Ski Bag Retrofit

[sleepyonthehighway]

Hi y'all,

I'm looking to add the ski bag retrofit to my m3 non-vert, but every part I find for sale says "convertible."

72608179197 is the that seems most available for non-vert, but I can't find any site that specifies it will fit the M3, only non-M versions of the E46.

What do you think? Will it fit? I've read that the backseats are *mostly* the same but wondering if anyone has any good insight.

Thanks

[karter16]

The M3 coupe has fold down rear seats, the ski bag is for E46's that don't have fold down seats.


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[heinzboehmer]

I've read that the backseats are *mostly* the same but wondering if anyone has any good insight.

I'm fairly certain the metal seat frames are exactly the same across all coupes and sedans (and Realoem seems to confirm that). The difference is in the shape of the foam and leather.

The M3 coupe has fold down rear seats, the ski bag is for E46's that don't have fold down seats.

Hmm, I took a set of M3 seats apart that had the ski pass through: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...408#post232408

I honestly can't remember if there was a ski bag in there, but the pictures definitely make it seem like there was. The plastic cassette looks slightly different to the 72608179197 part mentioned above, but that could just be a superceded part thing. Realoem does say that 72608179197 will fit an M3.

[karter16]

Hmm, I took a set of M3 seats apart that had the ski pass through: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...408#post232408

TIL! Thanks very much for this - I never knew! I mean it makes sense that you might want to keep the rear seats in place and just pass through skis. But I didn't realise this was an option for fold-down seats!


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[sleepyonthehighway]

Can confirm it's possible -- Brother *had* an e46 m3 w/ the ski bag