These days domestic car makers want more than BMW for parts. I own 2 BMW's on top of my mustang and I order my parts from a dealer online at a discount and I am amazed at how cheap a lot of the parts are. Before I owned a BMW I thougth parts were gonna be crazy expensive but they are pretty reasonnable.
For an example the headlights were pitted badly on my 2002 3 series. I ordered brand new headlight covers from the dealer for $70 each(they just clip on and off so no need to replace the whole headlight, cool design). Now my lights look brand new. The hood latches were a little rusty so I figures I'd replace them to have a cleaner engine bay... $7 for the top part, $13 for the lower part. On a BMW for crying out loud.
Then I went to ford to buy a center cap for a wheel $32 !!!! mhhh no thanks.
For an example the headlights were pitted badly on my 2002 3 series. I ordered brand new headlight covers from the dealer for $70 each(they just clip on and off so no need to replace the whole headlight, cool design). Now my lights look brand new. The hood latches were a little rusty so I figures I'd replace them to have a cleaner engine bay... $7 for the top part, $13 for the lower part. On a BMW for crying out loud.
Then I went to ford to buy a center cap for a wheel $32 !!!! mhhh no thanks.
