a back seat for 2k?! Not a chance! Even the daft Yanks won't pay that! Same with the door-cards.

I'm going to turn my M into a track car, so have been watching the price of CSL interiors (just want the fronts for the subframe really) for a while and they rarely go for figures that daft. Though I seem to remember having a bit of a 'debate' with someone (carbonkid?) on here a while ago about mickey-taking prices... :whistle:

So, anyone got any sensibly-priced subframes that I can bolt to a pair of Recaro PP's?

:thumbs: